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A pitcher notices pain in his elbow during warm-ups. Since pitching a ball is a repetitive motion, which injury is he most likely to have? A) pulled tendon

B) torn ligament

C) chronic strain

D) acute sprain

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The correct answer is C.

A chronic strain is otherwise known as a chronic repetitive strain injury. Repetitive strain injuries are a result of repeated stress to the body's soft tissue structures from repeating the same action over and over again, so in this case pitching a ball.

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Well, based on the scenario, the answer would be most likely be : C. Chronic Strain
in medical world, chronic strain often known as repetitive injury, which occur if we do a same movement over and over again, causing inflammation and damage to the tissue

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