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They've been working on synthetic materials for decades and can't find anything that can absorb the stress and maintain the flexibility of a tendon that becomes a ligament once the replace it. It may happen someday but not in the near future.

They've tried synthetic materials in the past usually gortex. However, there are 2 significant drawbacks. 1. They need to be too ig to offer enough support and therefore limit motion. 2. They only last about 10 years before they fray too much and cause other issues

In males usually 15-16. It's the growth plate in the medial elbow under the area where the UCL has its proximal attachment.

Well if there was a great deal of edema they would elevate it.?

Never argue with your professor. ?

Wow were you lucky. Walking without supports 2 weeks after repairing both patella tendons was risky. The healing process is 6-8 weeks for the repair. Those could easily have ruptured again. How old were you? Most surgeons are very eager to cut. That's all they know. Usually the rest of us need to work with them to not cut immediately.

While the success rate for this I jury is high, about 85-90% return to prior level of function, no medical procedure is perfect.

It's the lower of the arm angle to get more movement on those pitches that does it, especially that young as the elbow epiphyseal plate hasn't closed.

It's not really the increase in velocity as much as the throwing near max velocity for too many pitches. There is no "pacing." Dont forget about mechanical issues as well. Look at the article I posted earlier this week.

It happens. You dont have to leave the me about patient compliance. However, your argument is flawed that compliance post surgery is probably more important than it would have been over the winter. I was referring more to mechanical changes that they probably wanted to work on.

Did Cease injure his elbow?

You can argue that but I'll bet they seen a few hundred more professional pitcher elbow injuries than you have. Unfortunately either the rehab didn't work or the pitcher didn't make the changes he was supposed to.

Yes. The surgeons thought that the tear was small enough that rehab would work. There were positive reports in the Fall but obviously it doesn't look like it worked.

It's not Schneider and the training staff, although they will have input. If you are looking at preventing injuries it's more the strength and conditioning group. Although with UCL issues it's more the pitching coaches and pitch selection. Then research shows the two most significant factors are more than 45% fastballs and having their release point further away from the head.

Happens all the time. Sale hasn't had UCL surgery. He's been shut down for elbow issues at 3 times that I remember.

Not always. However, in someone with a previous UCL history, it's a good bet.

I wouldnt totally disagree. The usual reason that a pitcher has a forearm strain is that there is something going on with the UCL. I would disagree that just because there is a forearm issue means they will eventually have surgery.

No it's not predictable. Many pitchers can rehab a partial tear of the UCL. Unfortunately it doesn't look like it worked in this case. The repeated issues this soon after beginning of Spring isn't a good sign.

2 Ks looking that inning. Decent pitches. Still don't like the motion though.

Correct, sorry.

Nice diving play by Moncada to his left.

Still has far too much side to side motion in his delivery to throw consistent strikes.

At least they were in the zone for the most part.

No. but he could go from awful to really bad.

He should do that more often. Last season he swung for the fences and pulled off of it.