JR4

Been do some searching on this injury.

Question - when did it first happen?
Chad wasn't ready to go on start of TC. I thought I read somewhere
is happened around mini camp close in June.

If so then he was out for around 5 weeks before he tried to come back.
If so he is now going on 8 weeks or so. If it is a grade 3 then it looks like 12
weeks or 3 months would be recovery time looking at reports below.

From info on recovery time on hamstring injuries this looks like a grade 3,
the worst hamstring injury graded and around 2 - 3 months recovery time.

Also read usually Grade 3 require crutches in early weeks which he was
not on during TC. But if it happened several weeks before TC no one may
have seen.

One article said the average NFL hamstring injury recovery time is 14 days.

here are a few articles on the subject:

http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cy...ringstrain.htm

http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/depar...hamstring.html

Everything I read seems to indicate this was a severe hamstring injury.
I don't like what I've read. I hope it is only a grade 2. It certainly is
not a grade 1.
In a grade 3 which can be 3 months or more ... the muscle may not retattach like it ws before the injury as there is scaring in the healing
process.

BelichickFan

You can't research something that you have no information on. It's a waste of time. We have no clue.

JR4

But we do have some info which is length of time he has been out.

Now it is not conclusive information but from searching it says this is no
simple 14 day recovery hamstring injury and the longer it takes the more
it points to a severe hamstring injury.

tombonneau

I'm sure this has probably been posted, but in Reiss' mailbag, he referenes a Yahoo! article about the Patriots, where I guy has some info on Chad's injury, which I found highly interesting, mostly in that its the first I've heard of it (article dated 8/13)

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...yhoo&type=lgns

Kind of lame if that's how he initially hurt it, a random 40-yd dash. That's def. something players should be properly stretching, etc. for, IMO. Esp. when they are just in training camp.

BelichickFan

You're wasting your time. It could be a bad thing that will keep him out 2 more months or a not so bad thing and he'll return tomorrow. Not to mention that the Grades are just basic levels with lots of different levels of severity in between. He'll be back when he's back.

JR4

Ok this confirms intial injury time frame. It means he was rehabing for about
5 weeks minimum before he tried to return. This was no simple hamstring
injury and it looks like at least grade 2 maybe grade 3.

JR4

To gain a better understanding of the possiblilites of a hamstring injury
is hardly a waste of time. Perhaps you know it all .. fine. But for some
of us who do not know the possibilities information is hardly a waste
of time.... lighten up.

MoLewisrocks

There were no organized team activities for 5 weeks for him to try to return to. But hey, if engaging in half-assed detective work makes you happy knock yourself out.

JR4

Thanks for your permission ...

PromisedLand

BelichickFan is right. Hamstring injuries come in a continous sprectrum of severities. You can't extrapolate how much longer he will be out based on how long he has been out so far. The grades are simply a way of grading the injury into ranges. It's like saying foothills are 0-2000 feet, low mountains are 2001-5000 feet, and high mountains are over 5000 feet. That doesn't mean mountains don't come in all heights.

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