Davis...The News...Heard Here 1st...

[Todd]

^You do realize that a lot of times with an ACL injury you can walk almost pain free without a limp?

http://www.augustaortho.com/kneeACL.htm

[pantherclaw]

^You do realize that a lot of times with an ACL injury you can walk almost pain free without a limp?

http://www.augustaortho.com/kneeACL.htm

And you think our team and trainers would risk even further injury by allowing him to walk off under his own power?:lurk5:

[The Saltman]

Had a friend have an ACL injury...had 2 surgeries and needs another transplant. It doesn't always work out very well.

[panthers55]

Until there is a confirmed report, there is no reason to think he tore it again.

If he tore it, he wouldn't have been walking off not only under his own power, but without a limp.

Nothing about what we've read, makes it sound serious.

As with any starter who is coming back from injury, if he tweaks it, they are going to take him out of the rest of OTA's, as there is no reason to risk him further.

Most of the limping when you tear up an ACL is the trauma to the muscles and others tendons in the knee. When you reinjure it, you often tear the ACL but sometimes don't suffer the damage to the rest of the knee. My brother had an ACL injury like I did but he tore his again and had the surgery again. The second time he could walk around with no limp after the injury but an MRI showed it was torn and he had the surgery again. And from what I saw and how he looked when he did it, it definitely looks serious.

[pantherclaw]

Will still say a prayer for him.

[panthers55]

And you think our team and trainers would risk even further injury by allowing him to walk off under his own power?:lurk5:

I guess they would have to be clairvoyant to know if was torn without tests and MRIs. Walking off the field won't further cause problems. It is rotation and hyperflexion which causes it to tear not straightline walking.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

There are a lot of possibilities it could be

Partianl tear

Strained

Agravated

Full tear

It will also depend where it was torn at, if he needs surgery or not. However, at his age it probably would not matter because two tears on the same knee should require TKR (total knee reconstruction).

Then again it could be as simple as Tiger Woods ACL tear, which would possibly put him back right around playoff time.

You never know, but I hope for the best.

[joemac]

I dont really know why he would get a second opinion if his ACL was torn. It would be pretty cut and dry (pardon the pun) if it was indeed a tear, and the Panthers have some of the best team docs around. Im thinking that it must be something else....

[God]

can we go ahead and forfeit the upcoming season? my liver is going to take a beating.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Watched the video again and it look like he grabbed the outside of his knee, where the PCL is located but PCL injuries rarely occur.

It's either going to be his ACL, MCL, PCL, LCL, or his Meniscus. Depending

If it is one of these 5 injuries then he his time table could be from 4 months to never playing again.

[panthers55]

There are a lot of possibilities it could be

Partianl tear

Strained

Agravated

Full tear

It will also depend where it was torn at, if he needs surgery or not. However, at his age it probably would not matter because two tears on the same knee should require TKR (total knee reconstruction).

Then again it could be as simple as Tiger Woods ACL tear, which would possibly put him back right around playoff time.

You never know, but I hope for the best.

Don't know why you would need total knee reconstruction. The only part torn would be the ACL. There are a number of athletes who have torn the ACL twice and still returned to play again and they didn't have to reconstruct the total knee. Seems the only way you need that is if things are too unstable in the rest of the knee which isn't the only reason you tear a repaired ACL.

[DudeNamedJeremy]

why can't the lockout be this year!!!!

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Don't know why you would need total knee reconstruction. The only part torn would be the ACL. There are a number of athletes who have torn the ACL twice and still returned to play again and they didn't have to reconstruct the total knee. Seems the only way you need that is if things are too unstable in the rest of the knee which isn't the only reason you tear a repaired ACL.

I looked it up and couldn't find any the only case I found was Dusty Dvorack and he never played again. Then I looked it up, and on most websites they were calling for TKR.

[Rhys]

Most of the limping when you tear up an ACL is the trauma to the muscles and others tendons in the knee. When you reinjure it, you often tear the ACL but sometimes don't suffer the damage to the rest of the knee. My brother had an ACL injury like I did but he tore his again and had the surgery again. The second time he could walk around with no limp after the injury but an MRI showed it was torn and he had the surgery again. And from what I saw and how he looked when he did it, it definitely looks serious.

Gawd daymnit. I posed this earlier but is there any possibility that he's getting the second opinion because he wants to play it safe? I mean, it does look fairly serious but we have no official word other than Gantt 'having a bad feeling' and the OP crediting a reliable source and then disappearing for the rest of the thread.

Is there no hope? For God's sake man, we must have hope!

On a lighter note, who the hell is in your avatar, Geezus! :eek: