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The New Tommy John: The Rise of the Internal Brace - #AMR386
Ten weeks to start throwing after UCL surgery sounds like a miracle timeline, until you’re the clinician staring at a stiff elbow, a deconditioned arm, and a protocol that assumes the athlete is further along than reality. We’re seeing more internal brace UCL repairs and fewer “classic” Tommy John reconstructions, and that shift is changing how baseball pitchers, gymnasts, and other overhead athletes move through rehab.
We talk through what’s actually different about the internal brace procedure, why surgeons became so optimistic early on, and why many athletes still aren’t truly ready to…
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