To all those rehabbing players/parents. Beware of the plateau and/or hitting the wall. The guys are going to find those bumps and that's where the mental strength has to take over. You all did the research on the pre-throwing rehab and if you are like myself, you expected things to be back to "the good ol days", but it doesn't always work that way.
My son didn't "look" the same but should he? After all the limb that did the throwing had new parts and the rest of the machine knew it, had to adapt, and that is not what the body and mind are used to doing. Patients, hard work, and attitude have to be maintained throughout this process and probably for a long time to come. My sons TJ was almost 22 months ago and he still does the simple stretching exercises on a daily basis. Does it help? Who knows. But he feels better mentally doing it and that is the biggest obstacle.