Crawford has setback

[jacksonianmarch]

Pain experienced today in his surgically repaired wrist. He's been shut down for a few days and is on anti-inflammatories.

[a700hitter]

Pain experienced today in his surgically repaired wrist. He's been shut down for a few days and is on anti-inflammatories.

Who didn't see this coming. Wrists take a long time to heal completely.

[Dojji]

Attaboy Crwaford. Return early, exacerbate your condition, show up much later.

 

Someone please tell me his contract was insured.

[Emmz]

s***. Pessimistic side kicking in. I think a lot of us were practically banking on a return to form. Hope for the best I guess.

[jacksonianmarch]

I am telling you right now, he should get another MRI

[a700hitter]

I am telling you right now' date=' he should get another MRI[/quote']They'll wait until midseason after gangrene sets in.

[The Boomer]

It took Papi almost a full season to fully recover, so it's not too surprising. Disappointing though.

[SoxSport]

Just soak it in cold beer. That'll do the trick.

[jacksonianmarch]

Cody Ross and Ryan Sweeney starting every game. Cool

[seabeachfred]

Wrist injuries just don't heal that quickly.....can we at least all agree on that??? In my opinion, Crawford should be shut down completely and another MRI taken forthwith and whatever therapy he needs given to him----and he doesn't touch a bat until he is completely cleared. It didn't know this would happen but I had a feeling it could. This injury needs to be monitored very carefully and extensively.

[jacksonianmarch]

They are shutting him down and putting him on anti-inflammatories. My guess is that if he has trouble swinging the stick after 4-5 days of rest, he's gonna get an MRI. That being said, if I were the sox physician, I'd get one because they have too much invested in this guy to let him take some cuts if his wrist isnt healthy

[SoxSport]

I hope this isn't the same as Garciapara's or Papi's injuries. This is supposed to be minor.

He says it's an irritation due to all the bunting he did in the first practice. Just some soreness.

You can't tell from the stories, because they're usually overhyped.

[jacksonianmarch]

He irritated it bunting. Really. Yeah, that sounds like something minor. Bunting has nearly no force at all applied to the wrist. How the hell is he going to swing the bat?

[seabeachfred]

I hope this isn't the same as Garciapara's or Papi's injuries. This is supposed to be minor.

He says it's an irritation due to all the bunting he did in the first practice. Just some soreness.

You can't tell from the stories, because they're usually overhyped.

 

I'm having a hard time getting a handle on this Sox Sport. They say he reinjured his wrist bunting???? Well from my experience bunting takes very little pressure from the wrist if any, but swinging a bat takes plenty. If he hurt it bunting my guess is that he is going to feel some real pressure and pain when he swings the bat. The team had better be very cautiious about this and just let him heal and give him all the therapy he needs, and for crying out loud let's not pull a Buchhholz #2. Give the guy an MRI as soon as possible so they can learn the full extent of this injury.

[Thunder]

Worse comes to worse, he doesn't start on Opening Day at the Tigers. Will that really hurt the team?

[SCM33]

Looks like the Redsox medical staff has already rounded back in to 2011 regular season form.

[Thunder]

Looks like the Redsox medical staff has already rounded back in to 2011 regular season form.

 

2010 was the year everyone was hurt.

[SCM33]

2010 was the year everyone was hurt.

 

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/7480903/boston-red-sox-restructure-medical-staff

 

BOSTON -- After the historic September collapse by the Boston Red Sox, the organization made it a point to examine the team's medical and training staffs with the likelihood of changes for the 2012 season.

 

The Red Sox made those changes official on Thursday afternoon.

 

Rick Jameyson, who spent the last 20 seasons as athletic trainer with the Cleveland Guardians, has been named head trainer. Mike Reinold, Boston's former head trainer/assistant director of medical services, was named head physical therapist. Brad Pearson, the club's former minor league athletic training coordinator, was promoted to assistant trainer, and Pat Sandora joins the staff as strength and conditioning coach.

 

Other appointments include Dan Dyrek as a clinical consultant and Mike Boyle as the new strength and conditioning consultant. Medical operations coordinator Jim Rowe, assistant athletic trainer Masai Takahashi, and massage therapists Russell Nua and Mitsugi Funatsu will all return in the positions they held in 2011.

 

There was no one reason for all the changes to the team's medical staff; rather, it was an effort to provide the best possible care for the players moving forward, explained general manager Ben Cherington. The GM said there were areas of players' maintenance and care that the organization felt could improve from 2011.

 

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"First of all, Tom Gill, our prior medical director, provided a lot of leadership over the last seven years," Cherington said. "The department has come a long way and we got to a point where we felt like we needed to make some changes to bring it to the next level."

 

Cherington said he wanted to improve the clinical care within the clubhouse and also provide the players with the "traditional" day-to-day needs.

 

"We think this staff combines the best of both the traditional baseball world and the next wave, the next generation of methodology and clinical care," Cherington said. "We're excited with this staff."

 

Even though the official announcement was made Thursday afternoon, the Red Sox's medical staff has been working together for the last few weeks.

 

"We just hope this staff gives the players everything they need and does it in a way where the players see that they're out for them and only for them," Cherington said. "Ultimately, we hope that means our guys being on the field more and able to perform."

 

When the season ended, there were numerous players who were out of shape or injured for various reasons.

 

"Ultimately, it falls back on the players to take care of themselves," Cherington said. "It's our job to give them resources that they need and the best possible care that we can. That's the intent as we put this new staff together. We want to improve on 2011, so that's one reason of many."

 

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120119&content_id=26395918&vkey=news_bos&c_id=bos

 

BOSTON -- After two seasons in which the Red Sox experienced health issues throughout the stretch run, there was a determination from the organization to make its medical staff run more efficiently.

 

With that in mind, the Sox unveiled their realigned medical staff for 2012 on Thursday. The staff will no longer include a medical director, the position Dr. Tom Gill held for the last seven seasons.

 

So, looks like the Redsox medical staff has already rounded back in to 2011 regular season form.

[3rdManOut]

Yeah I guess its not looking too good if our players are getting injured or re-injured befor the regular season. I hope this isn't a sign of what this season is going to be like.

[seabeachfred]

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/7480903/boston-red-sox-restructure-medical-staff

 

 

 

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120119&content_id=26395918&vkey=news_bos&c_id=bos

 

 

 

So, looks like the Redsox medical staff has already rounded back in to 2011 regular season form.

 

Starting to look that way SCM. One more medical bungle and I'll fall into line and become totally convinced that nothing as changed. They should have checked out Crawford thoroughly before allowing him to hit, bunt, whatever. Wrist injuries are not day to day things; they take time to heal. I wish the medical and conditioning people would get their s*** together; we had enough players on the shelf the past three seasons.

[Dojji]

Doc needs to be a guy who had the stones to hold both the player and the team back when it's important.

 

These stiffs don't.

[The Boomer]

Crawford has already said that he was the one who overdid it. Do you tell players the truth, knowing that they will probably go out there and push too hard, or do you lie to them and give a more dire prognosis?

 

As always, it's easy to blame the "medical staff" for what is probably a much more complex situation that no one on this board has any first-hand knowledge of anyway.

[example1]

This board specializes in blaming people for situations that occur with regularity in all sports. It's something we do very well.

[a700hitter]

This board specializes in blaming people for situations that occur with regularity in all sports. It's something we do very well.

...and then there are those that are excellent about complaining about other posters.

[The Boomer]

This board specializes in blaming people for situations that occur with regularity in all sports. It's something we do very well.

 

It's a gift!

[seabeachfred]

Boomer has a good point but we have to remember two things, though. One the tremendous investment we have in Crawford----and I still can't get away from the idea that the reason we signed him in the first place was that the Sox were convinced they couldn't resign Boras client Ellsbury. Otherwise I think such a signing as this was strange since Crawford really didn't fit in all that well with the team we had. Whether that idea has legs or not, the second thing is that someone has to be in charge and that is either the medical staff, Valentine or both working in concert. The inmates are not supposed to run the asylum anymore and it is up to those in charge to monitor Carl and tell him bluntly that he will resume workouts when he is totally cleared to participate and play.

 

Too late now to alleviate what went down with him, but we sure as hell had better keep a clear eye open so we don't lose any other key players because of over exuberance. This team must stay healthy this year if we want to make a big move towards winning something.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Dear Lord reading through this sounds like his entire hand fell off. It's a minor bump in the road to recovery, he is already hitting off a tee with one hand, and he still plans to be ready by Opening Day, and if he's not, then he'll probably be out for only a few games.

 

Doctors already said he has better range of motion and the inflammation is down.

 

All recoveries are going to have a set back at some point. Relax guys. Geez.

[VA Sox Fan]

Dear Lord reading through this sounds like his entire hand fell off. It's a minor bump in the road to recovery, he is already hitting off a tee with one hand, and he still plans to be ready by Opening Day, and if he's not, then he'll probably be out for only a few games.

 

Doctors already said he has better range of motion and the inflammation is down.

 

All recoveries are going to have a set back at some point. Relax guys. Geez.

 

Panic in the Nation on March 3rd!

[SoxSport]

Swelling's down, according to the Globe.

 

Everything's under a microscope these days with the media.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Swelling's down, according to the Globe.

 

Everything's under a microscope these days with Jackso.

 

Fixed.

 

But if it were Granderson who had the surgery, it would just be a minor bump and actually good for him because he's able now to know how far he can push himself and utilize that knowledge to increase the speed of his recovery. Very well worth the 1-2 days off from baseball activities because it will give him a recovery of 1-2 weeks sooner than they thought.

 

Unfortunately, it was Crawford, so he needs an MRI because he's got bone chips floating around in his wrist.