Posts Tagged ‘elbow’

So at week 12 it was time to start throwing.  Because I was pain free and swelling free I was given the go-ahead.

That first throw was pretty scary, but I knew I was ready for it, and it went fine.  It felt just like it used to. I started out at 30 feet, progressing to 40 feet x 60 throws by the month’s end.  Month two moved me back to 50 feet, and month three to 60. Midway through month three, however, I switched to a different throwing program because I was progressing faster than my throwing program would allow.  

I talked earlier about falling on my arm when I was running and how important that was in trusting my arm.  The first day I let a ball go on a line was another such moment.  After every single throw was on a soft arc, letting one go on a line was one of the first tests of my new ligaments.  I can remember that first throw, and how liberated I felt when I did it without pain.  I only uncorked a few of these per session, but they always provided me with a release from the tension of wondering if my elbow was really strong enough to get me back to where I once was.   Read the rest of this entry »

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 »