Our team
A comprehensive team consisting of a pitching expert from the Chicago White Sox, pediatric sports medicine physician, biomedical engineers, a kinesiologist and physical therapists, provide customized recommendations to optimize performance and reduce risk of injury.
Larry Monroe, Baseball consultant
Larry Monroe brings over a decade of Major League Baseball expertise to our team as a former Chicago White Sox player, scout and present White Sox Vice-president of Scouting. Larry reviews and interprets each of our pitching biomechanics studies and provides applicable “real world” recommendations to each pitcher based on our analysis. Larry's experience as a major league pitching scout in conjunction with 3-D motion analysis combines technology and experience to make optimal recommendations.
Cynthia LaBella, MD, Pediatric sports medicine physician
Dr. LaBella is the medical director of the Children's Memorial Hospital Institute for Sports Medicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine. She brings world-class expertise in the field of pediatric sports medicine. Dr. LaBella reviews and interprets each of our studies to identify any individual physical or biomechanical factors that may be limiting the athlete's performance or increasing the risk for injury.
Claudia Kelp-Lenane, PT - Physical therapist
Claudia Kelp-Lenane is the Motion Analysis Center senior physical therapist and sports biomechanics program physical therapist. Claudia performs the baseball specific physical therapy evaluation. This includes tests of muscle strength, joint range of motion, muscle flexibility and postural assessment. She is active in the review and interpretation of pitching biomechanics analysis studies and identifies any physical factors that may be limiting the athlete from achieving a safe and efficient pitching motion.
Neal DePersia, PT - Physical therapist
Neal DePersia is a sports biomechanics program physical therapist. Neal performs the baseball specific physical therapy evaluation. This includes tests of muscle strength, joint range of motion, muscle flexibility and postural assessment. He is active in the review and interpretation of pitching biomechanics analysis studies and identifies any physical factors that may be limiting the athlete from achieving a safe and efficient pitching motion.
Melissa Colthrust, MS, Kinesiologist
Laura Mays, MS, Biomedical engineer
Melissa Colthrust and Laura Mays are involved with data collection, processing, analysis and interpretation of the 3-D pitching motion data.