ARLINGTON – Josh Hamilton received an injection of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) Thursday to help accelerate the healing of his strained left hamstring.
Hamilton, who is expected to miss a month with a Grade 2 strain, is not expected to swing a bat for the next week in order.
Texas Rangers right fielder Shin-Soo Choo (17) and left fielder Josh Hamilton (32) are pictured during the Boston Red Sox vs. the Texas Rangers major league baseball game at Globe Life Park in Arlington on Thursday, May 28, 2015. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)
“It’s frustrating, but you just push yourself forward and lack at what is in front of you, not in the past,” Hamilton said. “I’m just going to do the same things that I did the first time around.”
Hamilton said he has not had a hamstring issue since 2007, his first season in the majors after missing nearly four years on substance-abuse related suspensions. He said this injury is similar to that one in that both may have been the result of intensive work outs after a long layoff.
Hamilton had what amounted to a compressed spring training after the Rangers acquired him. After February shoulder surgery and the admission of a relapse in his battle with substance abuse, Hamilton was not welcome at the Los Angeles Angels spring training facility. Until he joined the Rangers via a cash transaction at the end of April, his workouts were not very structured or closely monitored.
“In 2007, it was the first time I had played every day in a long time,” Hamilton said. “I played a lot of games in a very short amount of time. I did the same this year. I have no regrets about how I went about rehabbing.”
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