Ortopedic Doctor - who Knows baseball?

Too bad you are too far away from my son's chiropractor. You might want to see if there is a Chiropractor who deals with sporst. We have 2 that deal with pitching in our area. There should be some in yours.

I would contact the Athletic Training at the nearest local college and find out who they use.

You may want to try VCU Sports Medicine. There is a Dr. Loughlin(?) there who seems to know his stuff.

Medical Problem?

If you want the best there is, go see Dr. James Andrews in Alabama. Story on Dr. Andrews

Physical Problem?

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You don't need Andrews to assess an injury. He is a surgeon and if you need surgery you can go see someone like him.

MrMom, where are you located in Virginia and how old is the player? I'm in the Chesapeake / Tidewater Area and I took my son to Dr. Marc Cardelia. He is an Orthopedic doctor specializing in Sports Medicine, with a focus in Pediatrics. My son went to him with pain in his arm as a Freshman. As soon as he asked my son about the pain and moved his arm a few times, he said "You play baseball...you either Pitch or Catch, which is it?". Ended up being Tendonitis in the elbow. He really knows his stuff. I say all of this and my wife works for an Orthopedic Surgeon at Atlantic Orthopedics. They are good, but Cardelia is the best when it comes to sports. JMHO.

If you are in the northern Virginia area I would recommend you contact the Virginia Sports Medicine Institute in Arlington. My son, a pitcher, has worked with the physical therapy team there. They have great expertise on baseball injuries. Also, Dr. Ray Thal in Reston is an internationally recognized specialist in sports medicine, and someone who I also highly recommend. PM me if you'd like to talk about either option in more detail.

depends on the area of the problem - Tom Loughran at VCU Sports Medicine is the guy to see. Works with AAA R Braves and is terrific watching and listening to pain relative to throwing motion. understands the biomechanics. If this is elbow, his partner - Dr. Boardman is wonderful, very thorough, and again understands the throwing motion and links between injury and motion. Both are hard to get into see, and for good reason. not all orthopedists are alike, despite the Sports Medicine specialists. Throwing athletes are a subspeciality. I am familiar with several pitchers who have had TJ surgery and the response is all the same... make sure that you see a person who does shoulders/elbows all the time in overwhelming numbers, not someone who does a few weekend warriors tennis players and a bunch of knee cartlidges. Heck even the joint relpacement guys are not all the same and the results bear that out. good luck

mrmom...

Dr. Cutter in Richmond, Sports Orthopedic doc, Chippenham Sports Medicine... Tel: (804) 560-6500

Long list of baseball pitchers whom have used him. Also, in years past, Dr. Cutter was previously highly recommended by the Head Coach of the 18U Richmond Braves National team, Mickey Roberts, and he's also the Head Baseball Coach at Prince George HS.

"cvsting" provided you a specialist docs name that is used by a majority of pro pitchers, Dr. Andrews of the great state of Alabama.

Link: http://www.asmocfasthealth.com/staff/bio.php?doc_id=15052

Good luck...

Thank you all I'm very appreciative.

In Fredericksburg, Dr. Mark Ford at Orthopedic Specialty Clinic sure knows his stuff regarding pitching injuries.He then refers you to Kash Eagleton for rehab. A good combination that has helped many pitchers in the area including John Maine. They are being recomended by some top HS coaches. 540-361-1830

Whoever you end up with, you might want to get a second opinion. Both of our son's, one pitcher and one catcher, have shoulder problems. If we had listened to the first doctor in both cases, the pitcher would have never had surgery (which he ultimately needed) and the catcher would have had extensive surgery (which he ultimately didn't need).

We have been to see many of the doctors mentioned above (we are in Northern Virginia). They all have a lot of experience with shoulders, but they don't necessarily have a lot of experience with baseball shoulders.

We ultimately ended up at Dr. Andrews for both. He did not rush to surgery with either of them. He actually advised catcher against the surgery in favor of a longer course of PT - but left it up to him. Catcher told Dr. Andrews that his arm really felt like it had something wrong with it and asked if exploratory surgery was acceptable. Turns out that there was a problem that would not have been corrected with just PT and Dr. Andrews was able to fix it while he was in there. Andrews has said, with both players, that it was their decision whether to do surgery - they know their bodies better than any one else. If Dr. Andrews is an option, I would highly recommend consulting him.

Regardless of the doctor you see, it really is the PT and return to activity phase that is critical. Sharon Willet at Virginia Sports medicine knows a lot about bb players arms. Craig Pippin at Players Edge in Tyson's Corner knows pitching mechanics and has worked with a lot of pitchers in returning to pitching after surgery.

Good luck and best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery!

i would suggest Andy Altman at Atlantic physical therapy in Norfolf VA. He has a program with videos to evaluate mechanics and potential problems and ways to fix them.

I second talk is cheap. Andy is very knowledgeable and we had our son go to him several times with elbow issues. All of which he resolved with PT. Also had him do the high-speed video computer analysis. That was invaluable in finding a potentially dangerous mechanical problem which when fixed, allowed our son to actually increase velocity with less effort!

My son had TJ surgery when he was 16. We made it down to Birmingham and now, 2 1/2 years post-op, all is good. Dr. Andrews has a facility attached to the hospital where ASMI is located. American Sports Medicine Institute. Hundreds of major and minor league pitchers come there for an ultra-slow motion video taping of the throwing motion. It is viewed and critiqued by a medical expert, and then reviewed with Doc. Andrews personally. You get a very in-depth report on what's right and where the problem spots might be in the delivery. Very special place in my opinion.

Wow,

Thanks to everyone. I'm thinking the throwing motion evaluation would be really helpful. I believe that's alot of his problem and he's begginning to agree. Anyone know who might do this in Northern Virginia?

His problem is pain in the shouler area

The Pitcher's Edge is a great book that deals with a computerized look at the pitching motion.
We were fortunate to have a Chyropractor who was a pitcher evalaluator for the Texas Rangers. He beacame good friends with Tom House and Nolan Ryan and has a small part in the P Edge series. We had 2 checkups a season with him and I feel it helped keep my son healthy. He would perform a series of tests to check his shoulder ,elbow and budy in genrel.

I am pretty sure Pinkman Baseball in Sterling & Springfield do that.

Craig Pippin, at Players Edge in Tysons's Corner is great at identifying mechanics issues. He is in contact with Dr Fleisig (SP?) from American Sports medicine institute.

I know Craig has had video recording with computer sensors in his facility in prior years, usually around this time.

Even without the sensors, he is darn good at finding the most natural mechanics for a player - really tries to minimize stress and possibility for injury. Beyond that, he is just great with players.

I have no monetary interest in Players Edge, just grateful to them for helping our players. Pm me if I can help in any way.

1. I would start with Robert 'Bobby G' Grossman OCS at Musgrove Medical Center just of Rt 29 in Fairland/Silver Spring.

2. I would also consult with the Curtis National Hand Center at Union Memorial Hospital off 33rd Street just a few block from ol' Memorial Stadium.

May you find the following #'s useful:

National Hand Center: 410-554-2266
Head of the Dept Dr Graham: 410-235-5405
Shoulders: Dr Les Matthews 410-554-2865
Chief Surgeon: Dr Frank Ebert 410-554-2850
S.P.O.R.T.S Bob Grossman OCS 301-989-9040
(dial O for operator)



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