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Originally Posted by castaway01
I think this is most likely a track surface issue.
And the reason so many American baseball pitchers get Tommy John at a young age is because kids who pitch at a high level are the opposite of babied---many throw ridiculous amounts of pitches throughout their youth in constant travel baseball and other showcase tournaments. They're pushed too hard by overzealous coaches who want to win a plastic trophy and by parents trying to get college scholarships. But that's off topic.
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The research about UCL repairs in correlation to overuse as a kid is extremely weak. I’ve only read one cohort study and it was straight up garbage.