Thank you for all of the pep talks! As you can imagine, our house has not been a very happy place to be these last few days. Before leaving for Christmas, son's coaches had individual meetings with each player to discuss what was expected of them during the coming season. He was told that he was one of 6 or 7 pitchers that would be competing for a spot in the 5 man rotation. He was very excited, and probably wanted to show up in mid-season form. Don't know if this could have caused injury. Guess it really doesn't matter what caused it, at this point.
We are very happy with his doctor. We chose to take him to the sports medicine center at Akron Children's Hospital, about a 40 minute drive from where we live. He had been there a few years ago for a shoulder injury that was healed with therapy and rehab, hasn't had one problem since. Hopefully we will have some good news in a few days.