Mookie Betts Doesn't Think Oblique Will Need To Be Monitored

"Betts ultimately missed five weeks due to his right oblique strain, which was within the timeframe the Dodgers anticipated. The Dodgers were careful not to rush him back before he was ready, in fear of causing a setback. Now that he's returned, Betts does not expect his oblique to require monitoring outside of his normal day-to-day preparation."

""I just didn't really realize how long it takes for it to really heal. I felt pretty good, pretty fast, actually," he said. "But just some of the movements that I couldn't do, they kind of just lingered for a long time. "I was trying to hurry, but obviously, doctors are like, 'It just takes a month for it to heal.' And then you have to do all your prep to get back to playing. So you can't really rush time.""

"Once Betts was given the green light to ramp up his activity, he still had to battle through some discomfort, but he felt re-injuring his oblique was not going to be an issue. The soreness mainly appeared when taking swings in the lead up to his rehab assignment. Even though the right-hander had to ease up on his level of activity, he felt as though he "turned a corner" in the recovery process."

""I mean, there was a little soreness, but some of the soreness is just from it trying to heal. You get over the point where it's sore that you can re-injure it, and now it's sore where it just needs to get its strength back," he said. "And so once I got over the hump of it's sore, but you're okay to keep going, things kind of progressed really fast.""

Mookie Betts returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup after a two-game rehab stint with Triple-A Oklahoma City. He missed five weeks with a right oblique strain, matching the recovery window the Dodgers expected. The team avoided rushing him back to prevent a setback. Betts said he underestimated how long the oblique takes to heal, noting that movements he could not do lingered and that doctors advised time for healing plus preparation before playing. He reported no setbacks during rehab and felt discomfort mainly when taking swings before the assignment. He described turning a corner, with soreness shifting from re-injury risk to strength recovery, and he expected no special monitoring beyond normal preparation.

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