this is actually more common than advertised, especially in sports where there is both contact and repetitive arm/shoulder movement (ball throwing/pitching).

Over time, with enough repetition (that's how athletes improve their skills) and perhaps a few collisions turning a double, or breaking up a double (sliding into the thrower), cummulative injuries, combined with one last "trigger" can lead to a very obvious BP condition.

Ahn has also helped baseball players, and Filler has helped other athletes as well, with what one might think would be considered "traumatic" brachial plexopathies. Many of these high-profile BP docs have helped many high profile athletes, as well as the average college/HS athlete (ball players, football, swimmers, etc).

They [the athletes] obviously are not "questioned" when reporting their symptoms, and the belief of their complaints, quick diagnostics/dx, and appropriate treatment more than likely accounts for their return to sports (although, not always at the same level) and their lives.

They do not get the TOS "stigma" that the rest of us "ordinary" people get, and have, I would assume, plenty of cash to get the best docs, and the finest post-surgical rehab, as long as it takes to get them back in action.

It does seem interesting that so many high-profile athletes/human beings seem to avoid the TOS stigma, and get dx/treatment, without the TOS runaround that many of us "ordinary" people get.

The athlete this thread is about, presented with "shoulder discomfort" and somehow docs figured out that this "discomfort" required immediate BP intervention? How does that work? What are we missing? ....