Advice on overuse & career ending injuries

[exD1dad]

My DD woke up last Nov & couldn't hold her bowl of cereal in her left hand on the way to school. Her whole world came crashing down as after playing the best ball of her life, getting prepped for her Frosh campaign in HS when we found out the extent of her injury. It's made her frustrated and affected both her performance on the field as well as her emotional state.

I allowed her to play HS but the deal was she has to get cleared again to play TB this summer & her appt is the last week of May. I've heard Sam mention physical devastation & personally broken 22 bones but girls are a different breed.

Maybe my fellow HB guru's can put their 2 cents in & help me help her should the news be bad. Hey Southpaw got an excerpt from your soon to be released book for me?

[ontheblack]

I'm puzzled as to why you let her play HS. My kid would have sat out to make sure she was healthy enough to play TB, unless you figured this HS season may be her last hurrah. If that is the case, I hope the news is good next month. My kid would be devastated and nothing I could say would change that.

[BigSoftball]

If she is injured, how did she get cleared to play HS? How is she doing? If she can't hold cereal how can she hold a glove, or a bat, or throw a ball? What is the nature of the injury that you suspect it is career threatening?

[Combine360]

What exactly is the injury? The news doesn't have to be devastating, once we find out what the issue is we can then work with the doctors and PT's to get her on track. We at Another Level Sports Performance work directly with doctors and PT's that specialize in sports related issues. Love to speak with you about developing a PLAN to address the issue. Softball/ Baseball has such overuse and one side dominant issues its not even funny. And then to make it worse you have uninformed coaches and trainers who by not understanding Movement Patterns put even more compensations on already overused muscles, ligaments, joints. Lets find out where her weaknesses, compensations, muscle imbalances, and or energy leaks are coming from and make her a better stronger athlete not prone to overuse or non-contact injuries. Feel free to give me a call, Alan at 626-422-9042. Take care and best of luck.

http://www.anotherlevelsportsperformanc ... etes-.html

[exD1dad]

Details, 3 different things a ganglion, early softening of the cartilage(not usually seen in 13 yr olds) & ligament strain. Both the Doctor & HS Head Trainer said the same thing after reading the MRI (which is for those who never saw one highly technical)“she’s got a lot going on” Orthopedist said straight out don’t put your eggs in 1 basket being softball gave her the green light with the understanding of the risk. The girl wanted to play even if it meant the rest of the year off. Her recovery has included daily treatments, multiple levels of physical therapy, electronic stimulators, acupuncture, etc. but playing in pain, taped & having to start all over have been frustrating to say the least.

Thanks for the help !

[rbi]

You might want to seriously consider looking into this. Not covered by most insurance company's but I will tell you what it was well worth every penny. LOTS of pro athletes with muscle and tendon strains in knees,elbows, shoulders talk real highly of this treatment. Every injury and its extent are different but, after months of playing in pain and months of all those treatments and rest, it all did nothing until we were turned on to the PRP injection. Worked wonders on my kid is all i can say, knock on wood but pain free for 18 months.

http://www.orthohealing.com/plateletric ... erapy-prp/

[Desperados]

You might want to seriously consider looking into this. Not covered by most insurance company's but I will tell you what it was well worth every penny. LOTS of pro athletes with muscle and tendon strains in knees,elbows, shoulders talk real highly of this treatment. Every injury and its extent are different but, after months of playing in pain and months of all those treatments and rest, it all did nothing until we were turned on to the PRP injection. Worked wonders on my kid is all i can say, knock on wood but pain free for 18 months.

http://www.orthohealing.com/plateletric ... erapy-prp/

Interesting.. I have a few questions:

1. Where was her injury?

2. Was there any downtime? How long did it take before she could resume full activities?

3. How many injections did it take?

4. Where did you get it done?

Thanks - if you could answer those it would be a great help!

[fasterpitch92701]

To the generic question about the generic injury, I offer a generic response in the form of "what happened to us...":

DD hits a solid double at a Surf City Tourney 3 years ago. She heads towards second, short (big girl) comes in and, without the ball, flagrantly blocks the bag, full knees down, full body block. Short version: two broken metacarpels. A bogus, idiotic play by an incompetent SS on a chump change team.

Off to the doc-in-a-box, xrays show major breaks, titanium hardware installed 5 days later. But the end result: an incredible facination with orthopedic surgery, now a pre-med major, and rotated from right hand to a left handed slapper (what she now plays in college).

Was her injury preventable and unfortunate? Yes. But it wasn't the end of the world for her. However, all situations are different, all injuries different, but it's interesting that many times one door closes and another opens.

I hope all goes very well with your daughter. Enjoy in good health. Best of luck and I hope luck has nothing to do with it.

Best...

[rbi]

You might want to seriously consider looking into this. Not covered by most insurance company's but I will tell you what it was well worth every penny. LOTS of pro athletes with muscle and tendon strains in knees,elbows, shoulders talk real highly of this treatment. Every injury and its extent are different but, after months of playing in pain and months of all those treatments and rest, it all did nothing until we were turned on to the PRP injection. Worked wonders on my kid is all i can say, knock on wood but pain free for 18 months.

http://www.orthohealing.com/plateletric ... erapy-prp/

Interesting.. I have a few questions:

1. Where was her injury?
Elbow

2. Was there any downtime? How long did it take before she could resume full activities?
4 weeks before any activity

3. How many injections did it take?
1

4. Where did you get it done?
Most major metro areas have sports ortho facility that has experience with this treatment
Thanks - if you could answer those it would be a great help!