Bennett lesion

YG,

If he has the surgery now,  he will be ready to pitch next spring.

Your son should be entitled to an outside opinion.

If he has an agent he needs to speak with him about that option.

Remember that the quick fix is always the injection.

Thanks TPM. Rockies doctor just wanted to avoid surgery at this stage. He said Nick’s shoulder was “very clean” for a pitcher. MRI showed very minimal inflammation. He was really puzzled because symptoms did not match MRI images. His lats are really tight and could be contributing to the issue. At this point Nick has decided to go with the conservative route of Cortisone injection and see how his shoulder responds. Doctor feels pretty good that the injection alone may keep him asymptomatic. I guess we will see. Neither of us wants surgery IF it can be avoided. If this issue doesn’t resolve, they have discussed the surgery after next season. I had just never heard of this lesion, but apparently it is found in over 80% of all baseball players.

@younggun

It finally took going to a shoulder surgeon to find out after 2 years  why Dave was having pain in his shoulder.

This was after the Cardinals team doctor did injections, a scope, I think Bennets Legion was discussed at one point, he was diagnosed with coracoid impingement by the Mets team doctor.

My point,  sometimes it's just good to get another opinion.

Best of luck to Nick.

Edit... Mike Ruff one of Nick's teammates played for FAU when Dave was pitching coach.

Thanks for that information Barbara. We will see how it goes. At least he has had someone diagnose “something”. Up until he pushed, he had been told, just rest and do your arm care. The MRI after last season and the one that was done this season both were read initially as “normal”. My guess is the MRI was read by a doc in the box that was contracted by the facility the did the imaging.  Was he pushed, the MRI was sent to the Rockies doctor and he immediately saw the lesion. The Rockies initially were planning to send Nick to Arizona for PT only.  Only after Nick was able to speak by phone to the team doctor did he get sent to Denver for the exam and injection.  That was all because the doctor requested it.  So he is just happy he has finally found someone that cares.  The doctor gave him a specific written PT plan and gave Nick his cell number to call him with any issues or questions.  That also impressed Nick with him.  We are gonna try this and see how it unfolds.  Fingers crossed.  But I appreciate your story and advice.  I have already planned to get a copy of the MRI and send it to the LSU team doctor that did Nicks TJ surgery.  He agreed and was happy to look at it and also offered to examine Nick if we wanted.

Thanks for the update.

Why not send it to the doctor? No harm.