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It's one of the most important advances in sports medicine in history, and I like tha they still don't know why it seems to be required more and more.

Posted by Tim (aka othertim) Sep 17 '13, 13:14

As David (and also my dad) has pointed out, the act of throwing a baseball overhand is unnatural. The body isn't meant to throw a ball 95 mph repeatedly for very long.

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Did you see the Obermann thing on great pitchers being dead arms by 30? It was required before they just didn't have the advancements. - spamlet Sep 17, 13:17 2
- Yeah, my dad has said they just used to call it "dead arm." - Tim Sep 17, 13:19 1
  - Right, he didn't have a major thing. A minor procedure would have cleaned him up. - David Sep 17, 13:31

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It's one of the most important advances in sports medicine in history, and I like tha they still don't know why it seems to be required more and more.

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