From Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe:
If you’re a major league team, you have to consider new technology that could help reduce labrum and Tommy John surgeries. It’s from Neuro Performance Rehab Clinics in Miami, whose mother company helped quarterback Peyton Manning following his neck surgery. The clinics claim they have helped avoid 60 Tommy John surgeries, mostly to Division 1 college pitchers. “Unless the ligament is cut in half, there is no reason a player should go under the knife for UCL surgery until they have at least met with us first,” said managing director Mark McClure. “I will tell them first and foremost it is not the UCL that is the issue, the problem is coming from somewhere else, and until we treat the origin of what is causing the UCL pain, all the rehab, ice, rest, and surgeries in the world will not fix it.” Director of business development Frank Joy said the company has had to break down a lot of barriers because most teams operate in a certain way — they get a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews and go from there. The key, according to McClure, is finding the origin of the problem neurologically. If the UCL is torn completely, then surgery is required. If it’s a partial tear it can be repaired with little downtime, according to Joy, who says treatments cost $2,300. The company, which claims a 97 percent success rate, uses what it calls ARP Wave technology to find the disconnect.
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Originally Posted by The Don
