Dids update

[Mobbsy]

COLLINGWOOD veteran Alan Didak will not require surgery after scans revealed a complete tear of his adductor muscle.

Didak missed two months during the preseason with a partial tear of his adductor.

But Magpies director of football Geoff Walsh today played down concerns the enigmatic forward would miss the remainder of the season.

“Alan previously had a partial tear that was a consequence of the injury he suffered in the pre-season. With the muscle being completely torn away it will allow a full attachment to take place that will not require surgery,” Walsh said.

“The advice is that the healing and rehabilitation process will not keep Alan sidelined for as long as he was in the pre-season. It’s very much a short to medium term injury.”


The 29 year-old sustained the injury in the opening two minutes of yesterday's clash with Melbourne at the MCG.

“Alan will go in to a recovery phase and then a strengthening phase, to build back up his strength and fitness, and we’re confident that he won’t be out for as long as he was last time,” Walsh said.

“These things can rarely be predicted with exact precision but we’re expecting Alan to play a significant role in the season.”

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/mor...s-adductor-again/story-e6frf9jf-1226392975930

 

[Zahki]

He might well make it back soon, the real concern is that he was just coming into a bit of form and this is yet another setback for him. He needs all the gametime he can get to be firing by finals time, I hope he doesn't struggle after his return like he did last year.

 

[JOELY]

I must admit I'm a bit confused about how a full tear is better than a partial one but I'll leave it to the experts.

 

[Scodog10]

I must admit I'm a bit confused about how a full tear is better than a partial one but I'll leave it to the experts.

I'm a bit perplexed about that myself.

 

[Pie eyed]

I must admit I'm a bit confused about how a full tear is better than a partial one but I'll leave it to the experts.

Have to say I'm confused as to how being torn fully off the bone is a better scenario?

 

[eddiebankbalance]

He is now a hack. My previous favourite player

..he wont be back, and if he is - STILL you will not see him tackle! He will only be a sub to kick a goal or 2. This is the end

 

[Number 10]

I must admit I'm a bit confused about how a full tear is better than a partial one but I'll leave it to the experts.

Haha I'm in the same boat...
If I try put the puzzle together - possibly a partial tear means that it doesn't heal properly and needs surgery to help it along and with surgery comes extra recovery from the swelling etc.
Whereas a full tear as he said, repairs properly and no need for surgery.

I think it's the surgery that's the problem, not the severity of the tear.

 

[blaze036]

Have to say I'm confused as to how being torn fully off the bone is a better scenario?

Have u heard about a complete clean bone break can be better than one that goes 80% of the way through? Its basically the same, if the injury is "clean" it will heal a lot faster than a slightly less "severe" injury thats messy, because the body needs to do the work to get things back in place and stuff before it can start properly healing.

In lames terms, if the puzzle peices will fit back together easily in a clean tear/break, so it will heal faster.

 

[Pie eyed]

Have u heard about a complete clean bone break can be better than one that goes 80% of the way through? Its basically the same, if the injury is "clean" it will heal a lot faster than a slightly less "severe" injury thats messy, because the body needs to do the work to get things back in place and stuff before it can start properly healing.

In lames terms, if the puzzle peices will fit back together easily in a clean tear/break, so it will heal faster.

Who you callin' lame china????

Seriously though I get the "cleanness" advantage, but how does this issue get fixed without surgery?

How in "lames" terms does the said muscle detached get reattach to said muscleless groin?

 

[Pie eyed]

He is now a hack. My previous favourite player

..he wont be back, and if he is - STILL you will not see him tackle! He will only be a sub to kick a goal or 2. This is the end

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You're definitely a glass half empty type...

It's not whether the glass is half empty or half full....







It's how much is left in the bottle on the sideboard which is the issue.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

I don't understand it, but the "vibe" is positive I guess.

 

[Temploar]

I'm more worried about Krakouer. With an ACL injury he'll never be able to weave and turn the same way he ever did.

 

[Magnus the Magpie]

I don't understand it, but the "vibe" is positive I guess.

Surely no chance Walshy might be indulging in a bit of spin? Perish the thought.

 

[vjknight]

as i said in another thread, ben sinclair now takes this role. and frankly he adds a whole new dimension to it.

no one else has dids elite kicking, but sinclairs plusses outway that.

 

[Number 10]

as i said in another thread, ben sinclair now takes this role. and frankly he adds a whole new dimension to it.

no one else has dids elite kicking, but sinclairs plusses outway that.

Don't agree with this. I could give a long answer, but I'll just say that his kicking skills add more to our team than Sinclair's tackling does (even though he had none to his name yesterday).

You can't put a value on Didak's kicking, it is just as creative (for the whole team) as Pendlebury's handballing. Didak can also snag just as many goals as Sinclair playing full time forward. And tbh Didak was going in pretty hard the last couple of games.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Didak will not be back in any meaningful sense. Like others, the complete tear being better than a partial one makes no sense to me. He will not be back fit enough to play finals. When does Didak's contract conclude? If only contracted till the end of this year, then it may be time for Alan to retire so as to free up money to pay others. I cannot see his body consistently being right again.

 

[Brad Goodman]

Didak will not be back in any meaningful sense. Like others, the complete tear being better than a partial one makes no sense to me. He will not be back fit enough to play finals. When does Didak's contract conclude? If only contracted till the end of this year, then it may be time for Alan to retire so as to free up money to pay others. I cannot see his body consistently being right again.

He's only playing one more year anyway before he jets off to Brazil, might as well keep him around until then. Come to think of it, I think that might be when his contract expires. Anyone?

Dids is probably our second best field kick of the last 10 years so I hope he can come back and make some kind of meaningful contribution.

 

[rose jam]

If he has 6 weeks off, that puts him back on field by round 16 with the bye. 2 weeks to rebuild match fit puts him into seniors with a month of games into the finals. That's not bad. Given he had a full pre-season he's good enough.
And please, stop down playing him after a few muscle tear injuries, this guy is elite disposal and decision making. He'll be back he is simply too good as long as the body stays together.
I expect an Arizona trip is coming up

 

[jonbe54]

I think the major difference is that the tissue itself doesn't need to be reparied, just reatatched which is less of an injury to the body, bad enough to need to cut into the body, than to have to repair the tissue before reatatching it to the bone

 

[vjknight]

Don't agree with this. I could give a long answer, but I'll just say that his kicking skills add more to our team than Sinclair's tackling does (even though he had none to his name yesterday).

You can't put a value on Didak's kicking, it is just as creative (for the whole team) as Pendlebury's handballing. Didak can also snag just as many goals as Sinclair playing full time forward. And tbh Didak was going in pretty hard the last couple of games.

what im suggesting is we have ample numbers of classy midfield delivery boys. a small forward capable of ferocious defence, and maybe just finally realising kicking goals calmly can be done, means we have a new type of player. i would never downplay didaks elite kicking, but without possession, his worth is minimal.

as always, im trying to find the positive future.

 

[Jelly Bean]

as i said in another thread, ben sinclair now takes this role. and frankly he adds a whole new dimension to it.

no one else has dids elite kicking, but sinclairs plusses outway that.

But Ben Sinclair already had a role with Dids in the side, so we would need a replacement for that role...

I agree with the other poster who said that Dids' kicking outweighs Sinkers' tackling in that role.

 

[lgarth80]

Clean injury is better because of less scar tissue. In fact I think that's what I heard this injury was, a problem with the scar tissue coming of a previously half-done tear.
I admit, it's the beginning of what we ended up seeing with Buckley, but I certainly think Didak has a better team around him, and better resources (hyperbaric chamber, altitude room) for getting his fitness to the elite level.

I'd be expecting him back in the VFL in about 5 weeks, and banging down the door on senior selection by the time we play GWS

 

[danielnajdek]

Going by channel ten he'll be out for 8-10 weeks and will take a few weeks to get fitness back so they are basically saying his gone for the year. Also said after several doctors opinions about Dids' injury ( Larkins most likely)

 

[The Royal Sampler]

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.

 

[ben_1301]

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?