Hi Sharlene,

Sorry to hear about your daughter and her injury. I was a player with the San Francisco Giants when I had my UT repair and luckily, I had the best post-surgery team in the world. The medical procedure fixes the tear, but what people don’t know is that the rehab is the most crucial aspect. If you would like to hear more please contact me via email info@eurozonesolutions.com

Regards,

Aaron Hornostaj

First off must thank Dr Berger. You are a wizard!

My name is Aaron Hornostaj and I was a patient of Dr. Berger back in 2007. He performed arthroscopic surgery on my right UT ligament and I am now 100%.

I injured my wrist in 2006 while playing baseball with the San Francisco Giants. After my surgery in 2007, I had 8 months of vigorous rehab but now can say it was worth it. I have been able to get back onto the ball field and compete with the best in the world.

Surgery fixes the tear, but the hard part is finding the right staff and modalities for rehab. If you have any questions please send me an email to info@eurozonesolutions.com or do a google search of me.

Best wishes,

Aaron Hornostaj
info@eurozonesolutions.com

Thank you so much for sharing (I would like to continue conversation via email) she just had her MRI and a cortisone shot – that doesn’t appear to be working. It’s killing me to see her in pain every day and she just made her first National competition cut. sjvconsult@gmail.com

the story is long and sad. My daughter was an elite tennis player. She has had three wrist surgeries, the first one was a misdiagnosis (tfcc tear) after that she saw five other wrist surgeons who decided that it was the ECU tendon. SHe ended up going to Dr. Berger at the Mayo Clinic who repairs world class athletes i.e. Jason Werth, Juan DelPotro. We believed the diagnosis was correct, a UT split tear, however the first surgery did not work and she ended up getting the surgery again. It has not worked. The surgery was mid march and she still is unable to play tennis without pain. She has moved on and although it was difficult for her to finally accept that she was not going to play Division I or even high school again for that matter, other doors opened for her that would not have been had she been playing tennis all the time. It was her life. I would suggest that you find the BEST surgeon in the nation. It is the diagnosis that is critical with the wrist and if a surgeon gives the wrong diagnosis, which many do because wrist injuries are so difficult to diagnose, it can be devastating. Sometimes I wonder whether she should have gotten surgery at all. Dr. Berger stated that she was the only patient who had an unsuccessful UT split tear surgery. I don’t know if I believe that. If that is so, she was unlucky two times.

Sharlene – I am very interested in your experience (I have an elite swimmer with constant on-going wrist pain and we are trying to determine next steps). X-Rays are fine / have not done an MRI yet – would like to hear your story.