The injury thread...

Does his brother still play for Grimsby?

 

He does, Tom Bolarinwa.

 

I had the same achilles injury and operation as Hernandez. He'll be ****ting himself that it's going to ping again when he comes out of plaster, but once he realises the tendon is double the thickness and twice as strong after surgery he'll be more confident than ever.
In an ideal world all footballers should rupture both achilles at the start of their careers.

 

Hm, once you snap an achilles isn't there a pretty high chance of it recurring?

 

I don't think he does, nothing in the media or in the official announcement from the club about having an extra year.

 

No way does that make it a fact, some of the players didn't know (forgot) the club could add a year on. Then there was the Tymon thing where the club tried to add a year but couldn't.

 

They announced it with every other player, we knew exactly who did and didn't have the option of an extra year.

The Tymon thing was completely different.

 

Yes there is. I had a complete rupture just below the calf muscle about 10 months ago but went the non-surgical route and I'm still very conscious that it is more likely to reoccur. Apparently, if you go for surgery the recovery period is slightly shorter and the likelihood of re-rupture is a little less but still very high.

I still can't run and walk with a slight limp but was told that full recovery can take up to a year.

 

You'd probably never make a 'full recovery' the way a footballer would. Don't forget they will have top quality surgery on top of spending hours a day every day for however long focusing on excercises to strengthen the damaged tissue.

Not particularly a direct reply to your post but a general response to comparing a pro athletes injury and recovery to a normal ****er like ourselves.

 

I am not a normal ****er

 

No Chazz you're a super ****er

 

I would recommend the surgery. I could leap off tall buildings and land on the leg I injured without any problem.

 

Well if that's the case I've been duped by the NHS and every article and forum I've read on the subject.

They didn't really offer me surgery, just advised me to go the route of natural healing, which involved two weeks in a cast and then another 8/10 in a boot that was adjusted weekly to lower your foot gradually to level.

 

Yeah I know, they will have the best care money can buy, along with all the time in the world to rest it and/or do the necessary exercises.

The only time I missed off work was a few hours once a week for the hospital appointments. The wife was not amused, as she had to drive me everywhere for three months but it made a change, as it's usually the other way around!

 

I can understand your annoyance, but maybe they advise differently based on where the rupture is. You said yours was in the calf area, but mine was just above the heel. I was 12 weeks in plaster and the boot.

 

Sounds like he has made his decision. ..... he will be playing again at some point

 

Can't help but think the first time someone looks to challenge in the air with him they'll look to rough him up .. is it worth the risk ?

 

The lads just put his recovery back a few months I think.

 

I know someone who snapped his, had the op, came out of pot...and then the physio was working on it and bent his foot up ...and it snapped again!

He was...disappointed