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Is there more to this Vandermeer knee injury? It’s been a while & that’s still a decent predicted stint for a Meniscus/cartilage injury, which shouldn’t be all that long.
How useful would he be right now! We’re missing his and Treloars pace.Is there more to this Vandermeer knee injury? It’s been a while & that’s still a decent predicted stint for a Meniscus/cartilage injury, which shouldn’t be all that long.
I believe they tried to treat it conservatively first (no surgery), it didn’t work, so it wasted a few weeks.Is there more to this Vandermeer knee injury? It’s been a while & that’s still a decent predicted stint for a Meniscus/cartilage injury, which shouldn’t be all that long.
Any medical experts out there. When ADZ got his syndesmosis injury it did not seem that bad he went back on and to test it and the end of the game had a moon boot and slight limp even got interviewed. He has been out 5 and could miss another 5. Libba in 2016 did his was stretchered off and missed 4 rounds plus the bye and was back for the first final. So you would think Libba's was worst. I think Libba had unusual surgery to get back quicker as it was a success not sure why it still not used.
Libba was not meant to be fit at all, experts said season over.
Did he then have a traditional op later or is he still held together with string?That is not quite true a plan was hatched to get him back.
Liberatore, who had been best afield in the first quarter and a half, went down with syndesmosis, the same ankle injury that ended Carlton skipper Marc Murphy’s season from Round 12. Macrae had torn his hamstring tendon — an injury which often means an absence of two months.
But, it was at this point — probably the season nadir for the Dogs — on July 29 that the club rolled the dice. In the car trip back, on the Geelong Road, the club medicos Dr Gary Zimmerman and Dr Jake Landsberger devised a plan to have Libba and Macrae fit for the finals.
on the way home, the doctors contacted the club’s surgeon David Young and, after a conversation, decided that Liberatore would undergo an unusual, seldom-used operation on his ankle in an attempt to fast track his return.
To hasten Liberatore’s recovery, Young would insert a piece of rope, or surgical string, into the ankle. The rope would hold the two bones in the ankle — the tibia and fibula — together, allowing the ligaments and membranes to heal.
Libba’s ankle — and his finals campaign — literally was held together by a piece of string.
The surgery was completed on the day after Liberatore’s injury, on the Saturday. No time would be wasted.
The operation and recovery program — brilliantly assisted by club’s physios — saw Liberatore return for the elimination final in Perth, while Macrae’s comeback was simply a case of strong rehab work and a calculated gamble that the young midfielder would recover in time.
Did he then have a traditional op later or is he still held together with string?
Not sure if there has been an exact time figure but Bevo said today he’d be sidelined for a few weeks.Was in the middle of something else but did I hear Stef Martin out for 4 weeks with a groin injury on the news?
Was in the middle of something else but did I hear Stef Martin out for 4 weeks with a groin injury on the news?
Stef is cooked unfortunately. Maybe we can get him right for a finals run but we need to start looking at other options for next year.
Prefer if he does a Clark Kent…Stef Martin will do a Clark Keating
Any speculation on what the Gardiner injury might be?
Looked exactly like his last one, so I imagine it's an AC joint.Any speculation on what the Gardiner injury might be?
Problem is we also lost WoodLooked exactly like his last one, so I imagine it's an AC joint.
Problem is we also lost Wood
Well, it cannot hurt, Exhibit A Bailey Dale.It is time to play the Schack down back in the VFL surely we are running thin with talls. Young the only other tall option Buku not tall enough.