What can I do to help my 10 year old son get Thu All Stars as a catcher?!


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What can I do to help my 10 year old son get Thu All Stars as a catcher?

When the baseball season first started (first year as catcher) his catching hand hurt right below the thumb. Then it got better and he caught the whole season every game. Now he has made all stars and his hand hurts again, to the point he can't catch. Is there anything I/he can do to to get it to stop hurting. We think it is bruised. Tried ice, advil, different glove and even rested it for a week.


Answers:

It sounds like he either bruised the muscle or the bone. if there is no lumps or bumps i'm suessign its bone. There is really nothing to take away the pain other then prescribed muscle relaxants, steroids or narcotics. He can try cutting up a piece of foam and taping that to the inside of the glove, this should help cushion the blow from the ball. also try wraping his thumb area. start by going around the wrist and then between the thubm and pointer finger, alternating that and around the wrist. this shoud provide support th the hand to help relieve some of the stress on the muscle when catching the ball.




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