ARM BLOWOUTS! Doctor Intro to UCL and Tommy John Surgery

MLB OPENING DAY 2019 is HERE!!
This video will serve as a quick intro into some basic features of UCL injuries and Tommy John surgery in MLB pitchers. Throughout the season we'll highlight a lot more topics in regards to this injury but this video will be the foundation for future topics!
Thanks as always for watching!
-Brian
DISCLAIMER: Content not intended to be taken as medical advice. Opinions represent those of the individual and not my employer.
Data taken from:
El Attrache et all " Morrey's The Elbow and Its Disorders", 68, 651-662, "Medial Collateral Ligament Reconstruction: MCL Insufficiency"
#MLB #OpeningDay

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Adnan A I can relate to this . Hope this guy gets credit he deserves

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Great video! I think it's also very interesting that this is usually a chronic injury, usually from over use, and not acute. It makes a great case for the pitch count and other pitching rules in the MLB.

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Ohtani is the only one I recognize:( lol

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Shohei Ohtani, Matt Harper, Stephen Strousburg, Corey Seager, Adam Wainwright, and Trevor Rosenthal?(Maybe just because of the Cardinals uniform but that's my best guess)

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Chris carpenter, shohei ohtani, Jordan Zimmerman??, seager, anddddd idk. Is that Matt harvey?

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Shohei Ohtani, Corey Seager, Matt Harvey, Chris Carpenter, and looks like Smoltz but i don’t remember him on the Cards. EDIT: I also forgot Strasburg pre-beard. Go halos! 😇

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I do!

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[@ryansearles6078]

Can you do a video on bone chips/spurs in the elbow? After suffering myself I feel like there is a general lack of awareness in the baseball community about this injury and I would love for you to touch on it in depth.

[@Matheusfk3]

Doc. Could you make a video on wrist injuries, more espscifically o the triangular cartilage. Also, it would be nice to have a ulnar elbow injurie breakdown. Love the videos, I always learn a lot from them!

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Awesome video! Love being able to learn and engage in knowledge with your videos

[@TheEric826]

ugh idk why but him just kinda describing it made my skin crawl, just thinking about the body like that makes me queezy

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Born in St Louis, then spent childhood years in Lexington kentucky haha. Famiky moved a lot . Now I'm in Minnesota

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Yea it's not bad..turning me into a hockey fan haha appreciate the support especially while this is all so new and I'm learnjnf through how to have better production!

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[@brandonbouchez7195]

I had a partially torn UCL back in junior year of high school and they just had me do therapy but it never recovered I feel like. Was gonna try and pitch in college but I gave up because of the pain and I still have it to this day

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Please do an episode explaining Steven Souza tearing his acl, lcl, and pcl after slipping on home plate

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harvey, ohtani, carpenter, strausburg, seager, and i cant tell who that last cardinal is ughhh

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Smoltz

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Korey Kluber is a legend and pitching in his thirties without tommy John’s yet has 2 cy young’s Also have fun with Andrew Miller

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You should do a rotator cuff video for pitchers, there’s a lot to talk about in the shoulder of a pitcher!!

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Yes!!! Go birds baby!! Are you from St. Louis ??

[@shawnweddle3002]

My friend tore his UCL while pitching. The crazy thing is he was on a baseball diamond in Terre Haute named after Tommy John. The same field where Tommy John played his last high school game.

[@BrianSuttererMD]

I went to college in terre haute!

[@chase.9233]

Hey Brian, can you make a video explaining Robby Fabbri’s situation with two ACL tears/surgeries? How common or uncommon is this? I’m a big cardinals and blues fan, and like to hear your feedback! Keep up the great work with the videos, they’re awesome.

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tennis elbow injury would be a great video!

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white dot had me trippin out thinking my phone lost a pixel

[@robertadams6606]

I am certainly no expert, but I was told they replace the Ligament with a Tendon. but maybe that was false. With the attention that pitch speed is getting, we see more players getting close to that 100 mark. I really feel that todays players should not throw pitches that speed especially early in ST. Too much stress on those elbows after being mostly inactive in the offseason, I wonder about how pitchers are being trained.

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I tore my rotator cuff 3 years ago then 2 years after my surgery I tore my labram

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Would love to see a video of obj ankle injury last year

[@jcj21ab]

Great video Doc! Looks like you had some elbow surgery also....were u a pitcher? lol Keep up the good work!

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Good catch! No I played tennis but I did have Tommy John surgery

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@@BrianSuttererMD The irony lol probably felt surreal talking about a surgery you went through...hats off to you for playing tennis, i just couldn't get it lol

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Talking about elbows, I hope you can talk about tennis elbow and how one gets it. I believe I have it so it’ll be nice knowing what’s going on

[@Illigrown]

caused by extending at the elbow. Either due to repetitive extension or a high force extension. Often seen in tennis players because of the amount of backhanding they do And very similar to how he explained this but instead of the MCL/UCL, it’s the LCL/RCL of the elbow that is affected with tennis elbow.

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Do one on Steven Souza Jr who is out for the season cause he slipped on home plate

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Thankssss doctor👍

[@J.C...]

And now Shohei has another UCL tear. Man that had to be disappointing to hear for him.

[@johngee876]

Other than pitch counts and reducing pitch speed, is there anything that can be done to help a young pitcher avoid this injury? Like special exercises or longer warmup time, etc.

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Helpful video…thanks doogie howser, md

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My cousin had this surgery in college, he never played again.

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can you do a video on bone bruises?? thank you

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Brandon Roy?

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Yo doctor can you look into the series of injuries the great Ronaldo Nazario had in the 2000s. Maybe go into more soccer injuries too

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Idk if this is a dumb question or not, im far from being a doctor...but why repair whats torn? Whether its this or an ACL or an MCL, you would think by now in 2019 they would have something that if the ligament is to the point that the athlete may not be the same why not replace it with something thats identical and of the same substance as the ligament itself? Maybe theyve already done this idk. But wouldn't that cut the healing time in half or better?

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this may sound strange but hurt the ulna nerve by accidently hitting it the wrong way on a door edge one night years ago

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I’m trying to find a video on the ulnar nerve you mentioned, I’ve got issues on both elbows where my ulnar nerve bounces around my “funny bone” and causes numbness, sometimes my arms just give out even with 5lbs weight

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Great video! #GoAstros

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I don’t even watch baseball but this was a very interesting and entertaining video :)

[@poida007]

I have trouble achieving wrist extension. Only able to get 30°-35%. No pain. Any ideas. Never broke my wrist. Very frustrating for playing tennis, especially the forehand.

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Nvm I just found it thank doc !

[@mattstevenson2907]

Can you do one on the labrum please. I have a tear myself

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What was the medical diagnosis and the MOI??

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How is Tanaka still pitching? Every article I've read, mentions he has a partial tear that he is pitching through.

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My elbow has always hurt ever since i was 12. Im now 15 and it hasnt gotten any better. Ive had x-rays and they came back with nothing wrong with it. Does anyone know what could be wrong with it? Im in pain almost every time i pitch

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could you do a video on tennis elbow? or is that too similar to this one?

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Dr. Sutterer can you help me? I had a sports related injury when I was a teenager. I was pitching when I was struck by a line drive to my right temple. When I arrived at the hospital I had to have surgery to remove an epidural hematoma. There is a lot more to this story, but I'm in my early 40's and I'm uninsured. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Take care

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Rotator cuff tears and oblique injuries next

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More baseball videos 🔥🔥🔥🤭

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*notes who the Nats swept in 2019 NLCS*

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Did you grow up around St. Louis or does you being a Cards fan have nothing to do with location?

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Born in St Charles and my parents are from southeast mo

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Hi can you talk about Josh Hart's injury?

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Does a submarine or three quarters pitcher run less of a risk for this injury or are they increasing the chance for others?

[@LeoDominguezOrtega]

i’m confused as to why I haven’t been able to walk for 2 and a half months (fracture of the lower extremity of my fibula and dislocation of my ankle and tore my syndesmosis ligaments and had surgery to put 6 screws and a metal plate and a tight rope for my ankle) but someone like Hector Bellerin who tore his ACL around the same time is already walking and i still have a couple weeks before i can

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hahaha Doc! I was about to say! Why aren't you a Cubs or White Sox fan!?!?

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Born in St Charles (suburb of St Louis) and all my relatives are from Missouri!

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Go Cubs!!

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do andrew bogut elbow please!

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Well I still like you even knowing you’re a Cardinals fan lol

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i broke my growth plate away from my elbow what do i do after 1 month of the surgery

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Yay baseball!!!!

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The worst case I've seen was when that guy snapped his arm with throwing the ball 😖

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I think I tore a meniscus 😢

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Here after seeing that Big Ben had something similar

[@ChristisLord2]

What about qb’s with shoulder injuries like cam newton

[@Austinwhite918]

watching this after Paul George tore his UCL to find out if hes done for the season

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Do Okeke from auburn, poor guy tore his ACL

[@Illigrown]

Tibia slid too far anteriorly on his femur and tore the ligament (ACL) which is responsible for keeping the tibia from sliding too far forward. Gonna require surgery and therapy, but he can make a decent recovery!

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Go Cardinals!!!!

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Hey doc on a next video can you explain the death of the Dixie state football player?

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Who else is here after the DeGrom news?

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You from st.Louie. Go cards It’s gonna be a great year #12N 2021 🏆 Who your favorite player?

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I broke my medial epicondyle bone (funny bone) from throwing. Any explanation for this? Please respond

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Hmm was it your flexor tendons that avulsed off?

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Oh also, go Cubs go!!!

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Do Gordon Hayward...

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