Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Rehab Update: A-Rod Runs Bases

Alex Rodriguez ran the bases for the firs time since his March 9 surgery on his right hip.
Rodriguez ran 10 times between first and second base -- including twice with a trainer pulling on a strap around his waist -- and also increased his defensive drills, the AP said. Rodriguez charged slow rollers for the first time and extended his range while going after grounders.
I would assume that the next move will be playing in a few rehab games.

9 Comments:

Richard Iurilli said...

"...including twice with a trainer pulling on a strap around his waist..."

What good does this do?

daneptizl said...

It puts resistance on him so that he can test his hip with more stress than normal.

So... what's the offical guess of his return date? May 4th versus Boston?

Greg Cohen said...

I'll say May 1st.

Anonymous said...

April 29th.

Johnny Anonymous

Vinsanity13 said...

Someone pulling you back is good because once you're free you run even faster because you're lighter.

That's actually a good sign they do that. They wouldn't do it if he was experiencing any pain.

Everything works well so far for A-Rod, almost a bit too well. Either he's gonna have a big set back or say something really really dumb in the next couple weeks.

Jenny Talia said...

Pulling straps is an ancient roman technique used to build stamina and increase leg agility...

Or so they say

Rich said...

i just went to the stadium for the first time today, it is Sick, its almost too big, its still not Yankee stadium though

Adeel said...

@Rich I know, it's still not Yankee Stadium.

JC said...

I still think he's a week away from rehab games. He's still not doing full workouts with drills inclusing everything, so he still needs to get there before playing in actual games.

But he's probably not too far off. I'll say his first day back is May 8 against the O's.