Blog Number Ten: An X-Ray Vision

This past week, I continued research about the details and culture behind the curiosity of the causes and effects of the widely common Tommy John surgery that I began to really touch base upon last week. I titled this blog “X-Ray Vision” because that is the level of detail that I am beginning to see this procedure upon, obviously with certain limitations due to my lack of education that simply is only for professionals or at the earliest those in medical school. Not only do sports injuries, especially Tommy John, get diagnosed through imaging procedures (however more frequently MRIs and not x-rays, MRI vision is not very catchy) but imaging procedures are an integral part of sports medicine. Anyway, while blog number nine was centered on potential causes of Tommy John, which at our current time are not exactly specific and clear, this week is about the potential effects of Tommy John, such as the myth that pitchers throw harder after they get UCL repair surgery. To be clear: that is in no way true, and I still stand behind the belief that I formed that Tommy John Surgery is truly every pitcher’s worst nightmare. Ultimately, in conclusion, I am very centered on the research that I am making, and the generalizations that take away from the meaning of my research that was necessary in the beginning are now beginning to go away, bringing me into a greater learning stage than ever before.