Dids update

[The Royal Sampler]

Maybe that's it... perhaps he's going to try to play again with the ruptured tendon retracted?

 

[76woodenspooners]

It doesn't make any sense that a complete tear would heal faster than a partial tear treated conservatively (ie. without surgery).

If that were the case, you'd simply get him to do the splits and tear it fully.

I think there is BS aplenty being spun, but I'm happy to naively assume that everything's going to be awesome and not worry about it. Especially since there's bugger all I can do anyway.

Thanks TRS, that (bolded) was exactly what was puzzling me.

Hey, if that's the way things work at the Geoff Walsh Institute of Sports Medicine, why didn't they think to take a baseball bat to the knees of Ball, Keeffe, Krakouer and 'Caff? Heal the lads up real quick, and with any luck they'll be back in time for the West Coast game.

 

[sirene]

Google adductor tenotomy. It explains in part why a full tear is quicker to heal. I can not answer why they didn't get him to do the splits though.

 

[SnakePlisskin]

Remember Robert Harvey jumped on his foot from off the table to break the tendon underneath so he could play .

 

[The Royal Sampler]

The plantar fascia, yes. He had plantar fasciitis.

 

[rose jam]

Google adductor tenotomy. It explains in part why a full tear is quicker to heal. I can not answer why they didn't get him to do the splits though.

I remember they did this with someone about 5 years ago, can't remember who, but they surgically tore it and they came back in half the time they said. No idea how many weeks that was though.

 

[eddiebankbalance]

no surgery required! but he'll still be out for up to 3yr's

 

[ben_1301]

Google adductor tenotomy. It explains in part why a full tear is quicker to heal. I can not answer why they didn't get him to do the splits though.

I've had two adductor tenotomys, they don't fully tear the muscle they partially cut through the tendon. Reading now that Dids' torn through the muscle belly & not the tendon enthesis makes more sense that it could repair naturally and will most likely give him more length through the adductor, but I would imagine a fair bit of scar tissue. So as long as the muscle belly heals to pre-tear strength I see no reason why he couldn't play with pain killing injections in it towards the end of the season.

 

[Number 10]

Some physio on SEN (a guest - not a caller) has said 4-6 weeks.

I sort of missed the reasoning, but something to do with not needing one of the muscles that is part of the groin?? Can someone expand, I wasn't listenning properly.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Does seem a bit strange as if it's a adductor longus tendon rupture of the pubic bone it would have contracted distally (torn off & shot down the inside of his leg). I don't see how it could re-attach without surgery?

You seem to know what you are talking about with your 'longus tendon' and 'contracts distally', plus you seem to have drawn the same conclusion as a very ignorant me!

 

[Pie eyed]

Some physio on SEN (a guest - not a caller) has said 4-6 weeks.

I sort of missed the reasoning, but something to do with not needing one of the muscles that is part of the groin?? Can someone expand, I wasn't listenning properly.

Maybe it's like an appendix....?

Either ay there seems to be as much confusion within the real medical ranks as us witch doctors.

 

[Number 10]

Either way there seems to be as much confusion within the real medical ranks as us witch doctors.

Yeah, he pretty much said that it is a very mysterious area of the body in terms of injuries.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

I think the theory is, that tearing the muscle means it gets a chance to heal fully from scratch.

A strain/slight tear (without surgery) means it always sits in a precarious position and could go at any time (as it did on the weekend).

 

[ben_1301]

Reading the article on the Collingwood website it looks to be a tear of the muscle belly, which is good as long as the tendon structure is healthy. They will be doing plenty to aid the healing time(all sorts of injections, PRP, prolo the lot) and as long as it can contract with strength under load it shouldn't really affect his performance. Just depends on how long it takes him to get up to strength.

 

[Temploar]

So, groin injury. Did his balls come off?

 

[Pie eyed]

So, groin injury. Did his balls come off?

One ball was seen flying over the boundary...

 

[Temploar]

One ball was seen flying over the boundary...

Damn that would have been painful for dids.

 

[Yidaki]

I think Dids is gone for mine. Unfortunately, his body is creeking and showing signs of being brittle. Time to step aside and let someone else fill his spot.

 

[jonbe54]

Damn that would have been painful for dids.

Freaked out the little old lady who it hit in her face too

 

[Cory]

He is listed as two weeks away in the our Injury list off our site.

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/injury list/tabid/14769/default.aspx

 

[rose jam]

He is listed as two weeks away in the our Injury list off our site.

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/injury list/tabid/14769/default.aspx

That might be right, Pendles shows 2 weeks which is up to date as of today's news.

 

[Cory]

I'd assume it would be with Shaw,Reid and Toovs with having test next to their name

 

[Ed D]

I'd be surprised if Didak only missed 2 weeks. I remember the club saying something similar before the NAB games got started. I think it's stupid to write off Didak however.

 

[blaze036]

I'd be surprised if Didak only missed 2 weeks. I remember the club saying something similar before the NAB games got started. I think it's stupid to write off Didak however.

Didak was showing before his injury he could deffinitely still be a very valuable member of our best 22...

He also showed he would probably need 2-3 afl games before he can get back to a high standard, so lets rest him for the next 5 weeks, then play in the last few rounds. If his body isnt right by then, its career over. Hero or Zero

 

[SuperSub17]

Somehow the entire media caught sight of the slight extension to Pendles' injury but no one saw the massive reduction in Didak's...