Torn labrum
DD is 12, still growing. Went to ortho for pain, MRI shows she tore her labrum.
Treatment plan is wait and see if it heals itself. Any experience with this?
To be clear, it is the labrum, NOT the rotator cuff.
Injury is probably from overuse, trying to correct one bad decision with another as it turns out.
"All facts are friendly." --Carl Rogers
If adversity builds character, perhaps it's impunity that reveals it. --Me
They don't call them the "Tools of Ignorance" for nothing, and they aren't even using the full set. --Me
In internet legi, ergo debet esse vera. "I read it on the internet, so it must be true"
14 YO DD had an overrotated 5th cervical vertebra, shoulder ball was a little forward of the socket, and wry neck...luckily we have a really good chiropractor and she immediately felt better after the adjustment...going for the follow-up today...but we'll certainly be much more careful about innings pitched from now on...every pitcher wants to be the #1 but sometimes it's better to share the load...
Catcher, not pitcher, overhand throw caused this.
"All facts are friendly." --Carl Rogers
If adversity builds character, perhaps it's impunity that reveals it. --Me
They don't call them the "Tools of Ignorance" for nothing, and they aren't even using the full set. --Me
In internet legi, ergo debet esse vera. "I read it on the internet, so it must be true"
One of my student's 16yo brother tore his labrum. It took surgery and rehab, but he is fine a year later. I am skeptical of the no surgery, advice that you got.
I had torn labrum surgery a year and a half ago. She will be lost for about a year, but should be able to return pain free. I have never heard of a torn labrum on a 12yoa. That is a rare injury for someone so young.
I am going into surgery Monday for a torn Labrum , as well as rotator cuff and biceps tendon . A lot of swimmers wind up with the same injury and not all of them wind up having surgery for just the Labrum . Might be worth it to get a second opinion though .
Just in case this is helpful to someone else, some updates here:
Non-surgical treatment was met with universal skepticism, so I pinged my friend the PT. Turns out, this is the surgeon that rebuilt his little girls arm and wife's hip, so I'm feeling pretty good about the guy's medical opinion.
this is a SLAP tear(lesion?). This means the damage is to the part of the labrum near where it attaches to the bicep tendon.
Treatment is PT to 1. stretch 2. balance the musculature to stabilize the joint: IR muscles are much more developed than OR.
We'll know in 6 weeks.
"All facts are friendly." --Carl Rogers
If adversity builds character, perhaps it's impunity that reveals it. --Me
They don't call them the "Tools of Ignorance" for nothing, and they aren't even using the full set. --Me
In internet legi, ergo debet esse vera. "I read it on the internet, so it must be true"
I tore my Rotator cuff and Labrum in a weird slip on the ice. NO surgery as the otho said he could not guarantee I'd feel any better. This happened during the time DD thought she'd be a pitcher. I did the rehab exercises and thought I was going to die a few times catching errant balls over my head but after a year and 3 cortisone shots in my shoulder I was better. I don't think it is a quick recovery but maybe faster than mine as all injuries I get these days seem to take a year to get over.
Good luck to you kid.
Kids have amazing healing powers. Mine healed from an overhand throwing injury, entirely different prognosis from the same injury for an adult.
I've had a couple of students who had shoulder problems as the result of overhand throwing, and one from overuse as a pitcher. When I had the opportunity I sent them to Dr. Verma at Rush Presbyterian in Chicago. He is a sports medicine doctor with a specialty in softball-related injuries.
So far, no one I've sent to him has required surgery even though the first doctor they went to diagnosed labrum tear. He is like the guy you went to -- surgery is a last resort. Some rest, plus some physical therapy, and they were back pitching in a few weeks to a couple of months.
Surgery means a long time spent rehabbing. If you can at all avoid it, definitely do.
Ken Krause
IOMT Castaways 18U
Contributing editor, Softball Magazine
Life in the Fastpitch Lane
NFCA Three Star Master Coach
For help with technical problems with the Forum, email me at support@discussfastpitch.com
Posting Permissions
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks
Reply With Quote