General Terms
The medical term for the inside of the elbow.
What is the medial side?
The reason behind this surgery.
What is to treat serious elbow injuries?
The team Tommy John played on while reciving surgery.
Who are the Los Angeles Dodgers?
What is 6 - 8 weeks?
The meaning for the letter U in UCL.
What is Ulnar?
The medical term for the outside of the elbow.
What is the Lateral side?
The name of the doctor who preformed the first tommy john surgery.
Who is Dr. Frank Jobe?
The number Tommy John wore while playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
What is #25?
The type of surgery that tommy john is considerd as.
What is reconstruction?
The meaning for the letter C in UCL.
What is Collateral?
The other term for tommy john surgery.
What is Ulnar Collateral Ligament repair?
two of the recovery complications.
What are nerve irritation and long recoverytime?
The year Tommy John was born.
What is 1943?
This type of brace is used during recovery.
What is a Range of Motion brace?
The meaning for the letter L in UCL.
What is Ligament?
What UCL stands for.
What is Ulnar Collateral Ligament?
The year that tommy john was first preformed.
What is 1974?
The Birthday of Player Tommy John.
What is May 22nd?
the technique used in modern tommy john surgery.
What is the Internal Brace method?
the reason behind the nameing of the surgery.
What is because it was named after the first person to recive the suregery?
The three ligament bundles the make up the entire UCL.
What is the Anterior Bundle, Posterior Bundle, and Transverse Bundle?
The oponent of the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 17th, 1974 when Tommy John blew out his arm.
Who are the Montreal Expos (modern day Washington Nationals) ?
The name of the three teams that Tommy John played on before reciving his career changing surgery.
Who are the Clevland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers?
The reason behind new techniques not being used for everyone?
What is everyone and every injury is different?
The three arm bones that connect to help make the elbow.
What are the Ulna, Radius, and Humerous?