Poke It With A Stick

No. It generally doesn't help an injury to poke it with a stick. The failure of Dr. Tim Kremchek to detect the previously undisclosed "shoulder tendinitis" of Gary Majewski (which eventually effectively ended his season not long after The Trade) and the perceived failure of Dr. Kremchek to detect or prevent other injuries to Eric Milton, Eddie Guardado, Brandon Claussen, Matt Belisle and Elizardo Ramirez has led some Red Reporters (sukr was first) to surmise that poking an injury with a stick is Dr. Kremchek's principal diagnostic or treatment method.

Dr. Kremcheck's stick is now known as the "Injury Stick."

Red Reporter knows better than to poke an injury with a stick. Rubbing dirt on it works much better.