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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Exactly correct. That's what even the slightest ankle sprain is - ligament damage. Naturally, the severity of the sprain is equal to the severity of the ligament damage. That revelation has been treated as if it's some sort of shockingly serious news. A slow media day.That's what a sprained ankle is.
Reports of ligament damage mean the reporter wants to seem like he's saying something. If he didn't have ligament damage, he wouldn't have a sprained ankle.
That is all.
Just trying to stir the pot and get some hits by using Ligament damage. It sounds really bad, much worse than Sprained AnkleThat's what a sprained ankle is.
Reports of ligament damage mean the reporter wants to seem like he's saying something. If he didn't have ligament damage, he wouldn't have a sprained ankle.
That is all.
Exactly correct. That's what even the slightest ankle sprain is - ligament damage. Naturally, the severity of the sprain is equal to the severity of the ligament damage. That revelation has been treated as if it's some sort of shockingly serious news. A slow media day.
I've had a group of guys in white lab coats take me away a couple of times...but only for a few days, or so...When I saw where his foot was in relation to his leg, I immediately diagnosed ligament damage and I'm not even an M.D. I do have a white lab coat, though.
If we're going to be objective about this, how limited do we think he's going to be? I know there's no way of saying for sure, given we don't know much about how bad it was sprained. But he limped badly off the field, clutched his leg in pain, came back in for a few plays, and then was wearing a boot later that night. Given that he's a guy who plays nearly every offensive snap of the game, and is in on the wedge for kick returns, just how "limited" should we expect 11 days from now? Will he still be able to make cuts, sprint, and block if its a minor high ankle sprain?
I've had a group of guys in white lab coats take me away a couple of times...but only for a few days, or so...
Ligament damage in an ankle typically happens when the ankle rolls in the opposite direction from where gronks ankle turned......in order to stretch the ligaments, you need to roll the ankle to the outside and pollard caused the ankle to the inside.
first and most importantly, we are all so lucky that it wasn't the knee.....on a move like that, it is what is more typical
second, if he is suffering from anything, it was a compression of the ligament which is painful, but there's not much damage to recover from.......he's not going to have the nasty blue marks, and it should not swell too badly, so therapy will be easier.
I think he will be 100% or very close to it........don't be suprised if the pats make the world believe it is worse than it really is.....its a good opportunity for that
I'll assume you're an orthopedist and bow to you, but my understanding is that the fibular and related ligaments on top of the foot can be strained in either direction.