Cardinal Pitcher getting TOS surgery
 

Interesting article because he only has NTOS. Usually the Pitchers have ATOS.
He is going to Dr. Pearl in Dallas, who I have heard of recently. It mentions that he will be getting his first rib removed and 2 neck muscles removed which must be his scalenes. They say he will be able to pitch again next season. It will be interesting to watch what happens to a public figure.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

This article is more detailed and says "release" of the scalene muscles:

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseb...9bb30f31a.html

A good friend of mine has a son on the Cardinals, so I'm going to forward this to her, thanks! :)

3 to 6 mo reccovery time. they must be glossing over the fact that there are two surgeries

We have posts/threads here about Hank Blalock, former texas ranger ball player that had TOS surgery. If I recall he was a top hitter for the rangers before the injury.

He played again afterward but was plagued with other misc injuries and was traded a couple of times then free agent..

Google still brings up his injury & history.

I think this is reasonable. High fitness often equals fast recovery.

Carpenter was first shut down with what was described as a nerve-related issue in March, when he began feeling weakness and numbness in his arm, shoulder and face following his throwing sessions.

Dumbness in the face? But, but, that isn't a TOS symptom. :rolleyes:

One of the symptoms I had post-surgery was Bell's Palsy. I've had it before during one pregnancy, and then various episodes of weirdness from cranial nerve regeneration. I mentioned that I have this thing called "Eagle Syndrome" which means my mastoid process is elongated, presumably in the cranial nerve area. I wish there were a way to know if this is related to TOS, which I'm now have no symptoms of.

Does anybody wonder why he isn't using Dr.Thompson since both are located in the St. Louis area?

Carpenter surgery/Dr. Pearl
 

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseb...a4bcf6878.html


Yes i was wondering why he didnt use Thompson as well. Maybe he has family in Texas, or his trainers know Dr. Pearl or maybe Thompsons schedule wasn't open when he wanted the surgery.

Has anyone seen Dr. Pearl. Info?

I don't know him yet, but I'm seeing him Tuesday. I can post the 411 once I do, though!