The Last Turn
Sharp pains shot all throughout my body; waking me from my sleep. Every muscle tugged on my bones and I could feel my limbs shaking. Thoughts were scattered in my head and I was debating if I could even make it out of bed this morning. The prolonged softball practices coach held for our team this past month had forced an enormous amount of stress on my body. Today was an important day for our entire team and I knew I had to get myself out of bed and get to the field for warmups. To help ease my pain, I took some Motrin and a hot shower. Warm water trickling down the middle of my back kept me from pondering the soreness each muscle gave my body from practice. Coach used to make us begin every practice with stretching and a short …show more content…
This drill is quite easy, but involves an enormous amount of running. Coach will strike a softball with his bat and it is the player's task to locate the ball and determine whether or not to run. My feet are planted on first base and coach hits a ball to right field. Determination and focus on the ball compromised my mind from thinking painful thoughts about my foot. I sprinted with everything I had to make it to second base once the fielder dropped the ball. The ball was coming so fast to the second baseman that I had to slide into the base. The edge of my heel jammed into the bag and I cringed at the thought of the ankle. Stress from the impact moved both the first and second metatarsocuneiform joints placing stress on the navicular bone in my foot. Quickly standing up, I jogged to the back of the line to avoid contact with my coach. I did not want him to think I was hurt. Medial forces are shared with the talar head and then lateral forces from the second metatarsal create a slight crack in the navicular bone. Microdamage within the capillaries just formed and increased signals in an MRI would show but a fracture line would not yet be visible on a scan. Pain is getting worse in my foot and I knew I had to rest for the remaining time of the practice. After practice, I returned home for a good night
Sharp pains shot all throughout my body; waking me from my sleep. Every muscle tugged on my bones and I could feel my limbs shaking. Thoughts were scattered in my head and I was debating if I could even make it out of bed this morning. The prolonged softball practices coach held for our team this past month had forced an enormous amount of stress on my body. Today was an important day for our entire team and I knew I had to get myself out of bed and get to the field for warmups. To help ease my pain, I took some Motrin and a hot shower. Warm water trickling down the middle of my back kept me from pondering the soreness each muscle gave my body from practice. Coach used to make us begin every practice with stretching and a short …show more content…
This drill is quite easy, but involves an enormous amount of running. Coach will strike a softball with his bat and it is the player's task to locate the ball and determine whether or not to run. My feet are planted on first base and coach hits a ball to right field. Determination and focus on the ball compromised my mind from thinking painful thoughts about my foot. I sprinted with everything I had to make it to second base once the fielder dropped the ball. The ball was coming so fast to the second baseman that I had to slide into the base. The edge of my heel jammed into the bag and I cringed at the thought of the ankle. Stress from the impact moved both the first and second metatarsocuneiform joints placing stress on the navicular bone in my foot. Quickly standing up, I jogged to the back of the line to avoid contact with my coach. I did not want him to think I was hurt. Medial forces are shared with the talar head and then lateral forces from the second metatarsal create a slight crack in the navicular bone. Microdamage within the capillaries just formed and increased signals in an MRI would show but a fracture line would not yet be visible on a scan. Pain is getting worse in my foot and I knew I had to rest for the remaining time of the practice. After practice, I returned home for a good night