son has had a callus on the ulnar side of his palm for years but recently it has started bleeding and is very painful when he hits . anyone else's child have this and how did you treat it? was told to rest it but then the callus goes away and he's starting all over again. Thanks!
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Son has the same thing. NEVER goes away. Only time it went away was when he broke his wrist and was in a cast for 12 weeks. Once out, it came back again. I thought it was just him. Then we met someone else with the same thing.
He's tried everything and it does not matter.
He will heavily tape his hand when it gets really bad and bleeding - just so he can keep hitting. But, this thing has been going on for years. Doesn't matter what batting gloves, bat grip, etc. It always happens and never goes away.
Try Corn Huskers lotion.
My son got them all the time, then he figured out why... they only occurred when he hit with a wood bat, and only if he took time off swinging a wood bat (which was common in the spring when he swung metal). Now he eases into swinging wood if he's been swinging metal and he's fine.
My son mostly swings wood at this point and rarely uses gloves. He just rips them when he does any way. I was a gymnast and use some of my old tricks (from bars). A low callus is actually good. They tend to rip and/or bleed if they get too thick/tall so we try to keep his "sanded" or shaved down. If he gets any liquid in them, we drain (clean pin and hydrogen peroxide). Another trick that helps them toughen up and heal more quickly is a wet tea bag. Hold it over the callus or the rip (it will sting at first) and the tannic acid promotes clotting and healing.
Thank you. Will try the teabag trick and try to keep the callus low.
There's also the Jorge Posada and Moises Alou thing. But I don't recommend it.
Im sorry Francis I am not aware of what the Jorge Posade/Moises Alou thing is. Could you elaborate? Thanks
@baseball mom2020 posted:Im sorry Francis I am not aware of what the Jorge Posade/Moises Alou thing is. Could you elaborate? Thanks
Google: posada alou hands
But, remember that I warned you!
Agree with using a file or pumice stone to keep it low and even. Lotion it too. Liquid bandages help when bleeding but they sting like a mutha and require many applications if your kid refuses to let it rest so it can heal or is a compulsive scab picker like my knucklehead.
My kid has had a (sometimes bleeding) seriously thick ulnar callus for the past three or four years. It has been worse in the past - things he does to keep it under control include bruce bolt batting gloves, breaking in new batting gloves slowly (new gloves are more likely to rip the top off his callus), and proper batting technique - he says (and I quote) 'the callus gets pulled on more if your hands are too close to your body and you roll over on the ball ". He has also tried new skin (bowling) liquid and patches when it has been especoally bad (so he can still hit a little while healing).
My son is a pitcher So he did not get the Ulnar Callus. But boy did he get them on his index finger. In the Spring he would get terrible blisters and some would bleed until he built up the callus. Always sent him, back to school after Christmas, with Corn Huskers lotion or Udder Cream. He preferred Udder cream.
