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Lots in the Baseball News about Tommy Johns Surgery

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Published on Sunday, 27 June 2010 15:31

Written by Anne Moss Rogers

I'm reading where a lot of pitchers and batters are having to undergo Tommy Johns Surgery or UCL Surgery. It used to be mostly pitchers that got this but today was reading where one of the Flying Squirrels players (minor league in Richmond, VA) had had it four times for batting.

So what is a UCL injury, the symptoms, treatment and recovery? Where exactly on the elbow does it hurt? See Dr. Robert Klitzman's article on Ulnar Collateral Ligament injuries here. We've printed this article out recently for players on various little league teams in our area.

The UCL Injury article was graciously contributed by Robert Klitzman, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Norman, OK who specializes in arthroscopic surgery.