Is torn labrum a steroids indicator?

Phillies pitcher Brett Myers becomes the latest baseball player to need hip surgery for that issue.

Now, I’ve not heard a lot of juicing speculation about Myers, but other people on the list in the story?

A-Roid? Proven. Mike Lowell? Often speculated. Carlos Delgado? Fairly often. Chase Utley? Rumored by at least a few.

As is Myers.

I’m by no means alone in my suspicions, as Googling “Chase Utley” plus “steroid users” shows more than 800 hits.

That includes this sports blog, which notes:

"Self-reported anabolic-androgenic steroids use was significantly associated with the following self-reported, medically diagnosed, joint and cartilaginous injuries in comparison with the nonanabolic-androgenic steroids users."

That, in tern, is linked from a journal of rehabilitative sports medicine.

I wouldn’t argue at all.

For some more in-depth discussion on hip injuries, including the idea that overexercising to strengthen knees puts too much stress on hips, go here.