I am a 16 year old baseball pitcher. I was living in Japan until last Summer when I moved back to Hawaii. When I was in Japan, that is when I hurt my shoulder. I was throwing live BP to my teammates and with one throw I felt something weird in my shoulder but I kept on throwing anyways. I simply thought it was just a normal injury and thought it would heal over time and ignored it and continued throwing for a little bit more until I couldn't really tolerate the pain. The pain came from my biceps area and it hurt the most when I cocked back. But anyways, I rested for about 2 months and when I moved back to Hawaii,I went to go see a doctor and told me I had shoulder instability. So I was told to rest but I was throwing about 70-80 pitches per bullpen session for just once every week. So the second doctor I saw suggested on having a MRI done and the results said that I have a SLAP tear. But because he was a elbow specialist, we went to a different doctor for a second opinion. We went to a doctor who was the head athletic director of UH(university of Hawaii) and she also said I had a SMALL tear.So when preseason started and I went on the mound to pitch, I still felt the pain but to a certain extent that I could throw. But for some reason I actually started THROWING FASTER. When I was in Japan, I only threw in the mid-low 70's but after the injury and in my second preseason game,I was sitting around low 80's and topped out at 86. I'm not sure if you're supposed to be throwing faster after a SLAP tear. But then my third doctor told me to stop throwing so I ended up not throwing for the entire JV season. I started PT and ended up going for about 4-6 weeks(2 times a week). But I don't really think that helped out. So the fourth doctor who is also a specialist in throwing athletes, did some physical tests on me and told me that he doesn't really see a problem with me and the SLAP tear. But we're not too sure because he never saw the MRI yet. But anyways, I'm currently going PT once a week and started doing acupuncture and it might actually be working.But I'm not fully sure because I haven't throw for about a month. I really don't want to give up my dreams and still want to continue playing. Any suggestions?
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