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We continue to see hand injuries on a regular basis in the world of baseball. While that also involves elbow and wrist injuries due to excessive pitching in pitchers, hand injuries can easily happen to batters. Such is the case most recently with Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer. He’s also another example of having a hand injury and assuming it’s going to repair itself, then making it worse by continuing to play.
The hand injury in question happened initially recently when Hosmer was hit by a fastball that created excessive pain in his hand. Hosmer complained of pain, yet continued to keep batting. He was quoted as saying that he could turn the pain off while continuing to bat. And that was a major mistake, even though he’s part of the recurring trend where major league teams are under severe pressure to retain star players.
With the Kansas City Royals already dealing with lost chances on playoff positioning, Hosmer is one of those players that’s overly depended on for offense. When you’re counted on that excessively, any complaints about an injury might be ignored. Once Hosmer ignored this pain, he found out you can only use an injured hand so long before it completely gives out.
That’s exactly what happened on July 30 when he had to bow out of batting after his hand gave out and had no strength. In turn, he aggravated an injury that should have been dealt with earlier. Now he’ll be out a month, and perhaps may need surgery to repair any damage from the fastball injury. But it also puts the Royals in a tailspin, hence giving another reminder how teams should have backup star players available when injuries occur.
It’s also a continual warning tale about major league sports in letting star players continue to play with obvious injuries. When there’s consistent pain, especially, teams are going to have to find a way to let the athlete get medical attention without putting the entire franchise into jeopardy. It’s not fair to the athlete who has to put in extra time for recovery due to the pressure of keeping their sports career alive by ignoring the pain.
Visit us here at Hand and Wrist Institute if you’re an athlete who’s experienced a hand injury from overuse or being hit by an object. We’ll help diagnose it and determine whether it’s a fracture, a tendon or ligament issue, or even a nerve injury. With Eric Hosmer above, we hope he’ll get the proper treatment and surgery. To give hope to the Kansas City Royals and Hosmer: Almost all hand injuries are repairable if treatment isn’t delayed.
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