Jess Lockwood St. Louis 2022 Recap
In his physician’s visit last Thursday Jess Lockwood received some good news in that surgery is not required to repair his injured riding shoulder. An MRI discovered a rare broken coracoid process, (the coracoid process (from Greek κόραξ, raven) is a small hook-like structure on the lateral edge of the superior anterior portion of the scapula (hence: coracoid, or “like a raven’s beak”). Pointing laterally forward, it, together with the acromion, serves to stabilize the shoulder joint). Jess has a follow up appointment with Dr. Tandy Freeman in 4 weeks, at which time a further assessment will be made. At the moment the thought is he will need 6 – 8 weeks of rest and rehabilitation before competing again. A much better prognosis than 6 – 9 months if a shoulder reconstruction surgery was needed.