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Tommy John Surgery: The Realities and Myths
Heezy1323 replied to Thegrin's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Been reading twins daily for a year or more but haven't yet posted anything. I have some expertise in TJ surgery and felt I could answer a couple of the above questions. The article was indeed a good overview of the surgery, etc. As far as the 'throwers 10" I would say just about every pitcher does some version of these exercises though the specifics vary from team to team and are usually regulated by that teams training staff. The current literature doesn't really tell us if using these exercises decreases the risk of sustaining a UCL injury, but it seems to make sense that it would help. There does seem to be a correlation between loss of shoulder motion (and strength) and UCL injury, but this is still being worked out. There were a couple of specific details of the story that are inaccurate, but overall I think it was very well done and is good information. Hope this helps. Happy to try and help with other questions.