They determined it was a third-degree separation, three ligament tears. I go back to the doctor in two weeks to see.
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My biggest relief was when I found out it wasn't a torn ligament. Not that the other injury is better, but a ligament injury is a long injury. I was a little bit afraid that we were in that realm.
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
The injury will not affect my future in competition. The ligament on the left leg is a little bit sprained.
Jan has overstretched something in a knee ligament. We hope it is nothing more than that, but the decision on his fitness will have to wait until the last minute.
In basketball and soccer players, that's what usually happens. Nobody even touches them. The body is caught in a given position where there is rotation on the leg, and all the pressure is placed on that one ligament.
We think it's an outside ligament, which is better than the inside. We just have to get him to a doctor and see what we've got.
If an athlete ruptures or strains an anterior cruciate ligament in an evening game, we can have a custom, lightweight carbon fiber brace to that athlete by mid-morning the next day. This would have taken weeks in Namath's era.
They need to find out the amount of ligament damage. If it was just a break, he could have been back in 4-6 weeks because it's a non-weight bearing bone. There's at least one damaged ligament. If we're fortunate enough to make the playoffs we could get him back, but it's also possible he's done for the year.
We're waiting for a ligament that has already been operated on to heal. The doctors are trying to come up with a plan that is more cautious and patient in order to try and avoid surgery.
It's feeling better but I haven't been throwing yet. With a slightly torn ligament, you can't rush that. We've got to make sure it's 100 percent before getting back out there.
He's had a brace put on his knee. It was the body weight of the man who fell on top of him that his knee couldn't take and over-stretched the ligament.
There is real concern. It is a ligament injury and with the season running down he might not be fit before the end. I hope so much that this is not the truth but we are really concerned.
It's a bruised ligament. It doesn't look too serious but he can't play on Tuesday.