Jason Zaremski
Professor | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Dr. Jason Zaremski is an expert in sports and musculoskeletal medicine with a focus in throwing injuries in baseball players.
Biography
Dr. Jason Zaremski is the former co-medical director of the University of Florida Adolescent and High School Sports Medicine Outreach Program from 2012-2022. Dr. Zaremski is part of the faculty for the UF Primary Care Sports Medicine fellowship. He was a team physician for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics Games.
Areas of Expertise (8)
Throwing Injury Expert
Throwing Injuries
Shoulder Injuries
Injury Prevention
Overuse Injuries
Elbow Injuries
Sports Injuries
National and International Throwing Injury Expert
Media Appearances (5)
"My injury was a negative positive:" How one UF Health physician found his way to the Paris Olympics
The Gainesville Sun online
2024-07-17
When fans tune to NBC beginning next Friday for the Summer Olympics in Paris, the University of Florida will be everywhere. The orange and blue are sending 37 athletes to Paris, including 13 for Team USA (6th most in the country).
Florida medical experts prepare to head to the Paris Olympic Games
Central Florida Public Media online
2024-07-15
With only a couple of weeks left until the 2024 Olympic Games, several Central Florida medical experts are prepping themselves to assist Team USA athletes in any way they can to bring home gold.
YOUR HEALTH: Preventing pitching injuries; rewriting the high school rulebook
WAFB tv
2024-04-25
It’s springtime and that means one thing—it’s the start of baseball season. Almost half a million kids take to the playing field in high school. But did you know that almost 50 percent of all pitchers get injured at some point? They’re hardest hit with shoulder and elbow injuries. But now, some doctors are calling for a re-write of the rule book, in hopes of keeping more student athletes injury-free.
Physician Spotlight: How a College Baseball Player Discovered Sports Medicine
UF Health online
2024-04-11
Jason Zaremski, MD, is a clinical associate professor at the University of Florida Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and chief of the sports medicine division. Since 2012, Zaremski has treated patients at the UF Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute.
Are Weighted Balls Safe?
2 Guys Talking radio
2024-02-25
Dr. Jason Zaremski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Florida. Dr. Zaremski received his medical degree from Tufts University and then stayed at Tufts to complete his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is fellowship-trained in sports medicine through the Geisinger Health System program in Pennsylvania.
Articles (4)
A Narrative Review of Softball Pitching Workload and Pitch Counts in Relationship to Injury
Sports HealthJason L Zaremski, et. al
2025-01-01
Fastpitch softball is a popular women's sport in the United States, and participation rates are increasing. There is growing concern about the prevalence of overuse injuries in softball pitchers at all competitive levels. Pitching workload in softball may be a modifiable risk factor and will be discussed in this narrative review.
Workload Risk Factors for Pitching-Related Injuries in High School Baseball Pitchers
The American Journal of Sports MedicineJason L Zaremski, et. al
2024-06-01
Pitch counts are only one measure of the true workload of baseball pitchers. Newer research indicates that workload measurement and prevention of injury must include additional factors. Thus, current monitoring systems gauging pitcher workload may be considered inadequate.
UCL Throwing Injuries in Nonprofessional Baseball Players: A 14-Year Retrospective Study
Sports HealthJason L. Zaremski, et. al
2024-03-29
This study evaluated the treatment modality (surgical vs nonoperative) of medial ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries in nonprofessional throwing baseball athletes by comparing the type, severity, and location of UCL injuries. Baseball players with closed medial epicondyle physics and concomitant throwing-related UCL injury will be more likely to undergo surgical intervention than players with open medial epicondyle physics.
Pitching Restriction Policies in Adolescent and High-School Baseball Pitchers: Is It Time for an Updated Paradigm?
Clinical Journal of Sport MedicineJason L. Zaremski, et. al
2024-01-01
The development of pitch counts (PCs) was instituted as 1 approach to combat throwing-related overuse injuries in baseball. Pitch count were first introduced in 1996 based on small sample survey data and opinion.1 Two years later, data showed that injury risk in a game increased 20% for every inning pitched and 10% for every 10 pitches thrown.2 Thus, this evidence indicated that PC could be a potential guardrail for overuse injury risk.
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