Jana injured

[Zarathustra]

This is a blogger so not an Egyptian news organization. Hopefully we'll know soon if the information is accurate.

Also, .... There is a FIBA WOMEN's AFROBASKET tournament in Rwanda starting on July 28 through August 5.
My understanding is the Jana El Afry was to play on this SENIOR EGYPTIAN WOMEN'S Basketball team for
her Dad, who is the H.C. of the Senior National BB team. So.... I expect we may have more definite word
on Jana's availability by Saturday, July 29th (which is also the date of INES BETTENCOURT's First game in
the U 20 European Women's Championship in Lithuania, playing for Portugal.)

 

[hoopsnloops32]

No one comes back from an Achilles injury in 6 months. It's a year+ and then a gradual work back in to activities.

I think that diagnosis is a bad Google translate.

That is simply untrue. Alicia Sacramone tore her achilles and was competing at the Olympics ten months later and had to compete at qualifying events 6 months out.

 

[Hawk]

She has torn her Achilles tendon , recovery time says 6 months.

 

[UConnCat]

She has torn her Achilles tendon , recovery time says 6 months.

These posts are contradictory and not official.

 

[awhom111]

Egyptian Federation did post here:

Egyptian Basketball Federation | Cairo

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Unfortunately, it is an image and not text and my Arabic is rusty so somebody with more knowledge or technical savvy will need to figure out what it says.

 

[wingsfan055]

Be very suspicious of 6 months turnaround with any significant Achilles injury. If surgery is needed (which is often the recommended approach to reduce the odds of recurrence), you're definitely out for the year and best case is the player is somewhere near 100% the following year. But usually it's the 2nd year back before the player is back to full potential. One of the worst injuries for a basketball player, sometimes worse than ACL or MCL knee tears.

 

[Hawk]

The official Egyptian basketball federation account has posted this.

 

[Hawk]

Be very suspicious of 6 months turnaround with any significant Achilles injury. If surgery is needed (which is often the recommended approach to reduce the odds of recurrence), you're definitely out for the year and best case is the player is somewhere near 100% the following year. But usually it's the 2nd year back before the player is back to full potential. One of the worst injuries for a basketball player, sometimes worse than ACL or MCL knee tears.

Is a rupture and a tear two different things ?

 

[uconnever]

It makes sense from the video and where she grabbed and the fact that no one touched her and she just went down. It’s the first thing that came to my mind when I saw it. She is probably done for the season if true and I know this has been brought up before and I kinda was thinking the same thing, but now I’m more on the bandwagon of, we need to look into what kinds of exercises or training is our training staff having these players do or not do, because it’s becoming a little too often to just be a coincidence. It’s at least for me, getting to the point where this needs to be looked into.

 

[oldude]

Is a rupture and a tear two different things ?

A rupture and a tear is technically the same. So an Achilles tendon rupture may be a partial tear or a complete tear.

 

[AmeriConn]

My heart is in my throat. Gulp! Most important is that Jana will be healthy.

 

[wingsfan055]

She has torn her Achilles tendon , recovery time says 6 months.

Shaking my head. Why are we letting freshman play in competitive, 5 on 5 games before they even start serious practices and conditioning in the Fall?? Same thing happened to Brady last year.

And for those who say the injury would have happened anyway, that's simply not true. The teams medical staff has to know each players background and how much to push their workouts and ease them into full on court activities. This info gets passed onto the coach who helps them manage the players. This is more critical for freshman imo. Putting these players in international events is a huge risk, and we're learning the hard way 2 years in a row...

 

[Geew1992]

Shaking my head. Why are we letting freshman play in competitive, 5 on 5 games before they even start serious practices and conditioning in the Fall?? Same thing happened to Brady last year.

And for those who say the injury would have happened anyway, that's simply not true. The teams medical staff has to know each players background and how much to push their workouts and ease them into full on court activities. This info gets passed onto the coach who helps them manage the players. This is more critical for freshman imo. Putting these players in international events is a huge risk, and we're learning the hard way 2 years in a row...

The same thing did not happen to Brady. She was hurt either during practice or a scrimmage while playing for UCONN.

Considering Jana was stepping back away from the free throw line, yea, it could've happened anywhere. And I'm pretty sure Jana working out just as hard as the rest of the team from January thru May. And again at the end of June, beginning of July.

 

[UConnCat]

 

[hoophuskee]

Why are we letting freshman play in competitive, 5 on 5 games before they even start serious practices and conditioning in the Fall?? Same thing happened to Brady last year.

Can you name any other team that restricts player's from playing compettive 5 on 5 games duing the summer?

 

[Purduke]

This is a bit of a diversion, but was Egypt really beating Italy 19-0 in the 2Q? What happened to Italian WBB. Remember reading an article in Sporting News (or somewhere) just 5 -6 years ago about Italy going through a "Golden Generation" of WBB players. Wonder what the term is for pyrite in Italian. Pyritelli?

Sorry, now back to Jana's injury.

 

[hoopsnloops32]

The same thing did not happen to Brady. She was hurt either during practice or a scrimmage while playing for UCONN.

Considering Jana was stepping back away from the free throw line, yea, it could've happened anywhere. And I'm pretty sure Jana working out just as hard as the rest of the team from January thru May. And again at the end of June, beginning of July.

I mean, achilles injures are typically over use injuries and easily preventable, unlike most ACL/knee injuries. I don't actually think this would have happened if she hadn't been playing in a tournament where there are 9 games in 11 days and with a training staff that is likely doing achilles prevention exercises everyday, i.e at UConn.

 

[UConnCat]

Google translation. Sounds like a UConn coach was there (not Geno who was covering AAU events). Says complete cut which is more serious. Ugh.

 

[oldude]

I mean, achilles injures are typically over use injuries and easily preventable, unlike most ACL/knee injuries. I don't actually think this would have happened if she hadn't been playing in a tournament where there are 9 games in 11 days and with a training staff that is likely doing achilles prevention exercises everyday, i.e at UConn.

That’s a pretty big leap of faith. Micro tears (tendinitis) can happen to an Achilles tendon over many years of overuse, ultimately weakening the tendon and putting it at risk of a more severe rupture. Certainly the U19 tournament was the event where the rupture occurred, but it could have happened just as easily when Jana was running up the stairs to her dorm room.

 

[Urshurak]

UConn injury woes starting early this year it seems.

Hopeful she will get healthy soon. I know she wants to be on the court.

 

[jdote33]

Such a bummer. No words really.

 

[Tom677777]

Does anyone predict she will be out for the season? Or will she play?

 

[Charliebball]

Saddened to hear this terrible news.......UConn just seems to be snakebitten with these serious injuries.........we can only hope that this is the only serious injury for the team this season!!.........I wonder where she's having the surgery? I would feel much better if UConn doctors performed it but I would think that would be a real inconvenience for Jana's family.......

 

[GoUconn7961]

Stewie had the same and look at where she is now.

Wishing Jana a smooth surgery and a complication free recovery. And let's remember, this didn't happen TO Uconn, it happened to Jana.

There is no way to stop them from playing in the off season, stopping a kid from playing to represent her country is a completely ridiculous notion.

 

[Dezoworld]

And still the drama continues.
Get well soon Jana