Injury Injuries 2021

[Lex22]

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.

 

[Boristown]

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.

Some people heal quickly, some don’t. Dunkley and McLean seem like the former, Vandermeer the latter.

 

[ScottyDogg]

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.

 

[The Inbetweener]

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.

 

[Optimistic Dog]

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.

 

[Dog 36]

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 defies medicine when it comes to rehab, pain tolerance and rolling up the sleeves and getting it done!

no matter how bad his injury was he was playing first final.

 

[bresker]

Libba was not meant to be fit at all, experts said season over.

 

[Optimistic Dog]

Libba was not meant to be fit at all, experts said season over.

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.

 

[Northernsoul74]

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?

 

[Optimistic Dog]

Did he then have a traditional op later or is he still held together with string?

Not sure but he had another ACL after the ankle injury.

 

[Doggiesfan14]

Was in the middle of something else but did I hear Stef Martin out for 4 weeks with a groin injury on the news?

 

[The Inbetweener]

Was in the middle of something else but did I hear Stef Martin out for 4 weeks with a groin injury on the news?

Not sure if there has been an exact time figure but Bevo said today he’d be sidelined for a few weeks.

 

[Libba39]

Was in the middle of something else but did I hear Stef Martin out for 4 weeks with a groin injury on the news?

Yes they said 4 weeks from groin injured at training.

 

[Golden_6]

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.

 

[Dog 36]

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.

Stef Martin will do a Clark Keating

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Stef Martin will do a Clark Keating

Prefer if he does a Clark Kent…

 

[NthBondiDoggies]

I reckon if one of Trelor or Dunks comes out of rehab the other will be out in a flash - have seen the t-shirts…. Just sayin’

 

[The Inbetweener]

Apparently Wood hurt his ankle in the VFL anyone have any info?

 

[bresker]

Any speculation on what the Gardiner injury might be?

 

[Testekill]

Any speculation on what the Gardiner injury might be?

Looked like another AC joint. I think he missed 9 weeks IIRC.

 

[Igloo]

Any speculation on what the Gardiner injury might be?

Looked exactly like his last one, so I imagine it's an AC joint.

 

[Doggy]

Looked exactly like his last one, so I imagine it's an AC joint.

Problem is we also lost Wood

 

[doggie dog]

We have to trade/draft some KPD depth, we are getting thin down back.

 

[Optimistic Dog]

Problem is we also lost Wood

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.

 

[doggie dog]

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.

Well, it cannot hurt, Exhibit A Bailey Dale.
Buku may not be a regular tall, but like Woody the above-average athletism makes up for the lack of height.
Lewis Young (17 disposals, seven marks) and Buku Khamis (16 disposals, five marks) led the way for the Bulldogs’ backline in yesterday's win VFL win.