Originally posted by Giedi:
Originally posted by mayo49:
Originally posted by Montana:
Originally posted by NYniner85:
Yeah, my guess of the electric shock feeling was the ulnar nerve. I have had that one aggravated before. Felt 'shocks' down my arm/slight weakness and weird sensation/pain in my elbow. Completely different injury but location wise it made sense. What concerns me also is the possibility of permanent nerve damage here because of the numbness he was experiencing. Not sure if it's from that or the tear. I would think that the numbness in the hand would be from the ulnar being "stretched" the way it was. Maybe it was inflammation of that nerve that caused the numbness and feeling can eventually come back. Guess a dr would know but kinda need to be able to feel a football if you are a qb. Don't wanna guess too much about things though.
If he has nerve damage, he's f**ked. 
No reports of nerve damage as far as I know. The fact that he felt pain is a good sign of that, in my non medical amature view.
True , no reports of ulnar nerve damage, but with an UCL tear, you have to consider that the ulnar nerve was subjected to the same grossly unnatural force that tore the UCL. No idea if ulnar nerve was torn but GTD it was severely stressed. The fact he was able to throw a tiny bit means the ulnar nerve, even tho traumatized, is still working, and that is a positive sign. The UCL tear, tho, has to be fixed, but the internal artificial ligament procedure, would mean a lot less time off than TJ repair. Remember the snapping of the wrist/ elbow is inherent in pitching but not in throwing a football. The artificial ligament gives him protection at the elbow and isn't subjected to the similar forces a pitcher's elbow requires.
Only question is , no matter which surgery is done, how does Brock's elbow function post op? The old dictum, "no surgery makes things better than they were originally" is key here, but the good news is that for TJ surgery , in-game forces are not the same for pitchers vs Brock's situation. Brock has no need to rotate/snap his wrist/ elbow to throw a ball. That is the best thing i can see thru all this.
As for the ulnar nerve, it can always be moved…or transposed, if you will. I had that done over 25 yrs ago and they just move the nerve from where it was in ulnar notch to mid forearm. Makes no difference in function and protects it. So he should be okay nerve wise , even tho ulnar nerve got traumatized also.
An equally big question is how the 9ers handle moving forward. Man , if there ever were a sticky wicket, this is it. Again i stress the absolute necessity of being certain our QB is protected and that means upgrading the R side of the OL if possible. With no 1st of 2nd rd picks, that is going to be tough. Worse, McG is the best FA out there. This has to be one of the toughest problems 49ers have to figure out. But pulling a RT and assuming a TE could handle Riddick was not a great choice. Yes McG got beaten also at least once but the TE blocking Riddick? Ye gads.
[ Edited by pasodoc9er on Jan 31, 2023 at 10:05 AM ]
. Protection calls go through the QB and center as well.
