Source: Gronkowski break not identical to first one

[dannydyn]

Uhhhhhh..... THE PLLLLLAAATTTTEEEEE!!!!!!

Source: Gronkowski break not identical to first one

 

[Uncle Rico]

Ah, man, that still stinks. Thanks for the link though - -I thought I heard Steve Burton say on TV this a.m. the break was in a different spot than the previous one, but wasn't sure.

I'd bet he could have gone 200 plays without landing just right to make that happen. Instead, bam .. one play.

 

[Tunescribe]

It had to be related, though. Didn't he have the break put together with hardware?

 

[mayoclinic]

Docs not up in arms on Gronkowski decision | Boston Herald

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

just not his year...unlucky and sucks but happens in the NFL..will be back strong next year then him and ahern can finally be on the field together

 

[OnTheHeights]

Ughhhhh, as someone with a big plate in my arm, I've always worried about this crap happening.

 

[dannydyn]

I'd bet he could have gone 200 plays without landing just right to make that happen. Instead, bam .. one play.

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.

 

[patchick]

It had to be related, though. Didn't he have the break put together with hardware?

It's unquestionably related; the new injury was essentially caused by the earlier repair. But it wasn't a matter of timing or "rushing him back." He was healed, he just happened to fall in exactly the wrong way.

 

[JoeSixPat]

It had to be related, though. Didn't he have the break put together with hardware?

From what I've read it WAS related. The repair and cast results in increased stress points further down the arm. It's simple physics.

I guess the nature of the reports is to affirm that Gronk wasn't brought back "too early" per se - just the dumb luck of landing on his arm the way he did caused a new break.

None of that really matters to the team - they'll have to do a better job overcoming his loss than they did last year. And this year their added depth gives them a much better chance of doing that.

 

[Mike the Brit]

Docs not up in arms on Gronkowski decision | Boston Herald

An informative, objective article in the Herald ... now for the pigs flying past the window.

 

[BSR]

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.

 

[aluminum seats]

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.

No......

“But ultimately, he’s going to end up with an arm that’s normal and functioning normal for him.”

So just the opposite of that.

 

[DocHoliday]

Are they gonna take out that brace later?

 

[serifyn]

Gronk needs to drink his milk.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

From what I've read it WAS related. The repair and cast results in increased stress points further down the arm. It's simple physics.

I guess the nature of the reports is to affirm that Gronk wasn't brought back "too early" per se - just the dumb luck of landing on his arm the way he did caused a new break.

None of that really matters to the team - they'll have to do a better job overcoming his loss than they did last year. And this year their added depth gives them a much better chance of doing that.

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.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

No......

“But ultimately, he’s going to end up with an arm that’s normal and functioning normal for him.”

So just the opposite of that.

Ultimately as in if nothing else transpires. Ultimately as in eventually. If he is still playing with a plate in his arm next season or if he has them both removed (which the literature suggests would be early) he will not have a functional normal for him arm for some time. If you wrap him in bubble wrap next season he might be functionally normal in 2014.

 

[signbabybrady]

Gronk needs to drink his milk.

He needs Adamantium.

 

[kennyb]

Given that he didn't land in any specifically "bad" way, it's hard to believe this is just a freak thing.

Which means the arm will always be bad, unless as a previous poster said, the arm will be weaker where it wasn't broken for a while but then possibly strengthen?

I wonder if the plan is to remove this plate thing eventually, or just leave it in forever. What is the standard procedure for such a thing?

GIven that he'll have about 6-7 months to heal before contact, will that make a break like this one less likely next year?

If heh has to wait for a year to take out the plate (if it is protocol to remove such a thing), then he has to play all of next year with it in.

Given that he didn't seem to do much in the initial break, I wondering if there isn't something bigger wrong here.

Hope not.

 

[blackglass3]

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.

 

[serifyn]

He needs Adamantium.

Maybe we can have him install a bionic arm like Ray Lewis.