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@edcoach posted:

Xfactor great post thank you....let me ask you...why would ortho have diagnosed that? Laziness? Lack of knowledge? What if the specialist tomorrow says the same thing? Just trying to get some knowledge to know how to respond and question.  The initial diagnosis per mri was strained bicep

It's difficult to stay up on current literature. If you were to ask me 10 years ago I would be fully on board with GIRD being the cause of pain. So I'm not going to throw the ortho under the bus and just say they're lazy or stupid or whatever. It can be difficult to stay up to date on things. And there's also bias involved that shades things.

It may very well be that there is decreased range of motion, but GIRD isn't pathological. However they may have a rationale of, "Let's calm things down a bit, and build up from where he's at." and whether they call it GIRD or SHITS (something hurts in the shoulder) or whatever, if they have a good treatment plan that aligns with what's important to you and your son, then that's awesome.

Bottom line I'd want to know is,

What's the prognosis?

What will be done to help my son be able to handle the volume of throwing and will the tissues be trained appropriately so they can handle throwing 70/80/90+ MPH?

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