DR James Andrews

by E5 on Sep 27, 2008 10:48 AM PDT Comment 4 comments

I know this doctor is trying to do his best to repair injured athletes and now has a branch of his business with proper pitching mechanics and training. Apparently the Red Sox are one of the teams involved with this new training and mechanics from his office. My question is do you think these new methods his office is preaching is correct. Based on the few athletes such as Chris Carpenter who have come through his office and had continued injury issues it doesn't appear that it is working or is correct. Does anybody here have a clue what his methods are? Read this article.

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His office isn’t really preaching the methods, since they’re not published or advocated for. Also, because the athletes he talks to are already injured, I don’t think it’s really a great idea to start thinking of them as “his athletes.” Chris carpenter has been an injury risk ever since age 22 when he was a high-level prospect. Just sucks his contract is on my team’s bankroll now.

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by hazel on Sep 27, 2008 11:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree.

I was not aware that Dr. James Andrews started his own business advocating his brand of proper pitching mechanics and training; I will need to look into that, as it sounds very interesting. The Red Sox being the frontrunner on this is not surprising, as they have had a close relationship with Dr. Andrews over the years (as have the Athletics).

Without doing my due diligence, I cannot say whether or not I think Dr. James Andrews has something worthwhile to teach in the field of proper pitching mechanics. I absolutely respect his work as a surgeon and pioneer of medical operations, and I would expect that he has very valuable input on related fields.

As hazel said, though, the pitchers he has been working with are a bit of a biased sample, as they go to him for surgery stemming from mechanical flaws. To judge him based on patients who see him is a bit unfair.

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by Kyle Boddy on Sep 28, 2008 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs