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Read your own post, you literally just proved me right. Period. I've HAD the injury and surgery.
Humerus is upper arm, ulna is forearm, like you just said....BOTH at the elbow.
So before you make yourself look even LESS educated and self-righteous, go ask your ortho. He will tell you I'm right, because, well, facts. You think the UCL in the elbow connects the humorous to the ulna, but at the wrist? You misunderstood your docs.
Again, TWO different UCL'S
I never said it was 1 continuous ligament end2end. My original topic reply I said "UCL goes from Thumb to elbow". UCL is NOT 2 separate UCLs- the entire 3 band ligament structure is called UCL.
Dude let it go. You are just simply WRONG. The UCL bundle in the elbow is completely unrelated and separate from the UCL in the thumb. Period. End of story.
I fugged my metacarpal up pretty bad back in March and am almost two weeks out of having my pins out post surgery and I can barely even grip a pen to scribble. I couldn’t imagine trying to ride SX with dramatically reduced grip.
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Soooooo is Webb officially done for supercross?
Well, we know it can happen because Eli had it happen to him last year, but its not likely that Jett will have a 0 points race in Salt Lake. Webb will need to finish 2nd to win the championship if that did happen.
Gotta give it a go.
Yes, pitchers have Tommy Johns the career ender for many because it is elbow related, and the throwing motion from breaking balls. Not at the thumb though.
He said he'll line up for SLC.
You're really struggling to get past the fact that these two different and unrelated ligaments that have nothing in common other than connecting to opposite ends of the same big long bone were unfortunately given the same name.
TJ surgery is way too common now. Seems like a forgone conclusion for any pitcher that throws 95+. The surgery has gotten a lot better though and it’s not unheard of for pitchers to come back stronger from it.
I agree with the more common, not stronger aspect. Any time you go under the knife you lose a little something. Now, a pitcher taking the time to properly rehab and even strengthen their arm is a different story. Many times those guys are shot with toroidal and go through the wringer and not the subsequent proper rest and rehab during the season. It isn’t all that different from the NFL in that regard. My cousin is a sports agent for baseball players and a former pro himself. Pretty wild the stories you can hear that never see the light of day
He put up a great fight and incredibly impressive he kept it this close with the injury. Tomac was also nursing an issue he didn't tell us about and all of these guys are probably hurting in some aspect.
I’m assuming so because it was only reported as a torn ligament in his thumb and a UCL is more common than an RCL tear but that was not the problem that ended his career. It was a few years later that he developed a Ganglion Cyst in his throttle hand that ultimately made it difficult to ride since it would send sharp pain throughout his entire hand anytime he hit a bump basically .
Here’s the thing, though. Webb also tore his UCL back in 2017 at the MXGP of America. Got surgery in September and was back on the bike in November and started prep for the 2018 season. I wonder if it’s the same thumb.
Understandably you may not like my first post, but im lost on how my "Jett is necks level" post didn't hit the funny bone.
I have a feeling we will see Webb sit out the outdoor season. He will make this last race just incase something happens. But I don’t see him struggling through the outdoors the same way. Might even of had some influence on Tomac deciding to do outdoors.
My point of this post was the tone of that post race interview was him saying goodbye.
My prediction is an announcement from Yamaha this week that he won't be there.
You can hear it in him,he knows without making the official announcement himself then and there
Wait… so is the UCL connected to the elbow or not?
There are two UCLs. I’ve has the same injury as Webb 12 months ago - which is the thumb UCL. Mine wasn’t torn - instead the ligament had detached from the bone on my thumb. Luckily the surgeon was able to re-extend the ligament and fix it to the bone, rather than having to do a graft.
This injury is also called skiers thumb or shooters thumb.
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I was thinking about the points and the chances of him winning if Jett did somehow score zero. Webb would have to finish first or second - in other words beat Sexton, Hunter, Anderson, Barcia and Eli to 2nd or better.
Looking at his thumb injury and the way he was riding I just don’t see it happening.
Hey look, someone who actually knows! The more medical term is a Stener or Steners Lesion.
If that's what his actual injury is, no way is he making the start of the outdoors. It would be pushing it to make it back this year at all. Look at Ferrandis' injury/surgery to return to racing time frame.
I'll also say this, he's a badass for riding the way he did yesterday with that injury. Yes you can work around it a little bit, but if you flex that thumb the wrong way AT ALL, it's incredibly painful and you have almost zero strength for some motions.
So once again, Webb finds a way to slither out of doing any Nationals.
Had he even done 5 National races since 2019?
They say he’s had this injury since Alabama, but he’s won twice since then.
This all just sounds like a lame ass excuse to get out of the Nationals because he knows he’s going to get his ass handed to him.
So are you saying he is faking it? You could tell he was in pain. Showed him taking his hand off the grip in the air and not even gripping the bars right when he landed. They say this injury requires surgery so I would assume he’s not going to race nationals. I wouldn’t call it an excuse. I’m sure he didn’t plan on having this injury while in the fight for a sx championship.
They say he’s had it since Alabama. That was 8 rounds ago. Didn’t bother him at all until THIS weekend. He got his ass kicked last week and claimed arm pump. Never even HINTED about a wrist issue.
So yes, I’m calling complete bullshit. It’s easy to fake shit when you know the cameras are watching. He does not like racing outdoors. If this was the first time, maybe. The dude has raced MAYBE 5 nationals in the last 4 years and he DOES NOT have a SX only contract and never has.
Anyone else hear on the broadcast when they mentioned that doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with Webb? They said they couldn't find any breaks or tears. Then Webb mentioned the UCL in the last interview of the night.
He's raced 16 nationals going back to the 2021 season.
Is he super pissed he's not racing the nationals? Probably not. Is he making an excuse or lying? Probably not.
Somewhere they said he injured it initially at Birmingham, but not too bad, then aggravated it at a later round.
Well I’m calling bullshit he is faking it. He had a legit chance to win the sx championship. So you think he Decided this round he was gonna fake and injury and slow down so he doesn’t have to race outdoors?
What the hell are you talking about, he’s going to leave Star because of…?
Won't be at Salt Lake.
Previously known as gamekeeper's thumb. Google can tell you how it got the name and you'll understand why it goes by other names now.
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