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Originally posted by 3FingeredGlove:
He says that "100%" of incoming pitchers have a labral tear

Nowhere in dozens of hours of research, and hours of consultations with Orthopedic surgeons, has anyone ever said that a labral tear is 100% diagnosable. From Dr. James Andrews mouth to my ear, only 80% of shoulder labral tears show up on MRI's, and there is no clinical test to diagnose one with any degree of certainty.

I know your statement is qualified with by "incoming pro pitcher", but there have been many examples of false positive labral tears, where athroscopic surgery ruled out any labral tear and found other issues. One was my sons teammate who had surgery the same day and was found not to have a labral tear.

I really wonder what the surgeon you refer to means when he says 100% of incoming pitchers have labral tears? That statement is simply not supported in any of the documentation I have read.

3/9/0910:46 AM

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