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Being from Australia and Aussie Rules fan as well as being a Patriots fan, it started me thinking. Assuming it is what most fear and ACL damage, there is something that may be done about this.
The rigours of AFL is such that ACL's unfortunately are torn on a regular basis with the nature of speed and blind turning in the game. Just this weekend, a Geelong (premiership favourites and defending champions) player Brent Prismall in the finals series over here appears to have done his ACL in an innocuous movement. Earlier this season, Sydney defender Nick Malceski ruptured his ACL. This is where the story becomes interesting.
Conventional ACL repair treatment takes between 9 months to 12 months. Sydney sent Nick off for radical surgery by a French revolutionary (althougth highly topical treatment), where the ACL is repaired with a synthetic liagment, cutting his rehab time from 9-12 months, to just 3 months.
Given AFL rigours are somewhat more pressing that that of Quarterback play, this could be an option the Patriots may see as sufficient. I will forward this onto the Patriots administration for their thoughts if the outcome is as expected.
Attached is a link FYI http://news.smh.com.au/sport/jury-out-on-revolutionary-knee-surgery-20080528-2j0k.html
The rigours of AFL is such that ACL's unfortunately are torn on a regular basis with the nature of speed and blind turning in the game. Just this weekend, a Geelong (premiership favourites and defending champions) player Brent Prismall in the finals series over here appears to have done his ACL in an innocuous movement. Earlier this season, Sydney defender Nick Malceski ruptured his ACL. This is where the story becomes interesting.
Conventional ACL repair treatment takes between 9 months to 12 months. Sydney sent Nick off for radical surgery by a French revolutionary (althougth highly topical treatment), where the ACL is repaired with a synthetic liagment, cutting his rehab time from 9-12 months, to just 3 months.
Given AFL rigours are somewhat more pressing that that of Quarterback play, this could be an option the Patriots may see as sufficient. I will forward this onto the Patriots administration for their thoughts if the outcome is as expected.
Attached is a link FYI http://news.smh.com.au/sport/jury-out-on-revolutionary-knee-surgery-20080528-2j0k.html