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The elbow surgery that baseball pitchers sometimes need. There were reports of pitchers throwing better afterwards, which led to young aspiring pitchers with he
by twinkletwinkle 9y ago
The elbow surgery that baseball pitchers sometimes need. There were reports of pitchers throwing better afterwards, which led to young aspiring pitchers with healthy elbows requesting the surgery. I don't know much about the actual process, I was just reading an article about the ethics of operating on a normal elbow in order to gain some competitive advantage.
- ghthor 9y agoThis doesn't sound far fetched at all. Small injuries are a way to focus the body to enter a recovery phase where the end result is a bone/tissue configuration that is strong and less likely to be repeat injured. Martial Artists have been practicing this type of body modification for centuries to bones, ligaments, muscles, and minds. I've experienced it through my own personal knee surgeries. And I wouldn't be surprised if in the future we offer body enhancements to healthy indivuals through surgery that will improve performance or long term health.
- dimaggiosghost 9y agoTommy John surgery is what it's usually referred to, after the first pitcher to undergo the procedure in the 1970s. It's pretty accepted that the surgery is not performance enhancing against the healthy baseline. Some pitchers come back throwing harder because they had significant impairment (wearing of the tendons) before.