My son has been recovering from a shoulder dislocation (football) and has been given clearance to resume normal sports activities. He has been playing catch, lifting weights, and working out, but he just started swinging a bat recently and this weekend was the first time in the batting cage (a 5 week layoff). After about 30-40 swings he started experiencing pain in his knuckles. This is a first for him. I figure it's due to his layoff from hitting (5 weeks) and that he should slowly get back into it. He doesn't have a real firm grip on the bat, but I suggested that he try to lighten up some and do some T-work in the yard before the snow sets in. Any thoughts?
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I have a deal with the doctors. They don't give baseball advice. I don't give medical advice. Unless someone here is a doctor how much would you value their opinion versus having your son see a doctor?
RJM, really? If I ran to the doctor everytime my kid experienced pain I would be living in the clinic lobby from June through November (football) and bankrupt from the co-pays. Just wondering if anyone has experienced something similar and in what situation they experieced it. If I were to engage a doctor it would be an hand specialist who also specializes in sports medicine; that's not going to be cheap.
Just sent you a Dialogue. But I agree. Pains do come and go. Anything that doesn't respond to athletic tape and or ice & heat earns a copay after a while.
I'm a Google doctor Google says Gout, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, or Flexor tendonosis. Have a doc, PT, or trainer look at him.
Is pain in the knuckles normal pain? If I'm not familiar with a lingering pain and a team trainer can't handle it, it's off to the doctor.
Knuckles are sore (no acute pain) in the middle knuckles of the eight fingers. Trainer thinks is soreness from the layoff (5 weeks). I'm having son squeeze a tennis ball with his finger tips a few times per day, and dry swing when he gets home from school. We'll see what happens this weekend.
Definitely get a Doc to look at his hand then try gloves or tape the knuckles.