| Baseball injuries usually do not end a player's career. | | | | players that he can walk off the immediate hurt, his |
| However, any injury can be a setback. With proper | | | | knee joint will be sore for days. |
| care and knowledge beforehand, the player will know | | | | When that same player pays attention to his knee's |
| what to look for, and will return to normal activities in a | | | | soreness, he will recover quickly. However, if the |
| shorter amount of time. | | | | player aggravates the injury by playing several more |
| The top seven baseball injuries that will plague most | | | | innings, or another game within a day or two, the injury |
| baseball players are described below. | | | | will worsen and the pain will reappear. |
| 1. Shoulder Injury | | | | Another way that a player can hyper-extend his knee |
| Throwing or hitting a baseball utilizes the entire physical | | | | is when his spikes get jammed into a base that's fixed |
| body. A shoulder injury is normally associated with an | | | | into place. The knee joint could twist in the wrong |
| arm and shoulder injury of the pitching or throwing arm | | | | direction, thereby causing the knee to hyper extend. |
| and shoulder. In medical terminology, a baseball player's | | | | 5. Pulled Hamstring |
| common shoulder injury is a torn Rotator Cuff. Pitchers | | | | Even the most in-shape and toned baseball player |
| are most prone to suffer from this injury, but anyone | | | | who appears to have strong muscled legs can be |
| who plays baseball can become afflicted with a | | | | prone to suffering from a pulled hamstring when he's |
| shoulder injury. | | | | running at break-neck speed to catch a ball or run a |
| 2. Sprained Wrist | | | | base. |
| A sprained wrist injury demands special attention so | | | | Mickey Mantle's entire career and Albert Pujols's |
| that the swelling and pain can subside. A sprained wrist | | | | existing career have been fraught with hamstring |
| injury rarely lasts for more than a few days since the | | | | muscle pull problem injuries. The injuries are painful, and |
| wrist is so flexible and pliable. Should a player take a | | | | the player will most likely need to take some time off |
| tumble or have to chase a fast dropping line drive hit, | | | | to heal, but his career will not be ended due to a pulled |
| he could easily suffer from a sprained wrist. | | | | hamstring. |
| Sometimes when a player is running for a base, he'll | | | | 6. Sore Elbow |
| slide into the base and sprain his wrist. It hurts and it will | | | | Whenever a baseball player throws a ball hard to one |
| swell, but most likely, the wrist will not get broken. | | | | of his teammates, he becomes susceptible to a sore |
| Within a few days after cold compresses have been | | | | elbow injury the same day or the next day. Sore |
| applied, and the wrist is later soaked in warm water, | | | | elbows heal fairly rapidly, so there's no need for |
| the wrist will be fine, and the baseball player will be | | | | medical attention, except to remember to reduce the |
| ready to participate in his next game. | | | | velocity that a player throws the ball the next time he's |
| 3. Dislocated or Broken Fingers | | | | out on the field. A sore elbow is caused when the |
| When a baseball player's glove webbing is improperly | | | | player suddenly stops or slows down the fling. That |
| aligned at the moment when a ball impacts the glove, | | | | action is known to cause stress at the elbow's bone |
| the player's fingers and hands will sting. However, most | | | | joint. |
| players will tell you that catching a ball with an ungloved | | | | 7. Bruises on Legs and Hips |
| hand can feel like being shot with a high-powered | | | | When a baseball player does not wear sliding pads, he |
| arrow. | | | | is quite vulnerable to receiving big bruises and |
| Whenever a finger is exposed at any angle other than | | | | strawberries on his legs and hips from sliding into a |
| in an open and flexed state, the player will feel his | | | | base. The painful part comes when a well-meaning |
| finger joints getting crunched, dislocated, or broken. | | | | attendant tries to apply any medication that contains |
| Catchers and infielders are the most common players | | | | alcohol or witch hazel in it. You'll be sure to hear the |
| to receive such finger injuries, but it can happen to any | | | | player's screams from many fields away. |
| player, regardless of the position they're playing. | | | | Bruises will change colors and are certainly sensitive to |
| 4. Hyper-extended Knee | | | | the touch, but they're not the most serious injury a |
| When a baseball player grabs a fly ball out of the air, | | | | player can receive. So, try to remain tough when you |
| he is most certainly prone to suffering from a | | | | look in the mirror after the game and see raw fleshy |
| hyper-extended knee injury. | | | | spots. Within four or five days, the tenderness will be |
| Whenever a player's foot lands awkwardly after he | | | | gone, and most likely the color of the bruise will have |
| has lunged for a fly ball, the knee joint takes the bulk | | | | faded away. |
| of the landing. Although he may show the other | | | | |