Rockies' Helton to undergo pain treatment
By Tracy Ringolsby, Rocky Mountain News
Published July 7, 2008 at 2:58 p.m.
Updated July 7, 2008 at 2:58 p.m.
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MILWAUKEE — Rockies first baseman Todd Helton will receive an epidural on Tuesday in hopes of relieving the back and leg pain that forced him onto the disabled list.
He disputed, however, a report that he has numbness in his leg.
"I have had a pain in the leg and my back locked up, so we felt it was time to address the issues," Helton said Monday. "I have never had any numbess. I don’t know there that came from.’’
Helton had been battling leg problems since mid-June, straining a hamstring while the Rockies were playing the White Sox in Chicago, and he attempted to play through that because the Rockies were shorthanded. He said the hamstring and current leg problem are not related.
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