Injury 2024 Crows Injury Update

[MsTopG]

Injury Update: Riley Thilthorpe

The forward suffered the injury during Saturday’s pre-season win

www.afc.com.au

Meniscus injury for RT. Could have been worse, but will miss the start of the season.

5-6 ay? Here's hoping.

 

[footy4ever]

This is a gut punch to kick off our season!

Fortunately the forward line is not where we're lacking, but damn it, Thilly made it look so much more imposing.

We'll really miss his slick hands and quick thinking in the scrums in front of goal and when he's rucking around the ground.

Hoping he only misses a few.




Buggerbumshitpoowee!

 

[1970crow]

Torn meniscus is usually 4-6 weeks based on previous players. Not the end of the world but clearly not ideal either.

Talia played half of 2020 with one.

 

[cleanhands]

Talia played half of 2020 with one.

Not sure Riley can carry injuries

 

[Trigger13]

Talia played half of 2020 with one.

and didn’t end well for him. You have to let these heal or big problems come later. He’s too precious/young to stuff around with. Have to be conservative here.

 

[Cryptic56]

Minimum a month it seems

 

[Trigger13]

Minimum a month it seems

We just have to bank early wins I reckon. Would be nice being well entrenched in the 8 at the halfway point knowing that Thilly is coming soon.

 

[Trigger13]

Some articles saying recovery time can be 6-9 months post op. So we might not see him at all. That would be a disaster.

 

[Cap]

Any idea about the long term implications? Is that knee know weaker?

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Not sure Riley can carry injuries

Talia couldn’t either

Sometimes he didn’t even have them but thought he did

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Any idea about the long term implications? Is that knee know weaker?

Long term risk of osteoarthritis , knee replacements , medium term further arthroscopy etc

Short term -once he gets over it he will probably be stronger in it than previous as they rehab well these days

 

[Cap]

Long term osteoarthritis , knee replacements , medium term further arthroscopy etc

Short term -once he gets over it he will probably be stronger in it than previous as they rehab well these days

so likely an injury he will need to manage theought his career, rather than a fix up and its gone scenario?

 

[Trigger13]

Doesn’t the surgery route likely prevent future issues?

Cmon, who is a doctor here. Help us out.

 

[Scorpus]

We've had an extraordinary run with injury the last few years.

Will be interesting to see how we go if we lose a few more players this year

 

[UcantCme]

looks like Burgess to get his early opportunity


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[Jeffcrowe]

so likely an injury he will need to manage theought his career, rather than a fix up and its gone scenario?

Bit of both

Most likely won’t have too many issues , could do later in life

 

[1970crow]

and didn’t end well for him. You have to let these heal or big problems come later. He’s too precious/young to stuff around with. Have to be conservative here.

I wasn’t suggesting TT do it. Talia was an idiot.

 

[WeeBlake]

I had this op nearly 20 years ago. Recovery about 8 weeks. Felt great for years, starting to play up a bit again now tho.

Edit - I’ve wondered for a while whether TTS knees are a bit like mine. My surgeon thought I had a ruptured ACL on examination, and made me get an MRI. Turns out my acl was fine, just loose AF.

This is the second or third time TT has gone down with a knee problem, iirc, but the earlier ones were not a big deal.

 

[Sizzlepack]

Bit of a disaster, really. Hope this doesn't mean our injury luck will turn bad this year. Interesting selection choice now: Burgess or Gollant. Guess given his prominence throughout pre-season and his superior ability as a ruck, it'll be Burgess (at least vs the Suns).

 

[Cryptic56]

So anywhere from Round 3 to Round 10
Knee injuries can often knock you out for a full season so good that we will most likely see him back in the first half of the season.

 

[50BC]

Any idea about the long term implications? Is that knee know weaker?

Depends what path they opt for repair or menisectomy. Menisectomy is the quick fix, but defi

Some articles saying recovery time can be 6-9 months post op. So we might not see him at all. That would be a disaster.

I'd hope at his young age where he'd still have a semi reasonable blood supply to the meniscus it wouldn't be more than 6 months, but that's pretty much a season either way

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Channel 7 reporting 6-8 weeks most likely... but gather we don't really know til he has his surgery.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

We got any doctors on here, what’s better for him long term?

I gather it will depend on the extent of the tear & won't know til the surgery is performed.

 

[Rank]

This is a gut punch to kick off our season!

Fortunately the forward line is not where we're lacking, but damn it, Thilly made it look so much more imposing.

We'll really miss his slick hands and quick thinking in the scrums in front of goal and when he's rucking around the ground.

Hoping he only misses a few.




Buggerbumshitpoowee!

Your right, We can cover losing him for a little while at this stage. Losing Dawson, Walker, Rankin or O'Brian now would have been a lot worse. It hurts his development though.

 

[50BC]

Repair is best for long term. Menisectomy is the quick fix (4 to 6 weeks) but you really do need that cartilage in the joint long term. But I'd suggest a repair is generally more than the 10 to 12 weeks I'm hearing quoted though, more like 4- 6 months but there are variables, size of the tear, location of the tear etc. Sometimes it's possible to do a partial menisectomy only and that might mean a little shorter recovery/rehab