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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...

I know that many of you have replied in the past about OCD. We are hoping for information, encouragement and answers to our 14 year old son's OCD. It presented itself in the trochlea as opposed to the Capitellum like many others. Has anyone else had OCD in the trochlea???? When he first experienced pain (we took x-rays and an MRI) he was not diagnosed with OCD. We took a conservative approach anyway by resting for 3 months, PT and then a slow throwing program to get him back on track.

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...

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?

I just sent you a pm.

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