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UCL Tear?
Hi guys, I am a senior left handed pitcher in high school. It has been difficult for me to pitch and do well throughout my high school career because of my elbow. During my 8th to late 9th grade year, I dealt with growth plate problems in my...
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Experience with Small Rotator Cuff Fraying/Tear in Pitchers
Well my son (16 year old 6' 2" LHP HS Junior) was getting ready for the summer season of his junior year finishing up high school baseball and his shoulder started to hurt warming up one day and now a little over a week later and an MRI we found out he has some fraying/minimal tearing of part of his rotator cuff. We also found out through this process that he has extremely loose joins (ligamentous laxity) which has likely been the underlying cause of some various injuries he has had over the...
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SLAP Tear???
I am a 16 year old baseball pitcher. I was living in Japan until last Summer when I moved back to Hawaii. When I was in Japan, that is when I hurt my shoulder. I was throwing live BP to my teammates and with one throw I felt something weird in my shoulder but I kept on throwing anyways. I simply thought it was just a normal injury and thought it would heal over time and ignored it and continued throwing for a little bit more until I couldn't really tolerate the pain. The pain came from my...
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Posterior labrum tear in shoulder
I was just diagnosed with Posterior Labeum Tear in shoulder. Does anyone know anything about it?Like successs rate of returning, prior performance level, etc.. If anyone knows anything pls let me know.
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What to do with a SLAP tear
I was having shoulder problems for a couple of games and decided to go get it checked out, and they said I had a SLAP tear. I was just seeing if anyone here had any ideas to reduce pain. I am done with baseball, so that won't be a problem anymore, but I was wondering if there was anything I could do.
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Re: SLAP Tear???
When I saw your post, it reminded me of what happened to my son, I am actually pasting up a response I had to a fellow poster on this site where I gave my experience/opinion. My son is now a sophomore in college (D1). There are basically three types of SLAP tears, type 1, 2 and 3 tears, and depending on the severity, the solutions may differ. Here is what I wrote... FOURBASES 1,000+ POSTS 1/27/16 10:10 PM Hello PitcherOnlyDad...I can relate with you and feel for you. My S had a slap tear...
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Re: SLAP Tear???
Thanks for the reply. I think the doctors told us that it was a type 2,which most pitchers have. One of the doctors told us that "you need to have a SLAP TEAR to throw 90" so I was wondering if throwing faster after a tear is a normal thing?
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Re: UCL Tear?
Originally Posted by AlexisLefty: May I request a second MRI with dye? Furthermore, have you guys had any experience with a son having TJ? Pain is usually around the forearm and back elbow, then weakness in forearm to wrist/hand. Hi Alexis! Sending you a PM / Dialogue
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Re: UCL Tear?
Originally Posted by AlexisLefty: Hi guys, I am a senior left handed pitcher in high school. It has been difficult for me to pitch and do well throughout my high school career because of my elbow. During my 8th to late 9th grade year, I dealt with growth plate problems in my elbow. During my 10th and 11th grade year, I dealt with general elbow problems such as medial epicondylitis and a grade 1 UCL sprain. During the summer of my junior year, I spent time going to physical therapy in order...
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Re: UCL Tear?
Originally Posted by AlexisLefty: Should I go to an orthopedist again to get it reviewed and possibly get an MRI and/or surgery? Yes. And if your current orthopedist doesn't think you need an MRI (with contrast), get at least one 2nd opinion. If the second one agrees, then follow the rehab exactly as prescribed. Best of luck, and I hope you're able to get this corrected.
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Re: UCL Tear?
May I request a second MRI with dye? Furthermore, have you guys had any experience with a son having TJ? Pain is usually around the forearm and back elbow, then weakness in forearm to wrist/hand.
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Re: What to do with a SLAP tear
My son (who is still playing) was diagnosed with two small labral tears this spring. The dr. gave him a cortisone shot and started him on physical therapy to strengthen the muscles in the shoulder. Both helped the pain very quickly (he was having trouble getting comfortable in bed). He is now on a throwing program and has not experienced any pain so far (hope that continues).
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Re: What to do with a SLAP tear
I would recommend a course of treatment with a Physical Therapist who specializes in overhand throwing. There are a number of exercises that can help strengthen the supporting structure of your shoulder. Keeping the joint in proper alignment helps reduce pain. I'm an old man, but I had a slap repair 7 years ago and I still have a couple of simple go-to exercises that help keep things in alignment.
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Re: What to do with a SLAP tear
A therapist can give you the exercises to do with bands. The routine is to do the therapy if it hurts after you do it a second time if it hurts after that you get surgery but if you're not throwing it will probably work. My son just went through it and had surgery back in February and had to redshirt his first year of college ball but is healing nicely.
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Re: Experience with Small Rotator Cuff Fraying/Tear in Pitchers
I can only offer my personal experience if it is of any help... I had a tear in the acromioclavicular joint and of the supraspinatus tendon a couple of years ago. It was a acute tear, rather than a wear issue like you are describing. My ortho gave me the option of trying rehab before doing a surgical repair, and that was the route I chose. I saw a therapist a couple of times a week for about two months, and did a ton of exercises on my own as well. Most of the work in the beginning was to...
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Re: Experience with Small Rotator Cuff Fraying/Tear in Pitchers
Highly recommend you read up on anything written by Eric Cressey or Mike Reinold in regards to shoulder instability (laxity) and proper rehab/prehab for rotator cuff injuries. If your son takes great care of his arm and stays with prehab shoulder work, he will be just fine. It really is not that much extra work but takes a commitment. The problem is that most athletes revert to their old ways once an injury heals. Tell him to stick with shoulder work recommended by those in the know as long...
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Re: Posterior labrum tear in shoulder
It is a long slow recovery process. 9 months to a year. My deepest sympathies over your injury. Michael Pineda came back from it. Despite the headline of the article below, it doesn't have to be a career ender. http://gargoyle.flagler.edu/20...f-most-debilitating/ http://bleacherreport.com/arti...alls-toughest-injury
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Re: Posterior labrum tear in shoulder
Are you talking about if you have surgery or no surgery? And are you talking about SLAP tear because a SLAP tear and a Posterior labrum tear is different
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Re: Posterior labrum tear in shoulder
Posterior Labrum Tear, after surgery. The articles I linked have some good info, but by no means are the only opinion
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Re: Labrum Tear and PRP
Hi: thanks for sharing this. So helpful and best of luck to your son in his surgery and recovery.
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Re: Labrum Tear and PRP
Close to the same minus the PRP. My son just finished his Sophomore year as a D3 pitcher. The summer before his Freshman year, covid summer, he started feeling shoulder pain. MRI showed exactly what you are saying small slap tear of the Labrum. A highly respected doctor at a highly reputable practice recommends immediate surgery. A second highly reputable doctor at a highly reputable practice didn't recommend surgery. The tear was not big enough. PT was recommended. Son did PT and kicked up...
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Labrum Tear and PRP
Hi All: My son missed almost all of his first year as a D3 pitcher due to shoulder issue. Just received MRI and posterior labrum tear that doc says is small. Recommended rest and PRP injection instead of surgery. Def not the worst news but has anyone had experience with this approach? I know the approach is to avoid surgery at all costs but Im wondering if this approach is just putting off an inevitable repair. Anyone with any advice would be appreciated. thx!
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Re: Labrum Tear and PRP
Similar situation. Son also had a small slap tear. When he was a freshman in high school his coach had him catching 5 innings and then pitching the last 2 as a closer. Early spring of his sophomore year he started having shoulder pain. Saw the orthopedic surgeon who said it was not surgical and recommended PT. Did STRICT PT for 6 weeks to build up the muscle around the tear. He is now finishing up his sophomore year of college and hasn't had any issues (knock on wood) and is the starting...
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Re: Labrum Tear and PRP
To be honest, I don't the answer. My wife went to the appointment. I would think there would be soft-tossing in that time frame but if he only gets to start throwing in 6 months that would be in plenty of time for the spring. If I get a firm answer on that in the next week I will send you a PM.
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Re: Labrum Tear and PRP
Hey glad to hear that success story. Very encouraging. My guess is PT and hitting the weight room hard is a big key to protecting tear from getting worse. Thanks for sharing. Fingers crossed for you guys also.
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Re: Labrum Tear and PRP
You might want to try a dm to @Branson Baseball . https://community.hsbaseballwe...89#54941819824680289
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Re: Labrum Tear and PRP
Great write up on PRP https://www.painscience.com/ar...sma-does-it-work.php - basically it doesn't work for anything literally ever. If you're a multi-million dollar athlete with money to lose, go for it. Otherwise absolutely don't waste your money. While I'm all for avoiding surgery, if your son went through a really good comprehensive rehab program (and not for a few weeks either, talking a few months), and things just haven't gotten any better and he's no closer to throwing pain free,...
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Re: Labrum Tear and PRP
Hi: Fall has been good so far. Son decided to go sidearm. Still has some discomfort but can pitch. Lots of PT. Never did PRP. Think the goal now is to just pitch his innings in season and then no summer ball. Just have fun while he can.
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Re: Labrum Tear and PRP
I see this thread got bumped up. My son had his labrum surgery on May 19th. Almost exactly four months - two weeks ago - the doc cleared him to resume all activities. So start building up the arm and be ready to pitch in the spring. As I mentioned on this site, in a post with a hidden message seen by some, my son decided to leave the team to focus on grades/internships, etc. The point, though, is that he had a bad tear, an excellent surgical outcome, and was cleared to throw at four months.