Liam recovering on fast track?

[HailUConn]

From Borges, really encouraging news for Liam, is he still 17?

 

[LIuconn]

He’s in street clothes and a boot. You can do what he’s doing with a broken leg

 

[7774]

From Borges, really encouraging news for Liam, is he still 17?

What‘s the encouraging news?

 

[mauconnfan]

He’s in a boot there’s nothing encouraging there Borgy

 

[UDann]

From Borges, really encouraging news for Liam, is he still 17?

It’s only been a week. High ankle sprain at least 3-4 weeks. Luckily has has top notch doctors and physical therapists to speed the process up but what ever is torn needs to heal.

 

[Scoe]

It's neither discouraging or encouraging news. I'm sure Liam is living in the Werth Center, they don't have a hyperbaric chamber on campus do they?

 

[Get a Job]

The recovery times in the study below seem incredibly fast given the "4-6 weeks at least" time frame that has been thrown around for Liam. (For those who won't bother to click the link: The study looked at 20 football players who had high ankle sprains. The injuries varied in severity. The longest time to return to unrestricted activity observed was 30 days, and the mean time was 15.5 days.)

Time to Return to Play After High Ankle Sprains in Collegiate Football Players: A Prediction Model - PMC

Determining the severity of high ankle sprains in athletes and predicting the time that an athlete can return to unrestricted sport activities following this injury remain significant challenges. The objectives of this study were (1) to determine if ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Any doctory people out there have any idea if there's reason to think Liam might fit into this range, or if there's something about his injury or the differences between football and basketball that make his recovery longer? If he takes as long as the slowest recoverer in the study, he'll be back by the Marquette game. Can I get my hopes up?

 

[Get a Job]

The recovery times in the study below seem incredibly fast given the "4-6 weeks at least" time frame that has been thrown around for Liam. (For those who won't bother to click the link: The study looked at 20 football players who had high ankle sprains. The injuries varied in severity. The longest time to return to unrestricted activity observed was 30 days, and the mean time was 15.5 days.)

Any doctory people out there have any idea if there's reason to think Liam might fit into this range, or if there's something about his injury or the differences between football and basketball that make his recovery longer? If he takes as long as the slowest recoverer in the study, he'll be back by the Marquette game. Can I get my hopes up?

This study below says 6-8 weeks or more!! Why the drastic difference between professional basketball players and college football players?!

Management of ankle injuries in professional basketball players: Prevalence and rehabilitation - PMC

Basketball is a popular internationally played sport. With the physical requirements the game has on athletes, players are at risk of injury. Ankle injuries are the most common injury type suffered by basketball players. In this comprehensive ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov