you sound like a very tough person with high pain tolerance to me! it sounds like you did everything appropriately. the injury didn't interfere too much with your ability to play and then you put ice on the injury afterwards. you could have also applied compression (like an ace bandage) for extra support but otherwise it sounds like you did a fine job treating your injury. to answer your question it could indeed be a soft tissue injury. "soft tissue" just refers to all the non-hard tissue like bones. soft tissue injuries can be quite painful and take quite some time to heal. on the other hand (ha ha) you could have a broken bone and not know it. the wrist and hand contain a lot of bones and you definitely could have a fracture or chip without being aware of it especially since you seem to have a high pain threshold. if you keep the wrist wrapped (not too tight - your fingers shouldn't turn purple or anything) for a few days and it's still bothering you it might be worth seeing your primary care provider to rule out something more serious like a torn ligament or a broken bone. it probably would be wise not to catch any games for awhile too. you might have to put yourself on ir temporarily. hope this helps!
what is soft tissue damage and how is it treated? . playing softball yesterday as catcher i reached up to catch the ball. the batter suddenly swung late and hit my left hand/wrist hard. it hurt but i could tell it was not broken. i played the rest of the game and applied ice after the game was over. later i caught 2 more games. the 2nd game my hand ached but not bad. the 3rd game my hand did not hurt at all. today it aches more in the wrist region than the hand. could it be soft tissue damage or something more serious like a bruised bone?