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Yamaha’s Aaron Gobert is scheduled to have surgery to correct Compartment Syndrome, which causes “arm pump,” today at the hands of famed orthopedic surgeon Dr. Arthur Ting.

“It’s cost me three (AMA Supersport) races this year,” said Gobert Sunday evening before leaving Barber Motorsports Park. “I’ll probably get a screw taken out of my thumb, too.”

The surgery to correct compartment syndrome involves cutting a muscle sheath in the arm to allow the forearm muscles to expand, relieving the problem commonly known as arm pump. Dr. Ting has performed the same surgery on several professional road racers, including Nicky and Roger Lee Hayden, Kurtis Roberts and Larry Pegram.

The symptoms of the syndrome include numbness in the hand and an inability to feel or properly operate the controls.

Gobert says he is only having the surgery performed on his right arm because his left is not afflicted by the symptoms.

Shortly after the surgery, Gobert plans to return to his home near Sydney, Australia.