BucsFan posted:ChefMike:
Sending you a PM. Look like my son is going to have TJ with Kremchek in a few weeks.
Sorry to hear that. Best wishes for a full recovery for J.A. Please keep us posted.
Sorry to hear. Best to you and your son. Kremchek is great - 2 years post TJ and my son is doing well.
Thank you, Swampboy. Will do. So many others who have come back strong from it have inspired and motivated him. He will put in the time, and we'll see how it plays out. If it was going to happen, timing isn't all that bad. That it happened in the Fall, of course, means he doesn't lose a year of eligibility and he has a full 15+ months to get strong and healthy for 2018. Always a silver lining. 
TJS today "could not have gone better", according to Dr. K. I joined the consultation yesterday via FaceTime, and Kremchek was "as advertised", spending more time with my wife and son answering questions than I could have hoped. During the consultation, he said son had "complete, 100% tear", a surprise. BUT, even more surprising, after surgery, I got this text from my wife: "Dr came in after and told us that the tear was actually very old. He had a new tear on top of the old one, so he was throwing his entire senior year with a torn UCL (possibly even longer ago than that)." ?!!!
Let the healing begin.
Update on Jeremy, I was a week behind on where he was in long toss. As of tomorrow, he will be allowed to be on the mound. He is so pumped. No pain or issues so far. Coaches are watching closely to make sure he doesn't over do it. 13 weeks rehab on mound. No idea what that entails but I'll be pumping him for details next week on the plan. Then he is a free man for the team be participate. Timing is good since it is 3 weeks before first game of season.
Team is jumping right in. first weekend - Clemson, 2nd weekend - South Carolina. Going to spend part of my February in South Carolina this year 
Congrats Mike! Maybe we'll see you in Clemson in February.
I'll be there. We will have to meet up!
That's great news!
chefmike7777 posted:Update on Jeremy, I was a week behind on where he was in long toss. As of tomorrow, he will be allowed to be on the mound. He is so pumped. No pain or issues so far. Coaches are watching closely to make sure he doesn't over do it. 13 weeks rehab on mound. No idea what that entails but I'll be pumping him for details next week on the plan. Then he is a free man for the team be participate. Timing is good since it is 3 weeks before first game of season.
Team is jumping right in. first weekend - Clemson, 2nd weekend - South Carolina. Going to spend part of my February in South Carolina this year
Wow that's an awesome 2 weeks to play at those venues! Enjoy!
Next update. Jeremy said he is 3 1/2 weeks from being cleared. Which is mid January. that is timetable it has been all along. He was told a couple days ago that on December 26th he will be able to throw 10-15 at full velocity and based off that, he then will be working on off speed as well as everything else. He is pretty excited about finally getting to "let it go". I asked if they were going to "gun" him and he said he didn't know. My guess is yes, since when the are scrimmaging it is the practice to gun the pitchers for data. Will they tell him, who knows, will he tell me if he knows- doubtful .
Guess after the weekend at South Carolina they are staying for the week (spring break). Playing Gardner Webb a couple games, then to USC Upstate, where they will play them, Pittsburgh, and Wofford. Hope South Carolina is nice in late February to early March. Jeremy excited about going. He had to miss the trip last year with his surgery.
Where is he going to be on Dec 26th when he lets loose? Is he staying close to campus and rehabbing on campus through the winter break?
He will be on campus. We only live 20 minutes from Wright State. He has an apartment and basically lives there even when they are on break. Last time I think he spent the night at our house was when he had surgery in March, the team was gone and he needed to be "watched" for those 7-8 days. One of his roommates lives very close too, so stays there all the time.
Plus it is amazing that when I ask what he is doing in a given night while he is on a school break, he is "hanging" with his long time girlfriend. Can't "hang" with her in my house overnight
chefmike7777 posted:Next update. Jeremy said he is 3 1/2 weeks from being cleared. Which is mid January. that is timetable it has been all along. He was told a couple days ago that on December 26th he will be able to throw 10-15 at full velocity and based off that, he then will be working on off speed as well as everything else. He is pretty excited about finally getting to "let it go". I asked if they were going to "gun" him and he said he didn't know. My guess is yes, since when the are scrimmaging it is the practice to gun the pitchers for data. Will they tell him, who knows, will he tell me if he knows- doubtful
Guess after the weekend at South Carolina they are staying for the week (spring break). Playing Gardner Webb a couple games, then to USC Upstate, where they will play them, Pittsburgh, and Wofford. Hope South Carolina is nice in late February to early March. Jeremy excited about going. He had to miss the trip last year with his surgery.
Glad to hear the good news!
FWIW, its cold in the upstate in February. One season on opening weekend there were flurries.
Hey everyone, latest update.
As of 10 days ago Jeremy is cleared. . He was allowed a few days before Christmas to start throwing 100%. No pain or problem. He said he had no idea about velocity. January 2nd he was allowed to start on off-speed. That is basically what I had been told from him since then. other than, "it's going fine".
Friday night he and several of his teammates came over to our house for a meal. I cornered his best friend and asked how Jeremy was doing since I get nothing from him. He laughed and said he was doing really well. He had 2 live against hitters bullpens earlier that week. First one he sat 84-86 high 88, then Friday (so 3 days ago) he sat 87-88 high 90. These were outside in about 50-55 degree weather. Which he thought was important to tell me. He said off speed was rough first time but much better 2nd time.
As frame of reference for velo, day he hurt himself was 4th inning of season. they had him clocked 90-93 and high 96. Year before as freshman, he was at roughly 87-90, high 93.
Doc said when it first happened, that what they expected was once cleared, he would regain velocity within a month or so of being cleared and maybe pick up up to 4 MPH since it is a fresh ligament. That was based on everything going well and that he do his rehab correctly and work on other conditioning so those areas (primarily shoulder) would not be hurt while rehabbing.
I have to say his trainers, coaches and he have been very diligent about doing it right, pushing but not to much. Following the limits of the rehab without going over. To date, seems to have worked. Fingers crossed.
I'm just happy to se him healthy and feeling like he will be a big part of this season team
Great news, ChefMike. Throwing 100% in less than 1 year! He must have really worked his butt off. Best of luck to him this season.
Wow, awesome news, Chefmike! Continued best to him.
That is great news!
Awesome news.
Great news!
Great news! Best of luck on the upcoming season.
That is absolutely fantastic! Really happy to hear it.
Shaping up to be a good ending to the story.
Fantastic, I am so happy for him. Thanks for sharing.
Lookin good my friend. Looking forward to a shoveit4ks son and Chefmikes son match up at Clemson!
Wonderful news for your son and you. I hope this season brings continued health to both of our families.
So happy to hear this!!!
Great news! I am happy for your son and hope he has continued success and health.
Congrats. Son was cleared before summer. Had some soreness, tenderness, tightness, and other similar 'scares' (for Dad) while relieving in the summer. So take it slow and easy. Stay calm.
Great news. Was always glad to hear each positive update, but going 100% live at good velo takes the cake. Good luck against Clemson.
TPM posted:Lookin good my friend. Looking forward to a shoveit4ks son and Chefmikes son match up at Clemson!
Me too! Looking forward to meeting my first HSBBW friend in person
RedFishFool posted:Wonderful news for your son and you. I hope this season brings continued health to both of our families.
Amen!
Great news Chef!
My little fella started his throwing program on Dec. 12. He's up to 150 feet now. Says the elbow feels better than it ever has. No setbacks so far - only discomfort he's experienced has been some mild soreness the day after some throwing sessions.
Biggest challenges right now are 1. Not overdoing it, since his arm feels so good, and 2. Dealing with baseball season starting without him (his team has their first scrimmage today, season starts Friday).
My guy is a little behind yours Chef, 90% this week in pens.
MrBumstead posted:Great news Chef!
My little fella started his throwing program on Dec. 12. He's up to 150 feet now. Says the elbow feels better than it ever has. No setbacks so far - only discomfort he's experienced has been some mild soreness the day after some throwing sessions.
Biggest challenges right now are 1. Not overdoing it, since his arm feels so good, and 2. Dealing with baseball season starting without him (his team has their first scrimmage today, season starts Friday).
So is that 150 on flat ground? When did he start throwing and when is his release to 100% expected?
Interested because a friend of mine son going thru this and my son started throwing at 4 months from surgery - 16 weeks on flat ground (he got to 200 feet for 1 week- then done with this part), then 13 weeks on mound. slowly building up. At about 10 weeks was allowed to throw 100% and at 11 weeks started off-speed stuff. - so a 7 1/2 month throwing program
My friend's son will be 6 months before he throws (in April, 2017). He isn't sure how long his throwing program will be since he is resting 6 months vs. my son 4 months. I know my son's program was designed to have him be available for start of college season mid February this year.
Are other programs designed around when it would be timed to be back on field? So longer rest early, less throwing time? Just trying to be educated.
For my son it has works well to date. Fingers crossed it continues.
chefmike7777 posted:MrBumstead posted:Great news Chef!
My little fella started his throwing program on Dec. 12. He's up to 150 feet now. Says the elbow feels better than it ever has. No setbacks so far - only discomfort he's experienced has been some mild soreness the day after some throwing sessions.
Biggest challenges right now are 1. Not overdoing it, since his arm feels so good, and 2. Dealing with baseball season starting without him (his team has their first scrimmage today, season starts Friday).
So is that 150 on flat ground? When did he start throwing and when is his release to 100% expected?
Interested because a friend of mine son going thru this and my son started throwing at 4 months from surgery - 16 weeks on flat ground (he got to 200 feet for 1 week- then done with this part), then 13 weeks on mound. slowly building up. At about 10 weeks was allowed to throw 100% and at 11 weeks started off-speed stuff. - so a 7 1/2 month throwing program
My friend's son will be 6 months before he throws (in April, 2017). He isn't sure how long his throwing program will be since he is resting 6 months vs. my son 4 months. I know my son's program was designed to have him be available for start of college season mid February this year.
Are other programs designed around when it would be timed to be back on field? So longer rest early, less throwing time? Just trying to be educated.
For my son it has works well to date.
(Going from memory, since my son has the actual protocol with him at college.)
So far everything has just been progressive buildup in long toss. He started with 2 sets of 25 at 45 feet, and gradually build up sets and reps through 60, 90 & 120 feet. He's now up to 150 feet. Next week he should bump up to 180. But it's all long-toss based so far - in the early weeks of the program, he was doing a shuffle-step even from throwing 60 & 90 feet.
After he gets through 180 feet, he gets to start adding in some flat ground pitching. Then in the last month of the program he can start throwing from a mound.
Each throwing session also includes the DriveLine warm-up/activation and recovery exercises. He's got bands, rollers, lacrosse balls, plyocare balls, a mini-trampoline, adjustable wrist weights, shoulder tube, etc. I think he uses just about all of them. (To be clear, he is NOT doing any weighted ball or plyocare ball throwing exercises except reverse throws, which his trainer had him doing even before he began throwing a baseball again. No roll-ins, pivot pickoffs, pulldowns, etc. He's just doing the warmup and recovery exercises.)
Concurrently, he's back to almost unrestricted weight training. The only restriction is that they want him to keep the upper body work light-medium intensity (moderate weight and reps) so that none of the arm muscles are tight during throwing - they want the muscles to stay loose during this phase. He's also still working some with the trainer doing rehab, just not daily like he was in the fall.
Let me be the first to congratulate ChefMike on Wright St.'s very, very impressive opening weekend at Clemson. More importantly, of course, CONGRATULATIONS on a very impressive, albeit brief (that is what happens when you throw strikes!!) 4 up, 4 down outing. Oh, and he struck out arguably the best college hitter in America (swinging) in the middle of it all. All of this less than 1 year post TJ. You must be feeling great, tonight. If you are not, you should be. Keep us posted on how he is feeling physically and emotionally about all of this. Maybe he is happy with his current role, maybe not. But, it is still so early in his come back, and now he has the confidence he needs. I hope BucsFanSon can look as good as JR come Fall. (Btw, Sexton was a bulldog and very impressive today).
BucsFan posted:Let me be the first to congratulate ChefMike on Wright St.'s very, very impressive opening weekend at Clemson. More importantly, of course, CONGRATULATIONS on a very impressive, albeit brief (that is what happens when you throw strikes!!) 4 up, 4 down outing. Oh, and he struck out arguably the best college hitter in America (swinging) in the middle of it all. All of this less than 1 year post TJ. You must be feeling great, tonight. If you are not, you should be. Keep us posted on how he is feeling physically and emotionally about all of this. Maybe he is happy with his current role, maybe not. But, it is still so early in his come back, and now he has the confidence he needs. I hope BucsFanSon can look as good as JR come Fall. (Btw, Sexton was a bulldog and very impressive today).
Thank you for the info. I am a Tiger fan but also a Jeremy Randolph fan. Way to go!
Yowser, Chef Mike!
Just got home from 7 1/2 hour drive. Still flying high. I am so happy for Jeremy. He was impressive in his outing. Always the plan this weekend and next to be out of the pen. Wright State threw 12 pitchers this weekend. And still have thier #1 starter out for a few more weeks. Impressive group of pitchers we have.
I wasn't projecting 11 pitches and done but that is what you want. Low pitch count. His slider really bit on the last pitch to Seth Beer who is crazy talented. We generally were very careful with him this weekend. Somethings like 5-6 BB and he still had 2 HR and a double.
Radar gun on scoreboard had him 92-94 on his fastballs. Sliders 87-90. Don't know how accurate it is but looked awesome up there. He did have highest recorded velo by WSU. I believe shoveit4ks son Ryley had the 2nd highest on Clemson at 96. And his stuff was crazy good Saturday
BucsFan posted:Let me be the first to congratulate ChefMike on Wright St.'s very, very impressive opening weekend at Clemson. More importantly, of course, CONGRATULATIONS on a very impressive, albeit brief (that is what happens when you throw strikes!!) 4 up, 4 down outing. Oh, and he struck out arguably the best college hitter in America (swinging) in the middle of it all. All of this less than 1 year post TJ. You must be feeling great, tonight. If you are not, you should be. Keep us posted on how he is feeling physically and emotionally about all of this. Maybe he is happy with his current role, maybe not. But, it is still so early in his come back, and now he has the confidence he needs. I hope BucsFanSon can look as good as JR come Fall. (Btw, Sexton was a bulldog and very impressive today).
For got to answer question. He feels "awesome" and arm feels "great". Though very short quotes by him and typical. Music to my ears.