Anyone had a sucessful rehab (without surgery) from a frayed (not torn) UCL of the elbow? Someone asked me for advice and I don't know. Any info would be appreciated. What was the rehab and how long?
Fungo
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Fungo, my son's ucl was frayed before it tore. I'm not even sure if it will heal itself without surgery. His ucl was long and doc was able to reattach. His surgery was 7-2-04. He just started a progressive throwing rehab this month. He did have pt 3 times a week for a little over 2 months. I'm sure this is not of much help. Good luck-pomom
Fungo - ck out www.asmi.org - american sports med institute - they sell a $10 pitchers conditioning program with includes rehab info - this is mainly for shoulder - but doing the program strengthens the entire body/pitching body parts - prevention is the easiest part of rehab! Strengthen the rest, take some of the stress off the UCL