This is genuine great news for Majak! I just want to clarify the report in above post.Hey guys. Good news on this. The Age is reporting that Majak will gain full mobility should the surgery be a success. He is apparently having surgery to fractures on only his Pelvis, which is a good sign because if the spine was mentioned.. that would be the end of his football career. An injured Pelvis is recoverable. No mention of surgery on his hips or anywhere else.
So people stating he will be in a wheelchair, and never play again.... this is rubbish. Most injuries outside the Spine or Brain are fully recoverable.... if sportspeople can snap their leg in half (Nathan Brown, Paul George) and recover, then surely a Pelvis can recover in the same way even from some heavy damage.
Here's to one of the greatest comebacks of all time in the near future.
How recoverable the pelvic injury is depends on the extent of damage to the pelvis. It’s a lot different in healing potential if it’s a simple hairline fracture as opposed to multiple fractures requiring many pins and screws.
Also, there’s 2 types of “recovery”:
1. To walk again and do normal daily activities.
2. To play footy again.
There’s a good chance surgery can help option 1 in the above, but no guarantees option 2 will happen. People need to stop thinking surgeries are absolute successes.
I do wish Majak all the success in the world for physical and mental healing. Whether he plays again is irrelevant in the whole scheme of things. On reflecting, he is a player of great potential. More importantly though, he has helped to build multiculturalism to AFL and could hopefully bring more gifted athletes from other countries into our game.