A small bump in the road compared to what he has overcome. Sucks for him but he'll be back soon enough.Poor Woody can't take a trick Plantar Fascia rupture according to Fagan on the Bupa Report 2-4 weeks
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It's ******* cruel how some kids don't get a decent crack at it.
Langers lung was discussed the day after it happened i think was mentioned on SEN or something and someone saw him in emergency on the day. Woody I thought was an ankle the foot may be worse or better, hopefully its more the 2 week variety and he can get back, he needs time on the field this year if he wants a contract next year somewhere I feelthey have kept his quit and also Langers punctured lung
Or like Robert Harvey who deliberately ruptured his to relieve plantar fasciitis and played the next week, it might settle quickly
The rupture doesn't compromise the structural integrity of his foot: when the pain no longer hinders him, I'd reckon he'll playFagan did comment that the medical staff said a complete rupture was better than a partial and he had to take their word for it
The plantar fascia is a series of sinews mirroring the bones in the forefoot that runs from the front base of the heel to just past the ball of the foot. It tightens when weight travels over the ball of the foot onto the toes during walking/running and supports the arches of the foot. If Woody's foot is taped and/or his boot sufficiently supports his arch it won't be missed.
Isn't that the injury Croad had which ended his career?
Croad had a fractured navicular bone which has ended the career of nearly every player to sustain it with the notable exception of James Hird even though his occurred 10 years earlier than Croad's or Matthew Egans. Of course there is nothing suspicious there
Somehow managed to put some pep back into his step...
Don't quote me but I reckon with time it would repair itself. There is a condition affecting the equivalent structure in the hand, the palmar fascia called Dupuytren's contracture where the fascia compromises the freedom of the finger flexor tendons to move resulting in hand deformity and disablement by progressively curling up the fingers. The palmar fascia can be cut to relieve it but it tends to recur
A 6-week eccentric training program for the calf has been proven to recover Achilles tendinitis. It may do the same with plantar fasciitis not so much by strengthening it but by improving the mobility of the nerve that innervates it. There is strong suspicion that plantar fasciitis is caused by poor nerve mobility (neurodynamics)
other species, monkeys?Yeah, I'm aware of Dupuytren's contracture, though there have been reported associations with other diseases that may predispose and hence cause recurrence. That being said, most of my info is extrapolating from other species, so you probably know more about it than I do.
