Jefferson is in good hands. @CoachHines3 mom is with him.
JJeff Injury Updates
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I swear I'm seeing people in boots all over the place now lol. Two at work today one with a scooter, the other walking on it. 
Right.
RICE
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Many have spoken about the scooter. One thing it does that not many have spoken about is it keeps the ankle higher than on crutches and gives him a place to elevate the foot every time he sits down.
Just like when you buy a new car!I swear I'm seeing people in boots all over the place now lol. Two at work today one with a scooter, the other walking on it.
I think all of the Cyclone fans will be wearing one in Chicago a la the Niang bandaids...I swear I'm seeing people in boots all over the place now lol. Two at work today one with a scooter, the other walking on it.
More likely Exercise with Oxygen Therapy,
But those hyperbaric chambers are certainly helpful! Although not sure the ankle can breathe?
So, if I understand this correctly, we are waiting to see if the MRI reveals any structural damage in the structural damage injury?
Largely depends on the MRI results which I don’t think have been made public.
He will barely practice this week until Thursday most likely. Wednesday might do some walkthroughs or some standing free throws and passing work but very little actual movement.
Training pools are more for longer term rehab then what this would entail usually.
On Thursday they will see how much weight he can bear on it as well as see how light work goes. Most of that time will then be trying to figure out the right degree of immobilization to avoid making the injury worse and then just pain management.
As I’ve said before managing the pain is the easy part. It’s managing the pain while keeping the majority of function and avoiding making the injury worse that’s the hard part, especially with the lateral movement and jumping basketball requires.
It’s almost as if they know what they are doing….
Movement is key, passive then active.
As much as he can handle.
It retrains the structures while also moving that synovial fluid around which helps with nutrient absorption as ligaments are quite avascular.
Old school wobble boards and writing the alphabet with your big toe.
He could even spell “Beat Tennessee” over and over again.
It’s not a perfect analogy but think of it like a rubber band that has been stretched father then is mechanically ok for it to do. The MRI is looking at the rubber band to see if there is any tearing involved and how bad that tearing is. If there aren’t any tears and the rubber band has just been stretched too far then you can most likely (not a guarantee) put protections in place to prevent that band from tearing same way you could keep using that over stretched rubber band. It’s not ideal and might not function the same but you could still use it.
If the MRI detects any type of tear then the whole situation changes a bit especially with the draft looming
Don’t call me that because I’m trying to understand your comment and you’re upset you got corrected. A sprain is structural damage. We already know there is structural damage.
Generally they refer to more serious issues such as actual tears or fractures as structural damage. Technically a strain is microscopic tearing but they don't call it a tear until it reaches a more serious level.
So they are looking for something more serious then a simple strain. That is what they are referring to as 'structural damage'.
EDIT: Another way - My house is now 30+ years old. It has settled a bit and I have a couple minor cracks appearing in the drywall ceiling and wall in one spot. Now technically that is structural damage because that wall and ceiling is part of the structure of the house, but nobody (other than an unscrupulous contractor) would refer to that as structural damage because it doesn't threaten the structural integrity of the house.
But don’t we already know that the ankle is sprained and not strained or is that all speculation?
Sprain, strain and tear are all levels of the same thing. Just progressively larger amounts of damage. Generally structural damage is something that is going to need surgical intervention or at least surgery considered. You would never consider surgery for a strain or sprain.
I'm not a doctor. I would defer to our Spartan friend on this. I am just sharing what I have picked up over the years.
EDIT: a cracked bone that isn't a fracture as we normally think of it could be structural damage that doesn't need surgery but clearly needs more than a few days or weeks of recovery. At the same time surgery could be considered like screws or a plate to facilitate healing.
@FriendlySpartan feel free to correct me when appropriate.
