Anthony Volpe’s path to recovery after shoulder surgery | The Injury Report - video Dailymotion

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00:00Can you take us what Volpe is going through in his journey to get back to the field?

00:06We'll start with the surgery.

00:07What's that process like for both the player and you, the surgeon?

00:12When he had that dive a few months ago, or when it was, he dislocated or partially dislocated his shoulder.

00:19So the ball of the ball and cup in the shoulder juts forward and tears some tissue in the front called a labrum,

00:26which helps keep that ball in place.

00:28So with that surgery is something called all arthroscopic or minimally invasive done with the camera.

00:34We take little sutures, we put it around that torn tissue and tie it back to the bone.

00:39That way it holds the shoulder better, helps with pain, helps with motion, and ultimately helps them get back to playing.

00:46What's the surgery and rehab process like for a non-pro athlete?

00:50If you're not a pro athlete, a lot of people can do pretty well with just physical therapy.

00:55So just to be clear, not everyone needs that surgery.

00:57And then the rehab process would mostly be the same, except if you're not an overhead athlete,

01:02I tell most people you can get back to sports by like four and a half months, maybe five,

01:07as opposed to like sixes, which I would make someone who's an overhead thrower wait for.