Do it 100 times, or 300 times counting practice swings, and you've got a strained back.
Without Wright (strained back), the American offense failed and the team lost twice (on Thursday to the Dominican Republic).
Broken feet, broken ribs, broken thumb, strained back, strained forearm, strained abdominal muscle — all have plagued his team.
He said his body felt fine — he spent two weeks on the disabled list in May with a strained back muscle — and had so for a while now.
When Martin was removed from Sunday's game early in the third quarter, it was announced that he had a strained back.
Because of center Robert Lang's injury -- believed to be a strained back muscle -- Pittsburgh Coach Ivan Hlinka mixed up the lines Thursday.
Before the game, the club announced that the ace Josh Johnson, who was scratched from a start last week with a strained back muscle, was being shut down for the rest of the season.
Having left the field clutching his side after a rolling stop, Bopara settled in for a day of massage to his strained back while his successor in the Test set-up set about pummelling the tourists.
Robin Ventura (flu) and Edgardo Alfonzo (strained back muscle) joined Benny Agbayani (strained abdominal muscle) and Jay Payton (disabled list, pulled hamstring) on the bench, which may have accounted for some of their offensive woes.
Khannouchi strained back muscles and dropped out after six miles of a nine-mile race in Utica on July 8, raising questions about when he would finally run for the red, white and blue.
Robyn was miniature, a doll — with a plain, pale, wide face, her temples blue-naked where her hair was strained back, her wide-open gray eyes affronted and evasive and set too far apart.
