Vino24
07-15-2008, 07:24 PM
Hey, new person here. Probably typically not good because that means injury :)
Anyways, I definitely didn't stretch out properly before my 12" softball game last sunday, so I blame this on myself....but I want to at least get on the ball for recouping.
I play left field....and as a lefty, without any shifts, I set up standard a littler closer to CF since my glove side is toward the foul line. well a guy hit a towering fly ball down the line, ultimately shifting foul. I put on the after burners to make a play on the ball, falling about 5 feet short. I felt a "twinge" (best descriptive word I got) in my left hamstring at the end of that chase. Enough where i mentioned it to the CF as trotting back and to keep me thinking about it, but nothing that would take me out of the game.
Well like 3 batters later, a ground ball single was hit to shallow LF. I charged the ball hard as there was a guy at 2nd so I was running hard anticipating the pending scoop and throw to the plate. As I got to the ball and leaned in to grab the ball I heard a "pop-like" sound and was literally leveled and just slid face first into the grass with my momentum. At the time it hurt all the way from my lower butt to my knee, but the central pain was in the hamstring.
I have been mobile on it since the injury, walking gingerly at about 1mph with occasional shooting pains in the hamstring if i move too fast or put leg in certain directions. There's really no pain if i just lay/sit/stand without moving in a comfortable position. But when I get into "bad" positions, most notably a "bending at the waist position, ESPECIALLY if my leg is straight", it is an unbearable pain. I've been icing at night and wrapping the leg up when at home and sleeping.
Any thoughts/advice/etc. on how to properly care for this. Do I necessarily need to see a doctor for this?? Thanks to anyone in advance that reads all this and can help at all. Also, any guesstimates on timetables that it will feel healed enough to just walk comfortably, etc.?
Anyways, I definitely didn't stretch out properly before my 12" softball game last sunday, so I blame this on myself....but I want to at least get on the ball for recouping.
I play left field....and as a lefty, without any shifts, I set up standard a littler closer to CF since my glove side is toward the foul line. well a guy hit a towering fly ball down the line, ultimately shifting foul. I put on the after burners to make a play on the ball, falling about 5 feet short. I felt a "twinge" (best descriptive word I got) in my left hamstring at the end of that chase. Enough where i mentioned it to the CF as trotting back and to keep me thinking about it, but nothing that would take me out of the game.
Well like 3 batters later, a ground ball single was hit to shallow LF. I charged the ball hard as there was a guy at 2nd so I was running hard anticipating the pending scoop and throw to the plate. As I got to the ball and leaned in to grab the ball I heard a "pop-like" sound and was literally leveled and just slid face first into the grass with my momentum. At the time it hurt all the way from my lower butt to my knee, but the central pain was in the hamstring.
I have been mobile on it since the injury, walking gingerly at about 1mph with occasional shooting pains in the hamstring if i move too fast or put leg in certain directions. There's really no pain if i just lay/sit/stand without moving in a comfortable position. But when I get into "bad" positions, most notably a "bending at the waist position, ESPECIALLY if my leg is straight", it is an unbearable pain. I've been icing at night and wrapping the leg up when at home and sleeping.
Any thoughts/advice/etc. on how to properly care for this. Do I necessarily need to see a doctor for this?? Thanks to anyone in advance that reads all this and can help at all. Also, any guesstimates on timetables that it will feel healed enough to just walk comfortably, etc.?