Health professionals reacted differently. “I think this is a huge relief,” he said. Michael Alaia, Sports Health Specialist and Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Health. An MRI scan on Friday found that the Mets superstar has a stress reaction on his right shoulder. According to Alaia, the “extremely rare” injury to the common people – although not uncommon in pitchers – is caused by the repetitive stress on the muscles that pull the scapula. The Mets have said that their teammate will not throw for up to four weeks before receiving more shots on his throwing shoulder. Since deGrom will first have to allow the bone to heal before it can be rebuilt, it may not make its debut this season until June. Jacob deGrom plays during a Mets spring training match. Corey Sipkin But the chances of this injury developing into something bigger are slim. “Fortunately, most of the time they do not need surgery,” Alaia said by telephone. “Fortunately, most of the time they are treated very well with a period of relative rest. “If this was anything more – like a rotator cuff injury or a mucosal injury or something related to soft tissue that may or may not heal – I think it might possibly predict a little more negative prognosis or it might leave a little future a little more indecisive. “Bones heal very well in the human body.” DeGrom suffered an injury after injury last season, from a problem with his right lat to a sprain on his right shoulder and forearm. A low UCL split did not allow him to play after July 7 last season. According to Alaia, it is possible that the stress response is related to his injury history. “If he changes his throwing mechanism trying to protect his elbow, then he may be using different muscles in his shoulder,” Alaia said, “causing different types of pressure on the shoulder and pulling on the shoulder.” The ultimate cure for Mets is rest. Given a long period of inactivity, the stress response heals and usually for good. “The chances of this happening again are likely to be very small,” Alaia said. Jacob deGromCorey Sipkin Several pitchers – including former Yankee Brandon McCarthy and former Met Michael Wacha – have dealt with the injury in the past and are back in full health. McCarthy sat for about 6 weeks in 2011 with the injury, while Wacha lost about 11 weeks in 2014. “Given that this injury should technically be named after me, I can say that this is not a really big deal,” McCarthy wrote on Twitter after the deGrom diagnosis was made public. “It’s not as big as it looks. It will be fine. ” Any moment without deGrom will be painful for the Mets, who have World Series hopes mainly due to the mating of deGrom and Max Scherzer at the top of the rotation. If they can stay in the race without perhaps the best pitcher on the planet, the belief is that the stress response will not bother deGrom once he returns. “I think the good news here is that nothing is structurally wrong,” said GM Billy Eppler.
