Hello there! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted on here
and Ashley wanted me to give you a little update on how baseball is going and
how my new arm is holding up.
Spring
Training officially started this week and with that begins the 2015 season.
Things are going well as I’m approaching being back to 100% game ready which
should be in about a month and half, give or take. For those who know a little
bit about the game, I’ve been throwing Live BP’s (batting practice) and will
soon advance to simulated games.
Finally after that I will be able to throw in an ACTUAL game, after a
very very long year of not playing.
Now
to explain the oddly shaped and colored circles on my right arm… My wife
instantly sees them as polka dots, not shocking, its one of her favorite
patterns. Unfortunately for her, I’m not sporting a fresh polka dot tattoo but
rather the after effects of a treatment on my arm called ‘cupping’. Put simply
its like a deep tissue massage. The purpose is to improve circulation to that
area and help with the healing process.
A little glass ‘cup’ is placed on the injured area and the skin is
sucked up into the cup using a suction pump. Then you leave the cups on for
about 10 minutes. It looks like this..
Then after you look like this…
As to whether I’m a firm believer in the treatment is hard
to say. I did feel better the next day but that could have been due to a number
of different things. But I’m willing to try a procedure that the training stuff
believes will help my arm feel better and get me back on the field faster.
