Strawberries from the dirt

[maksoftball]

DD is the master of getting major strawberries (scrapes from sliding/slamming into dirt from base running, diving for ball, stopping ball, whatever...)...she gets them on her elbows, knees...and now has a nice one on her hip bone (I did not see this happen but I was like "huh??"). The one on her *right* hip bone is giving her fits...the elastic/waistband of pants/sliders sit/rub right on it...and she is a RHP. So...it definitely affects her curve. Anyone have suggestions on quick healing of this? We put neosporin on it and she's been trying to let it dry out...but she still has to put bandage on it because it rubs waistband/elastic of pants/shorts/whatever...

And I didn't know where to put this...there isn't a "health" forum...

 

[Comp]

My mom recently fell and took a big chunk of skin off her elbow. For years I had always heard you needed to let the injury dry out and scab over to heal properly. Her doctor who also happens to be my nephew looked at it and told us to keep it covered with a bandage and keep it moist with neosporin, said it would heal twice as fast covered as without.

Also, I dont remember the name of it, but my daughters high school trainer had some material that was white and came in a wide roll. You could cut the stuff to size and put it over areas that were prone to get scraped up during the game and it acted as a 2nd layer of skin to help keep from getting torn up. You see it on players elbows sometimes in pro football games.

 

[Scl1991]

I think Neosporin is a good option. My daughter has had, almost nonstop, a good strawberry on her left hip since she was about 14. It heals in the off-season and then during season, she manages to bust it back open and there it stays almost all season. We've tried a lot of things and Neosporin seems to be the best. She has a nice good permanent scar there that's for sure.

 

[Comp]

I believe this may be the stuff my daughters trainer had. If you put it on before playing it will certainly help to cut down on the severity of the road rash. My kid loved to go in head first and constantly had torn up hip bones.

BSN-Jobst Cover-Roll Stretch Adhesive Bandage, 4" x 10 yds, Compression Bandages, Wound Care

 

[Amy in AZ.]

What the heck kind of infields are these girls playing on? Back when the infields were manicured and we wore shorts, we rarely saw a strawberry. Those that did get one, had just slid incorrectly.

Are the girls wearing compression pants, with pads, under their pants?

 

[maksoftball]

What the heck kind of infields are these girls playing on? Back when the infields were manicured and we wore shorts, we rarely saw a strawberry. Those that did get one, had just slid incorrectly.

Are the girls wearing compression pants, with pads, under their pants?

DD wears sliders under her pants for protection...and her pants are the really high quality kind. Probably crappy dirt...and the ground is super, rock hard due to lack of rain. Plus, she goes all out in her dives for the ball...she will be the dirtiest one coming home from practice/tournament.

 

[T.J.]

Momma always told me to put Vitamin E oil on any skin problems. Cut the vitamin tablet and squeeze the oil out on your skin.

 

[maksoftball]

Momma always told me to put Vitamin E oil on any skin problems. Cut the vitamin tablet and squeeze the oil out on your skin.

Haha! We do this when the the skin closes up...it REALLY helps lessen the scarring!!

 

[CJ D]

Depending on how bad it is, boudreaux's butt paste works wonders in 24 hours on raw, chaffed, tore up skin.

 

[MTR]

Those that did get one, had just slid incorrectly.

Upper thigh, if the shorts ride up on the slide, but many of these are just poor execution