Archive for June 1st, 2009

Getting surgery sucks.  It is, however, usually the only option for someone who tears a tendon, ligament, or muscle while playing a sport and wants to play competitively again.  So it’s a situation where one needs to suck it up and take some solace in the fact that they are on the road back to the top.  Especially with TJ surgery, the prognosis is great and with proper attention to rehab there’s a good chance of making velocity gains on top of having the elbow of a superhero and time off to improve mechanics.

The first 3 months post-op were exciting in the sense that everything was new and changes were dramatic.  Things returned to normal rather quickly, and it was all building up to that fateful day when I would chuck that pill again, even if it was only for 30 feet at first. Read the rest of this entry »