In the past, we've never had athletic trainers or physical therapists or physicians working with the sport. Now at the elite level, we're getting exposed to the whole realm of healthcare. Flexibility is important for the softball player. We don't tend to stretch as much as we should. And of course, lacerations and contusions with sliding.
Ankle sprains occasionally.
I'm interested in the shoulder and knee right now. Two days after the gold medal game in the Olympics, I'll be back in my residency program. Jacqueline White is a contributing editor of The Physician and Sportsmedicine . The McGraw-Hill Companies.