Tagged With "Fraying"

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...

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...

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...