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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.So, if Gronk didn't break the same bone the original break should be doing very well, right?
So, if Gronk didn't break the same bone the original break should be doing very well, right? And Gronk was practicing 2 or 3 weeks after his last surgery if I remember correctly, right? Super Bowl is almost 3 weeks away...just saying.
Actually this news is more disconcerting. It makes it seem like this will always have to be something we will need to worry about with him.
Not just increased stress points, the bone beyond the fracture weakens during the healing process as the body focuses on rebuilding the area of the fracture at the same time lack of use is causing atrophy .
Not sure that forearm will ever be trustworthy again, if it ever was. And certainly not until both plates are removed. Which wouldn't be advisable for a year or so and requires another procedure that poses it's own short term risks (removing screws that will leave holes in bone that will have to fill in again and heal over time.
Gronk by nature lands hard and like that a lot. Color me concerned about Gronk going forward, period.
I gotta love all the negative speculation from long time posters who have, suddenly, become medical experts.
Personally, I don't understand why they used a plate instead of using a titanium rod down the length of the bone. The rod would have made it much less likely for any further damage. I also don't understand why the plate didn't run the entire length of the bone to ensure that something like this wouldn't happen. Especially if they know that the plate creates a weak spot in the bone right at the end of the plate.
People saying that Gronk didn't land all that hard really don't know what they are talking about. You had a 270 lb man go 5 or 6 feet into the air and come down with nearly his entire weight on his arm. That's a lot of force even with that protective sleeve on it.
Finally, I hope that the surgery to fix the new break was done differently so that the bone isn't compromised further. I want to see Gronk on the sidelines for the big one after the Pats take care of business this weekend.
I gotta love all the negative speculation from long time posters who have, suddenly, become medical experts.
Personally, I don't understand why they used a plate instead of using a titanium rod down the length of the bone. The rod would have made it much less likely for any further damage. I also don't understand why the plate didn't run the entire length of the bone to ensure that something like this wouldn't happen. Especially if they know that the plate creates a weak spot in the bone right at the end of the plate.
People saying that Gronk didn't land all that hard really don't know what they are talking about. You had a 270 lb man go 5 or 6 feet into the air and come down with nearly his entire weight on his arm. That's a lot of force even with that protective sleeve on it.
Finally, I hope that the surgery to fix the new break was done differently so that the bone isn't compromised further. I want to see Gronk on the sidelines for the big one after the Pats take care of business this weekend.
Come on, we're all capable of using logic. If you can find me a situation comparable to the one Gronkowski went through, fine. But until then, I'll maintain the medical staff probably made some mistakes
Not sure how this squares with your earlier post in this thread that it was simply unlucky and that's football?
I think you were probably more on target before than here.
Absolutely... he could have gone to win the Superbowl, and break his forearm in the off-season, hand-spinning one of his porn star girlfriends.... But, no, it had to be on his first reception attempt of the post season....
Hope this double-fracture doesn't compromise his playing abilities down the road.
I don't recall this post. I've said that there was probably mistakes made, unfortunately.
I'm obviously no medical expert, but I watch a lot of football (that's my version of "I stayed at a Holiday Inn"), and can't remember a broken arm in mid November derailing a guy's season through the postseason and potentially the SB. That's all I'm saying. If someone out there can cite this happening before, I'll lay off the medical staff. Until then, I'm not buying what Curran is feeding us.
It might be a good idea for Gronk to practice playing more conservatively, or learning to roll/fall (martial arts?) He might just be too damn athletic for someone that size/weight.
It's about production, not about fantastic athleticism. Learning to be as productive while not putting himself at risk as much (I'm thinking about the self imposed piledriver/flip from last year) might be a maturing process on the way to a long, productive career.