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Recovery Time 9-12 Months For ACL Injuries Like Winston's: Doctor
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Now that we are learning more about Jameis Win- ston's knee injury, what does that mean from the medical and rehab perspec- tive?
“The ACL helps provide stability to the knee espe- cially with lateral move- ments, pivoting or moving side to side,” explained Dr. Wendell Heard, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Sur- gery and Sports Medicine at Tulane.
Dr. Heard is not Jameis' doctor. Reporters asked him to explain reports that the Saints starter had torn his ACL and damaged his MCL.
“In general, an ACL will
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not heal on its own, so it does need surgery to provide stability back to the knee,” Heard said.
The ACL is a ligament deep inside the knee. The MCL is a ligament on the inner outside of the knee
joint. They are two of four ligaments that hold the joint together.
“Fixing it with stitches does not work in an ACL, and so what happens is the entire ligament is recon- structed. And so usually we take a part of another part of the knee to use to make a new ACL,” Heard said.
Sometimes doctors have to wait a couple of weeks be- fore surgery so the inflam- mation can go down.
“The recovery typically is about nine months, some- times up to 12 months before full return to sport and activ- ity. So it's a long recovery. It's a tough recovery.” Dr. Heard noted.
Executives From Other NFL Teams Question Uneven COVID-19 Protocol Standards For Aaron Rodgers
Multiple coaches and front-office executives have complained that their teams apparently were held to dif- ferent COVID-19 protocol standards over the summer than the Green Bay Packers.
While the NFL instructed teams that unvaccinated players were required to wear masks along the side- line during preseason games, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers did not.
One team executive said he received a memo from the NFL about the COVID-19 protocols that read, in part: "Any such individual with bench area access who is not fully vaccinated except for active players shall be re- quired to wear masks at all
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times. Unvaccinated inactive players must also wear masks."
One executive told ESPN: "That's B.S. ... What's going on in Green Bay, that's not what teams were told by the NFL. Our players wore masks all the time. We made our guys that weren't playing
wear masks."
The league also is looking
into a Halloween party that multiple Packers players at- tended, including Rodgers, when they were seen on so- cial media not wearing masks.
Rodgers and the Pack- ers are facing fines but no suspensions for potential protocol violations, accord- ing to a source.
Rodgers, who has been tested daily as part of NFL protocols for unvaccinated players, found out he con- tracted COVID-19 on Wednesday. He missed Sun- day's road game against the Kansas City Chiefs and must have a negative test to return to the team on Nov. 13.
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