quote:“Lousy day, son just found out he may need TJ surgery.”
Pain overlying the UCL usually means the 4 muscles and tendons that drive pronation of the forearm are out of shape and have been overstressed. The UCL itself has no pain receptors accept deep into the insertion of the bone, this is why most partial tearing until complete failure produces no pain, he may have a partial tear of the UCL also. Pain in this area comes form the overlying pronator muscle groups.
quote:“His pitch counts never went above60”
If he produces “forearm bounce” it does not matter much how many he throws because the UCL is micro tearing with each pitch. This injury is totally preventable by eliminating forearm bounce by transitioning the forearm/humerus earlier then getting the elbow up before the acceleration phase.
quote:“Mechanics seem to be where they should be or a little advanced for his age”
This would be the opinion of most of the traditional pitching coaches everywhere and is totally false when dealing with the transition phase of his delivery!
quote:and physical makeup. (at least according to the college coaches who have seen him).
The more physical they are (fast twitch to slow twitch percentages) the faster the traditional pitching motion degrades them.
quote:“Our first ortho diagnosed as tendonitis and to take "Aleve". Kicking ourselves now...”
If you have not had an MRI with contrast yet, how would they know? They do not and are quessing like all have done in the past, hope everything turns out better than it looks.
quote:“Anyone in Orlando area know of good rehab folks around here please let me know.”
He must rehab performing a changed mechanic by overloading specifically!
If he returns to the way he pitched previously the new UCTendon? Will degrade even faster. Go to DrMikeMarshall.com and learn how to rehab specifically and he will be ready to pitch competitively in 11 mo. from the time of surgery!