Originally Posted by gtexan02
Manning listed as doubtful. Arm strength is big problem
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/69...ikely-doutbful
Manning's triceps strength has plateaued and he doesn't have the arm strength right now, sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen. Manning also had some back soreness that worsened during the weekend.
Manning and the team are awaiting further evaluations from doctors and neurosurgeons regarding his condition. They will follow NFL protocol and will update his condition later in the week.
The Colts currently have no plans to attempt another surgery on Manning's neck, a source
told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
"As of now Peyton continues to deal with a complicated neurological recovery, the end date of which is unpredictable," the team said in the statement.
Some old posts of mine which were greeted with an element of skepticism, but seem to be playing out quite accurately.:
5/25/11:
Originally Posted by CloakNNNdagger
Only about 4% of cervical spine injuries in the NFL are suffered by QBs. When a QB expects to be sacked, he usually takes a fetal like position, with his head tucked in. Any trauma, accidental or not, to the top of his head by a defensive player is enough to create a herniation of a cervical disc. Once it occurs once, it becomes more vulnerable to lesser trauma. If one level is treated, it can put more stress on the adjacent disc. It can act as a domino effect. If Manning had his 2nd non-invasive procedure on the same segment, he can probably expect to go on to an open cervical fusion procedure (ala Slaton) sometime in the future....... especially if he sustains further trauma to the area.
1 week ago:
Originally Posted by CloakNNNdagger
From what has come out of the Colts and Manning himself, Manning evidently has been trying to avoid surgery since 4 years ago when he first started having problems with his neck. He again waited until near the end of May to have his 2nd surgery after trying to rehab his neck himself. He could have opted to have this last surgery right after the 2010 season had ended. The longer you wait to decompress a cervical nerve which is under pressure, the greater the extent of the damage. When taken care of quickly, many times there is instant relief of the preoperatively noted problems. At one point in time though, the damage from chronic pressure can be such that the return of function is extremely slow (up to 2 years) and, unfortunately, sometimes ultimately incomplete. The other thing that needs to be kept in mind is that the "minimally-invasive" surgeries still may not have entirely eliminated the pressure on the nerve, and that he will soon require the more
major "open" fusion surgery to do so. Again, if this is the case, the longer he waits, theless predictable the return of function, despite adequate decompression of the nerve. Likewise, if he continues to traumatize the nerve through the decision to return to play, the situation certainly cannot become any lesser.
You can rehab a muscle with concentrated effort. But there is very little that can be done to hasten the rehab of a nerve. And, after all, it is the nerve that gives the muscle the signal to function. Poor nerve function will therefore, always result in poor muscle function.
1 week ago:
Originally Posted by CloakNNNdagger
It has been reported that Manning had a compression of the C7 nerve root level. This nerve root controls the movement and the strength of the finger flexors, and the wrist flexors and the elbow extender. How do you throw a football if your hand can’t grip, your wrist can’t flex and your elbow can’t extend efficiently. You can compensate and throw a
football with a bum biceps ala Favre. But you aren’t ever going to look much better than a Pop Warner QB, with a bum triceps.
The recent back issues that Manning has been reported to have developed was predictable. When you have a significant triceps weakness, extending your elbow with any semblance of force is not possible. In order to compensate, a QB will automatically twist his body (back) toward the direction of the weak arm in order to gain additional forward momentum on the ball. Doing so continually places a great deal of undue stress on the back, resulting not only in a player with a weak arm....but now one also with a bad back
