Benson suffered an undisclosed injury today during a throwing session at Spring Training. The Phillies have not commented on the injury so far, but Benson is quoted as saying that it may be "bicep tendinitis". What this means for the Phillies is that there is no way he will be ready for the start of the season now.
The only thing they can really do is rest his arm if it is tendinitis and this will delay any strengthening exercises he can do for at least a week or two assuming non-surgerical treatment is effective. However, this is one of those injures that often will not go away, especially considering he just had major shoulder surgery last year. Minimum recovery time before the average person can resume activity following this type of injury is 2-3 weeks.
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