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They shouldn't waste his controllable years an a down year for the MLB club (sarcasm included).

This is true to an extent but the second degree will have tears as well. That is what heals. Are you athletic trainer in Michigan? Better than in Illinois with our practice act.

Just seems more drastic this year for some reason.

Weak contact is better, fewer pitches.

Sox pitchers seems to have issues in the first inning. I wonder if there is some weird issue like the mound in the bullpen being different than the one in play. I would doubt it as they would have fixed it by now but it seems too consistent not to be an issue like that.

Sprains have varying degrees. A first degree or mild sprain will rarely need surgery. A second degree or moderate sprain will sometimes need surgery based on the healing after 6-8 weeks. A third degree or severe sprain will almost always require surgery as there isn't enough of the ligament connected to heal properly.

The twins bottom 3 hitter could be worse than the The sox bottom 3 hitters. And that's tough to do.

Just depends on the degree of the sprain.

Yes it would. It just depends on if the injury can be reasonably protected, if they should continue to play. If it's an ankle Sprain there are braces that can protect against the motions, rolling the ankle, that would allow the player to continue without further damaging the ligament. The injury may take longer to heal but the risk of further damage is minimal. Over the last decade or so we have learned that tissue does heal faster and stronger if some stress is placed upon it. To make it simple, the tissue aligns better if controlled force is placed upon it. The best example are foot or lower leg fractures. Years ago they would be in a cast for 6-8 weeks to allow healing to occur with no stress or weight. Today they are put in a walking boot as long as the fracture is not displaced. This allows for controlled stress into the fracture and allows for better healing. In bones it's a concept from Wolff's law of bone growth which was postulated 100 years ago but we've only applied it to healing recently. We've since discovered that the same concept works for other tissues as well.

Sorry, my expertise is in sports medicine.

Probably similar. Both were not complete tears but serious enough to require rest and inactivity for healing. The normal timeframe for tissue healing to the point of about 90% ins 6-8weeks if the tissue has the optimal environment for healing. This is why you hear that timeframe so often. Since they were both given that timeframe you can assume the injuries were fairly similar. As someone pointed out earlier, I haven't evaluated either so this is just reading between the lines of the reports both cases and using my experince of cases I've worked with.

No doubt. Unlike football, they aren't required to say anything publically.

A sprain is a tear of a ligament. It just depends on the amount. If something needs to change is always a debate and part of the clinical decision process. When you sprain an ankle were you running wrong or did just happen to step on that rock and rolled your ankle? This is the dilemma. Do they need to change something in his ,mechanics, which is possible, or did he just do something on that one pitch or two pitches that caused the sprain but not a complete tear. They will go back and look at the pitches and evaluate it. In pitching more often than not, they will try to make an adjustment but it's not a given.

Kenny Williams evil incarnate.

Nope, I haven't I can only describe the most likely course of actions based upon public reports only because discussions with people in the profession would never occur because that would be a violation of HIPPA. ?

There is a good chance it will heal and not need surgery if after the 6-8 weeks it tightens up. If it heals up enough then it will be strong enough. He could always injure it again but it won't be because of it being weaker.

The textbook definition is mild sprain about 25% tear, moderate sprain 25%to 75%, severe 75%+. After 6-8 weeks they will re-evaluate to see if he needs surgery based on how loose it is.

They should get some of the recent draftees after quick stints in rookie ball.

He ain't an athlete. He's a baseball player. (Said in my best kruk impersonation).

How dare you disparage Uncle Teddy!

It's 2 components of the same issue. Staying healthy while pitching is a multi-issue. Some of it is genetics as I stated. Another part is the ability of the tissues to absorb force, youth helps in that regard. Another part is decreasing the load on the tissue while maintaining a high level of performance, this is proper mechanics. Some pitchers just don't have as much natural ability and need to find a way to make the hitters be off balance. This is when they change mechanics to give the hitters a different look.

Yes they do. You can attach accelerometers to the limb. There gave been many studies using these while studying mechanical stress and loads on the joints. As far as the elbow is concerned, there is enough stress on it during a normal correct pitch to rupture the ligament. The flexor muscle mass is what adds extra strength to keep it together. This is why the flexor strains are important to watch. It could allow to much stress on the ligament to cause injury. I haven't seen the device you mention here. However, anything out of ASMI and Fleisig is done very well. In the world of throwing and sports medicine research he is at the top of the food chain.

That's good because the information this comes from is based on the physical exam.

I think the key is the fewer innings. Kid just needs practice at repeating. Similar to kopech. Good stuff needs innings. Unfortunately, not all of them figure it out.

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