Well, it's hard to believe that my son's second season has arrived. I have been anxiously awaiting tomorrow's game, for him, for his team.
I know that many have asked when DK will take to the hill this weekend, he was slated as first out of the pen, but it will not happen this weekend.
On tuesday during his bull pen he felt a tightness in his shoulder that turned to pain. Not common for my son to ever feel pain so he paniced. He threw an inning, 11 pitches to get out of the inning, but was unable to get past 85, when he has been up to 92-93. He said no more that night. I am not really sure why he took the mound in the first place. They immediately sent him to the doctor. He was put on anti inflammatories, therapy, ice and today had to do a light toss to see how he felt. Although not painful, he just knew that things were not right and told them he could not pitch this weekend. He is shut down until further notice. The best part of this all is that he shut himself down, he realizes he could do more harm than good throwing this weekend. I suppose he could have kept his mouth shut, tried to pitch to see what would happen.
Why am I posting this? Parents it's an example of how important it is for our pitchers to be intune with their arms. If something doesn't feel right, you don't push. You don't hide your pain, you don't dismiss it, you don't keep throwing, don't ask anyone what tehy think it MIGHT be unless they are a medical doctor. Many of you know that it greatly disturbs me when people come asking for medical advice here and are actually given advice (other than see a doctor) as to what it might be and WHY they are having pain. Let me ask you this, how can you tell what's going on from a mesage board post if the doctor examining my son is not sure what is going on yet. The main reason for my post, parents, as soon as your son says something HURTS, is in PAIN, shut it down, seek medical advice. If you continue to let him throw, great damage can occur. Better to be safe than sorry.
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