After 50 years, Tommy John surgery is evolving ... - Associated Press News
Mar 14, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy John surgery, like baseball itself, is evolving to increase success and sometimes speed return. Dr. Jeffrey R. Dugas developed a procedure that cut recovery time to as little as nine months for some pitchers with torn elbow ligaments. He envisions more innovations within five-to-seven years.
Tommy John surgery at 50: MLB's necessary evil has changed …
Sep 25, 2024 · OAKLAND — Tommy John, tired of the constant elbow discomfort and cortisone shots, no longer able to throw a pitch without searing pain, pleaded with the Los Angeles Dodgers ’ team doctor to try...
How "Tommy John surgery" changed our national pastime - CBS News
Oct 13, 2024 · In 1974, a creative surgical procedure saved the career of L.A. Dodgers pitcher Tommy John after he tore his UCL. Today, an astonishing 35% of active MLB pitchers have had "Tommy John...
What is Tommy John surgery? Explaining the history ... - Sporting News
Aug 24, 2023 · Tommy John surgery is not just reserved for baseball players, though that is where it garnered its name and where it is the most common. The surgery itself is to replace a torn ulnar...
50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer
Mar 13, 2024 · FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tommy John yells as he charges off the mound after the final out in 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies to win the National League playoffs in Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1977. Almost 50 years ago, on Sept. 25, 1974, Dr. Frank Jobe reconstructed a torn ulnar collateral ligament in John’s left arm.
Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani throwing from 60 feet as Tommy John …
May 28, 2024 · Eight months after undergoing Tommy John surgery, Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is throwing a baseball from 60 feet — and his pitches have reached 80 miles per hour.
50th anniversary of Tommy John's famous surgery - MLB.com
Mar 22, 2024 · John underwent an unprecedented elbow reconstruction surgery -- now famously known as Tommy John surgery, perhaps the most important medical advancement in baseball history. John initially waited to have the surgery, hoping that rest would help him get back on the mound before the season ended, but the pain never subsided.
Tommy John surgery can work once, twice - Associated Press News
Mar 14, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani, Jacob deGrom and Walker Buehler found out Tommy John surgery is no longer a rarity but now routine. Pitchers can look to Jonny Venters as they return from a second operation to repair a torn elbow ligament: He made it back to the big leagues after what he calls 3 1/2 Tommy John procedures.
Eury Pérez to have season-ending Tommy John surgery - MLB.com
Apr 4, 2024 · Marlins right-hander Eury Pérez will undergo Tommy John surgery with an internal brace on Monday and miss the rest of the 2024 season, president of baseball operations Peter Bendix announced on Thursday. The determination that surgery was necessary came after Pérez visited Dr. Keith Meister for the second time in less than two weeks after ...
50 years after the first procedure, Tommy John surgery is more …
Sep 19, 2024 · Tommy John, now 81, laments that the surgery that saved his career has become a routine procedure for children whose bodies are still developing.