Sep 18, 2025
Tommy John is a name associated
with the game of baseball not just because of the pitcher's Hall of
Fame career, but because it has become synonymous with a
devastating injury to the Ulnar Collateral Ligament of the elbow
that continues to plague baseball pitchers often resulting in
reconstructive surgery colloquially known as the Tommy John
Surgery. Multiple risk factors have been postulated to put the UCL
at risk of rupture including increased velocity, torque across the
elbow, baseline stiffness in the shoulder and/or elbow, pitch
volume, and pitch type. Well known for their extensive work in
baseball science, Dr. Glenn Fleisig, PhD from the famed American
Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, AL and Dr. Peter Chalmers,
MD from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City join us to
discuss their study that looks at these risk factors in
professional baseball pitchers.