bunzoburns
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bunzoburns said:If Teddy broke his scaphoid, it could be bad news. I broke my scaphoid a couple of years ago and I was in a cast for three miserable months.
njpatsfan said:Barring any speculation about BB injury obfuscation, I would say that if it IS a broken wrist (as opposed to a severe sprain), it's probably a scaphoid fracture (small bone below your thumb) as opposed to a radial fracture (the end of the larger bone in your forearm). You KNOW when you have a radial fracture (at least I did). Scaphoid fractures can appear initally to be a sprain, and may require an MRI / bone scan to diagnose.
If it is a scaphoid fracture, and it's non-displaced (doesn't need to be set or screwed), we're probably looking at 6-8 weeks out.
Not an MD, just someone with some experience breaking bones. Any MD's read patsfans.com ?
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How successful is treatment?
-Regardless of treatment, recovery takes a surprisingly long time - six to twelve months is typical.
-Pain, fatigability, and loss of grip strength are a nuisance in about half of people with this type of injury. Some wrist stiffness is very common.
huskeralk said:The good news is a LB could still play in a cast if need be. Sure, he won't be making all of the ints but he would still be effective.
njpatsfan said:Maybe there are some MD's reading patsfans.com .....
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/showthread.php?t=38508&page=3
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I'm Ron Borges? said:By the way, how come if Thomase does some work and breaks a story, it's a witch hunt but if Reiss does it he's the hardest working journalist in Boston? If Reiss wrote this story, you would all be praising him. I say give Thomase some props for this one. He finally got off his fat ass and did some work for a change. Just because you don't like what the story is about, it doesn't mean he made it up.