Should mean he is out 3-5 weeks worst case
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Should mean he is out 3-5 weeks worst case
Despite being someone that did a lot of forearm strengthening in jr high, and then high school, and also college and of course later, I have never had to deal with a forearm strain. Is that something like a groin pull or hamstring that’s likely to linger? Or since it’s easier to rest an arm compared to a leg or core muscle, is this something that should heal easily?
Shouldn't be near as bad to recover from as say a hamstring strain. Problem is, the torque he generates in that arm. Might be a couple of weeks before he's ready again
A lot more training after marriage. So how's it holding up now 86?
Wonder if it happens from the throwing motion or something to do with gripping the ball for different pitches. Seems like the grip engages a lot of forearm muscles.
I think it's pretty obvious that is related to his crazy velo and having a stronger, reconstructed arm. So the other ancillary things around it are getting tweaked instead. So he needs to be careful.
I don't know this dude personally so it may not be the case, he may be 100% into rehab and conditioning. But so many of these dudes who get TJ in HS come back and think they have free reign to just sit back and throw as hard as possible because their arm is now 'fixed'.
Then you have folks like Rosey out there saying that it's a hamstring graft so it should "never tear again". I get that it's strong but it can definitely tear again.
Advanced age tends to lead to less constriction and a less intense workout. Age also tends to require more frequent moisturizing of the hands to maintain proper grip.
Soak that in some pickle juice today and tomorrow and get back out there Friday!
Not trying to be a downer but here are some stats and comments from a study published in 2020 on forearm strain in pro baseball authored by shoulder and elbow surgeon Christopher Ahmad.
The study looked at a 5 year period and identified over 750 injuries in MLB and minor league players. Not surprising, 83 % of players with forearm strain were pitchers. A close correlation with UCL injury was found with 20% undergoing Tommy John surgery within 1 year of the forearm strain. The reason being that the forearm muscles actually provide dynamic protection to the UCL. For that reason the recommendation is that the muscle strain be fully healed and rehabbed before resuming pitching so that the UCL is not exposed to increased force by compromised forearm muscles. Probably for this reason, the study found that the average time on the IL for a player with a forearm strain was 117 days.
That's four months. Hopefully it won't take that long for McPherson but then I would imagine they will not want to take any risks with him.
The study looked at a 5 year period and identified over 750 injuries in MLB and minor league players. Not surprising, 83 % of players with forearm strain were pitchers. A close correlation with UCL injury was found with 20% undergoing Tommy John surgery within 1 year of the forearm strain. The reason being that the forearm muscles actually provide dynamic protection to the UCL. For that reason the recommendation is that the muscle strain be fully healed and rehabbed before resuming pitching so that the UCL is not exposed to increased force by compromised forearm muscles. Probably for this reason, the study found that the average time on the IL for a player with a forearm strain was 117 days.
That's four months. Hopefully it won't take that long for McPherson but then I would imagine they will not want to take any risks with him.
Of course it does but I think talk of 2 weeks is a fantasy. Probably even 3-5 weeks.
Shoot him up with some BPC 157 peptides and he’ll be back next week
Feels really similar to the JT Ginn situation in 2019, when he was always going to be back to 100% “any day now”. It’s just starting earlier. I’m not getting my hopes up.
We of course know from hindsight there that his struggles were definitely UCL related there. And BOC is never gonna come out and say “yeah his UCL is a little swollen but mostly OK” or anything like that.
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For somebody not trying, you sure are good at being a 17ing downer. Imagine if you put some effort into it.
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I recently injured my forearm lifting. It took several weeks to heal, but i’m near 60, he’ll probably be good in 3-4 weeks or less.
It would be awesome if he comes back at some point during the season, but we got to play like he's not.
Hopefully he mends up perfectly and he can continue to pursue what he loves. If it helps our Bulldogs, all the better.
GOD's will be done.
Hopefully he mends up perfectly and he can continue to pursue what he loves. If it helps our Bulldogs, all the better.
GOD's will be done.
Hopefully Ryan McPherson’s forearm strain diagnosis wont turn into basically the Epstein files of MSU baseball- In that doctors say he’ll be back ‘any day now’- just like those files- and we’ll have been been hearing ‘soon’ for weeks- which is to really turn out to be and say, never.
I still say 2 months and bullpen guy rest of the way.
I love it when my radiology reports say “absolutely pristine”, “no issues at all”
This situation would be appropriate for a “clinical correlation needed” notation.