Elbow Problems

Conway is the best. Marty Stadjuhar is also highly recommended for PT after the surgery.

Ditto on Dr. Conway and Marty we used them both.

There is also a Dr. Moore at Baylor that I know a friend used and then used Marty for PT.

PM and I can give you some more info.

Oldbat,

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PantherProud
Back at ya/

Suggest obtain a referral to DFW area from the Curtis National Hand Center in Woods Memorial Hospital off 33rd St in Baltimore MD.

I am sure you have heard of Tommy John surgery for the UCL, however for elbows, the procedure has been called Tommy Bear surgery.

Keep us informed.

Regards
Bear

ps. Keep in mind the orthopedic and complexity of the procedure is simply the beginning of the resolution to your problem. The final answer, IMHO is the rehab and that is dependent upon the PT who is in your corner throughout the 15 rounds (and months). It's now been <9 months since complex elbow surgery "on a remarkably large arm" and am now (and uncomfortably) at 60 ft tosses, [up from 5 feet in June, 20 ft in July, 45 ft in Aug] and improving weekly.

Conway is the one of the BEST in the Country.
I have worked with him, and I would not
send my son to anyone else.

Conway worked on my arm and a few of the kids that I have coached.

He is the best.

Pantherproud,

I can't say enough good things about Dr. Conway. My son went to him approximately a year ago. Let me know if you want to know about his situation.

joe

joedaddy,

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I want to thank everyone for their comments and recommendations. It seems, as I expected, that Dr. Conway is highly regarded and considered the expert in the DFW area for elbow injury diagnosis and treatment. We have an appointment to see him later this month and I trust we can get to the bottom of this problem. I'll post the results when I know something.

Dr. James Bothwell, in same office as Conway is also very good. Would highly recommend him too.

We went today to Keith Meister in Arlington. He is supposed to be the Rangers Team Orthopedic Doctor. He seemed to know what he was talking about. Pretty easy to get in. I called on Monday and had an appointment on Thursday. Put my son on no throwing for six weeks. Tommy John ligament sprain.

I had to go through Tommy John surgery a little over a year ago and what I noticed was that the best surgeons are not necassarily the best at diagnosing the problem. I had a torn UCL for over 3 years before I had the surgery. Even the day of the surgery they weren't sure what to expect. Over and over again I was told it was tendonitis. It was like they were too stubborn to accept someone my age could have a torn UCL (tore it at 10-11 years old). The man who told me this has done the 2nd or 3rd most UCL repairs of anyone in the history of UCL repairs. I would reccamend him for surgery but as far as diagnosing problems he didn't impress me at all.