Part 5 of the Tommy John Surgery Series: It Works But Don’t Expect Miracles

by Ryan Paul | Jan 15, 2021

In the previous four SportsMedRes posts, we discussed postoperative outcomes after ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction in professional baseball players. Our first study (Camp et al. 2018) showed that while we often focus on pitchers who undergo UCL...

Part 4 of the Tommy John Surgery Series: Slower Fastballs After Tommy John Surgery? No Matter – Velocity Isn’t Everything!

by Ryan Paul | Jan 14, 2021

The Effect of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction on Pitch Velocity in Major League Baseball Pitchers Lansdown DA and Feeley BT. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2014 February. doi: 10.1177/2325967114522592 Full Text Freely Available Take-Home Message...

Part 3 of the Tommy John Surgery Series: Fewer Innings Pitched and More Frequent Walks after Revision UCL Reconstruction

by Ryan Paul | Jan 13, 2021

Pitching performance and longevity after revision ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction in Major League Baseball pitchers Marshall NE, Keller RA, Lynch JR, Bey MJ, Moutzouros V. American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2015 April. doi: 10.1177/0363546515579636...

Part 2 of the Tommy John Surgery Series: Tommy John Surgery Does NOT Make You Pitch Better!

by Ryan Paul | Jan 12, 2021

The effects of medial ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction on Major League pitching performance Keller RA, Steffes MJ, Zhuo D, Bey MJ, Moutzouros V. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2014 November. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2014.06.033...

Part 1 of the Tommy John Surgery Series: Catchers Struggle the Most of All Baseball Players After UCL Reconstruction

by Ryan Paul | Jan 11, 2021

Following ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, professional baseball position players return to play faster than pitchers, but catchers return less frequently Camp CL, Conte S, D’Angelo J, Fealy SA. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2018 June. doi:...