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Old Tue Aug 28, 2007, 10:42am
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
...In softball, it is more of an issue of overuse...
In May, one of the best young pitchers here in AZ and probably the country was hospitalized with what was diagnosed as Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

From what I understand, the muscles in her upper arm had developed so much from all of her pitching, that blood flow to her arm was restricted. She ended up in the hospital for 12 days and at least one major surgery.
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