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My son had a lesson in April or May of last year where he was pitching and when he turned around, he was basically white.  He said he had just had a shock go from his elbow down his arm.  He dropped the ball and said he didn't want to throw anymore that day.  He did recovery (bands and rice bucket activities) and said he had zero pain even immediately after.  I looked it up and figured that it was the ulnar nerve slipping out.  Didn't happen again the entire summer until last night.  He was warming up to pitch and he said it happened three times so he told the coach he wasn't throwing.  He has recently started a workout program that focuses on explosiveness.  Lots of lifting but very fast reps.  There are quite a few boys doing it and all have gained velocity rapidly.  They did max velocity throws on Sunday, but only 5.  Does anyone have experience with this kind of issue and if so, do you think it is related to the new workout or just coincidence?  He wants to get into the orthopedic just to make sure we take the right path.

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I injured my ulnar nerve a few years ago after I had been doing a weightlifting program for almost a year...all of a sudden my pinky finger was on fire almost constantly...not much pain but it was obvious something was wrong...long story short, 4 months later had surgery to move ulnar nerve...still have some numbness in pinky and my hand is weak (this is appx 2 years post surgery)....bottom line, get to dr/orthopedic asap will probably need a nerve test...I was 44 not 16 or 17 like our sons now, but that's serious get him checked out asap

My son had this surgery as a D1 college P/OF in January 2012. It started out as slight tingling when he was pitcher in college summer ball after his freshman year. PT and anti-inflammatory meds didn't help.

He ended up playing mostly 1B the first half of that year (his sophomore year) and by the summer of that year he pitched in the NECBL summer league with pretty good success.  

At the time he was a starting OF who was a relief pitcher. Not sure if your son's workout has anything to do with this injury. Looking back on it, my son's was likely overuse. If it proceeds to surgery I can fill you in more on my son's experience.

So the doctor did an X-ray, said his elbow looks normal, no calcium build up or bone changes. Said it was the ulnar nerve but said he wouldn’t call it carbitol tunnel syndrome yet.  He has no numbness or tingling as of now.  He said it indicates that the tendon covering it is starting to stretch and he would limit his throwing and his use of certain pitches.   It’s fall so we are going to take fall off from pitching and then have a coach evaluate his mechanics before he starts up in January. He just started throwing a slider. Wanting to see if there’s something wrong in his form on it.

I lift every day. I know multiple people who lift every day. It’s not lifting related. Definitely look into the mechanics but if the nerve is slipping over the bone, it’s most likely going to need to be relocated if it keeps flaring up. We had 2 guys have the surgery this past year. Definitely better than the tommy John I went through but ofcourse no surgery is good

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