Hey everybody,
Figured I would just update my status. I went under the knife last wednesday at HSS in Manhattan..got to sit in the waiting room with Stephon Marbury. The doctors said the surgery took about an hour and a half. I had an impingement of my rotator cuff and a slight labral tear..not as bad as it might sound.
I started physical therapy on wednesday, a week after having the surgery performed. So far so good
Good luck buddy. Best wishes for a speedy recovery and lots of good pt to help it along.
"My question was, If I my having shoulder problems and my season is shortened (possibly eliminated) how will colleges react? I am not trying any D1 schools, I know that I am not a D1 prospect..but would D2, D3 and JUCOs shy away?"
yo shp,
im also a 09 and i unfortunatley had an injury about the same time as you. in late march during the season i was on a roll and got a partical tear of my UCL, one doctor told me i need tommy john and i said no thanks cuz that meant i would be out for a lonngg time, also my dad is a doctor and thought if it was a partial rest and rehab should do the work, and so i went to another doc to check out my mri and agreed with my father and said do the rehab, and play it by ear. basically play catch try different percentage of effort and when its ready ill know its ready.
ive emailed all the college coaches who have shown consistent interest through letters and/or email and all of them wished me the best of luck told me to keep my head up and keep them updated and let them know when im healthy. so to answer the question in the quote if a coach likes you tehy probably have heard of the injury and would just like to be notified of progress and how your doing and check you out when your healthy to complete their deciscion making process on you.
but the best advice i can give you is to not rush coming back. its not worth it. i rested and rested and did what you did watching my team play, and i wanted to say "F" it let me pitch, or let me play third, and so i kept on doing rehab and progressing in throwing. then one weekend game for my club team i warm up and am throwing hard, possibly harder tahn before due to the strengthening from rehab and after like 10 fastballs the pain reoccurs and i shut it down. and dont completelty start over the process but it was definantly a bump in the road and it let me know i was not ready. so im still resting and not capable of playing in anything so i am not rushing. but i should be healthy within a month or two (from me guaging my progress and pain), and everything seems like its gonna work out, it just depends on how hard i work to get better.
SO PRETTY MUCH ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD IF YOUR GOOD, AND RECOVER PROPERLY SOMEONE WILL WANT YA. JUST DONT GET YOUR HEAD DOWN OR YOUR HOPES TOO HIGH, JUST WORK AS HARD AS YOUR CAN AND THIS IS HYPRICITICAL COMING FROM ME, BUT IF YOU WORKED HARD AND IT DOESNT WORK THERES NOTHING YOU CAN DO, BUT I THINK FROM WHAT YOUVE SAID YOU WORK HARD AND THINK POSITIVE SOMETHING GOOD WILL TURN OUT. GOOD LUCK KID.
yo shp,
im also a 09 and i unfortunatley had an injury about the same time as you. in late march during the season i was on a roll and got a partical tear of my UCL, one doctor told me i need tommy john and i said no thanks cuz that meant i would be out for a lonngg time, also my dad is a doctor and thought if it was a partial rest and rehab should do the work, and so i went to another doc to check out my mri and agreed with my father and said do the rehab, and play it by ear. basically play catch try different percentage of effort and when its ready ill know its ready.
ive emailed all the college coaches who have shown consistent interest through letters and/or email and all of them wished me the best of luck told me to keep my head up and keep them updated and let them know when im healthy. so to answer the question in the quote if a coach likes you tehy probably have heard of the injury and would just like to be notified of progress and how your doing and check you out when your healthy to complete their deciscion making process on you.
but the best advice i can give you is to not rush coming back. its not worth it. i rested and rested and did what you did watching my team play, and i wanted to say "F" it let me pitch, or let me play third, and so i kept on doing rehab and progressing in throwing. then one weekend game for my club team i warm up and am throwing hard, possibly harder tahn before due to the strengthening from rehab and after like 10 fastballs the pain reoccurs and i shut it down. and dont completelty start over the process but it was definantly a bump in the road and it let me know i was not ready. so im still resting and not capable of playing in anything so i am not rushing. but i should be healthy within a month or two (from me guaging my progress and pain), and everything seems like its gonna work out, it just depends on how hard i work to get better.
SO PRETTY MUCH ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD IF YOUR GOOD, AND RECOVER PROPERLY SOMEONE WILL WANT YA. JUST DONT GET YOUR HEAD DOWN OR YOUR HOPES TOO HIGH, JUST WORK AS HARD AS YOUR CAN AND THIS IS HYPRICITICAL COMING FROM ME, BUT IF YOU WORKED HARD AND IT DOESNT WORK THERES NOTHING YOU CAN DO, BUT I THINK FROM WHAT YOUVE SAID YOU WORK HARD AND THINK POSITIVE SOMETHING GOOD WILL TURN OUT. GOOD LUCK KID.
First hand experience:
O'Brady Jr. had shoulder issues for a couple of years. Through therapy, we'd hoped that he could work his way through the pain. February of his senior season it became obvious he couldn’t. MRI didn’t show much, only going in would tell us for certain what the issue was.
Needless to say it was a slap tear and he missed his senior season. While Jr. is a good pitcher, once we let the coaches know the contacts nearly all stopped. A few D1s said they couldn’t take the risk. We kept emailing JUCOs and doing a sales job on what he had accomplished to that point in his baseball life. We went the JUCO route because it allowed him to have a chance to prove he could still do it, if he can, and then move up. He did get several “walk on/try out” offers and one tiny scholarship offer, one that a lot of kids get, and a chance to try out for the team.
Now we are waiting for the release from the doctor and to start throwing again.
If you want to play, there is always a place, you may have to start at the bottom and prove yourself all over again, but you can play. That of course is assuming you recover enough to perform at the college level. That we are still waiting to see.
O'Brady Jr. had shoulder issues for a couple of years. Through therapy, we'd hoped that he could work his way through the pain. February of his senior season it became obvious he couldn’t. MRI didn’t show much, only going in would tell us for certain what the issue was.
Needless to say it was a slap tear and he missed his senior season. While Jr. is a good pitcher, once we let the coaches know the contacts nearly all stopped. A few D1s said they couldn’t take the risk. We kept emailing JUCOs and doing a sales job on what he had accomplished to that point in his baseball life. We went the JUCO route because it allowed him to have a chance to prove he could still do it, if he can, and then move up. He did get several “walk on/try out” offers and one tiny scholarship offer, one that a lot of kids get, and a chance to try out for the team.
Now we are waiting for the release from the doctor and to start throwing again.
If you want to play, there is always a place, you may have to start at the bottom and prove yourself all over again, but you can play. That of course is assuming you recover enough to perform at the college level. That we are still waiting to see.
CaBB thanks for the encouragement.
SDbaseball2209,
I just got my labrum and rotator cuff fixed up.I also went the rehab route and it did NOTHING, still had pain when i threw and couldnt go further then 60feet...i feel your pain. worst thing about it, i was waiting until this year to do showcases, special tourneys, etc.
Obrady,
doctors prognosis is very promising, says based off his evaluation today that it should be no more then 4-6 months before im put on a throwing program. overall, I would think, a great thing to hear; especially since I thought that I would not be playing at all next year. I know as a 5'7 RHP that maxes 86 I was not going to be getting any offers anywhere...if I cant find my way onto a D2 or D3 team then JUCO route it is
SDbaseball2209,
I just got my labrum and rotator cuff fixed up.I also went the rehab route and it did NOTHING, still had pain when i threw and couldnt go further then 60feet...i feel your pain. worst thing about it, i was waiting until this year to do showcases, special tourneys, etc.
Obrady,
doctors prognosis is very promising, says based off his evaluation today that it should be no more then 4-6 months before im put on a throwing program. overall, I would think, a great thing to hear; especially since I thought that I would not be playing at all next year. I know as a 5'7 RHP that maxes 86 I was not going to be getting any offers anywhere...if I cant find my way onto a D2 or D3 team then JUCO route it is