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Mets 2B Daniel Murphy (intercostal muscle) could play in a minor league game Sunday.
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Murphy has not appeared in a game yet because of a strained right intercostal muscle.
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It includes having a cortisone injection to the intercostal muscle to assist the recovery of both a tear and a strain.
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Mets 3B David Wright took swings off a tee for the first time since being diagnosed with a strained intercostal muscle.
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Mets second baseman Dan Murphy, was also diagnosed with intercostal muscle strain, and has been out for nearly a month, much longer than initially anticipated.
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Commonly reported symptoms of intercostal muscle strain include stabbing or sharp pains associated with breathing, as well as soreness or a deep ache in the ribcage.
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Wright was diagnosed with a moderate strain of the intercostal muscle on his left side Friday, an injury that may have been exacerbated by his presence in the WBC.
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Second baseman Daniel Murphy also has missed the first the first three weeks of exhibition games due to a strained intercostal muscle sustained in mid-February, and closer Frank Francisco working back from offseason elbow surgery.
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David Wright, third baseman for the New York Mets, was recently diagnosed by his physicians with left sided intercostal muscle strain, after he was complaining of a sore back last week while at the World Baseball Classic.
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So what is intercostal muscle strain?
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