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Surgeon describes how Cam Newton's injury affects athletes

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http://www.wcnc.com/story/sports/nfl/panthers/2014/08/28/newton-fracture/14750481/

 

 

 

 

"I imagine in that first game, he'll have some issues to deal with," said Dr. James Fleischli.

Fleischli is an orthopedic surgeon and while he isn't treating Cam's injury, he's dealt with plenty of athletes suffering from the same thing in the past.

"It hurts a lot," Fleischli said. "Pain is the main thing that you're fighting, but they heal on their own."

Fleischli says in the first week, just basic things like coughing, sneezing, even taking a deep breath are going to hurt. On the field, he'll feel sharp pain when he bends over to take a snap, when he drops back and when he twists to make a throw.

That's probably why he's sitting out Thursday night's preseason finale against the Steelers, but in 10 days in Tampa it's almost a guarantee that he won't be pain-free, which could impact his performance.

"It may affect his throwing motion in terms of pain, particularly with longer passes," Fleischli said.

 

Sorry if this is a repost. I saw this and thought it was a good insight on Cam's injury. 

 

The good news seems to be that this injury will heal on it's own but the bad news is that it will take time before it does and Cam's throwing motion may be affected by this injury. Hopefully Cam can work through the injury on gameday though. 

 

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I'm not at all worried about the rib.  It'll heal.  I've cracked ribs twice.  It hurts like hell, but for an injury so painful, it heals shockingly quick.  Dat ankle though... that worries me.  The only real ankle injury I've ever had was a severe high ankle sprain when I was 15.  That ankle still gives me problems from time to time. 

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they will take a small needle and inject him with something that makes the pain go away. Like when I get I get a painful bug bite and I put cortizone (steroid) cream on it and I can't feel the pain anymore.

looking up what they use for broken ribs, two that come up are:

intercostal nerve block - an injection to the intercostal nerves that are located under each rib

Thoracic Epidural Steroid Injection - delivers steroids into the epidural space around nerve roots

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Eh, perhaps it varies. I once shattered my ankle while kickboxing, yet I was up and fighting again eight months later. I currently have no lingering effects or pain.

 

Broken bones vs. soft tissue damage.  As soon as the doctor saw my ankle he sent me in for x-rays and said he hopes it's broken.  I was like, "WTF?!"  He said, in the long run I'll be a lot better off if that ankle is broken because if all that bruising and swelling is from a sprain, there's a lot of soft tissue damage going on.

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Well, Cam's tendon damage wasn't substantial with him playing on it for four years, no? If something was wrong, we'd see it by now. Cam has appeared rusty but decent for the most part. I give it another month before he's pain-free.

 

It's been a lingering issue for Cam for years, that's why he had the surgery.  That's the problem with soft tissue injuries vs. bone injuries.  Broken bones usually heal with no long-term effects.  Soft tissue injuries linger.  I hope this "ligament tightening" surgery works, but it definitely concerns me that Cam is openly talking about his ankle not being 100%.

 

It wouldn't concern me as much if our offense and Cam himself weren't so dependent on his mobility.  A dependency only compounded by our lack of an OL.

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Nice to know there's so many huddle doctors...oh wait.

Simply speaking from personal experience. Nothing more, nothing less.

I realize most huddlers probably haven't done anything more athletic than getting off the couch to get another beer, but some of us actually do have experience dealing with sports related injuries. With that said, I'd never even heard of this type of surgery Cam had before he had it.

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Simply speaking from personal experience. Nothing more, nothing less.

I realize most huddlers probably haven't done anything more athletic than getting off the couch to get another beer, but some of us actually do have experience dealing with sports related injuries. With that said, I'd never even heard of this type of surgery Cam had before he had it.

I'm clearly being sarcastic in my post.

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