Aaron Judge gets another PRP injection in his toe
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June 16, 2023
BOSTON — Aaron Judge received a second platelet-rich plasma injection in his right big toe on Thursday’s day off as the return date of the reigning American League’s MVP remains uncertain.
Judge’s most recent treatment was for persistent problems in the toe he injured on June 3rd on a great catch at Dodger Stadium. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the injection was aimed at a different ligament than his first PRP shot, which he received June 6.
“My understanding is that the bond should heal over time,” Boone said. “Anytime you pull or tear a ligament, it takes time to heal. Hopefully, PRPs will speed up this process. Hopefully he keeps moving in the right direction.”
The Yankees said Judge was diagnosed with a bruised and sprained toe and doctors ruled out a fracture. Judge continued to travel with the team and appeared to be moving better Wednesday at the clubhouse at Citi Field.
“We have a feeling it was him [improving], but that other part of the joint or toe was still giving him some trouble after the first PRP,” Boone said. “Getting in and hitting the other parts of it is hopefully something that speeds that up.”
Boone said the next steps in Judge’s rehab would be to increase range of motion and allow him to perform pool exercises and balance exercises. The judge will not engage in baseball activity for at least 48 hours, Boone said.
Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees’ managing general partner, said this week that Judge’s situation was “a rare injury for a baseball player.”
“A sprained toe, like a turf toe, I think is common in football, probably running backs,” Steinbrenner said. “I don’t know how common it is in baseball. But it was obviously due to the impact of the Wall rather than anything that happened over time. … The trainers work on toe mobility and then all the other fancy things they have to reduce swelling. The good news is that he’s getting a little better every day, not worse.”
The Yankees are reluctant to announce a specific timeline for Judge’s return, in part due to events following his fracture of his right wrist in a game on July 26, 2018. At the time, the club estimated a three-week recovery period for Judge, which turned out to be too proved optimistic. Judge did not return to the lineup until September 14 of that season.
When asked if Judge could return ahead of the Mastercard-presented All-Star Game on July 11, Boone said, “I think there’s a chance for that. That means I don’t know. I mean, I think he might be back in a week. He could be back in four minutes. I don’t know. We need to reach a point where we start moving the ball from physical activity or from a baseball standpoint. Hopefully this latest PRP is part of that and speeds up that process, but we’ll see.”
In recent comments about his toe injury, Judge said, “There’s a few things going on.” He added, “As soon as it feels better, you can start walking around baseball a bit and moving around.” I guess we’ll wait simply because a lot of the inflammation and swelling goes back to it.”