Front page of planetfootball............. http://www.planetfootball.com/article.asp?id=116317&cpid=8&title=Reyna's+injury+fear
No news from the 1st scan see. http://www.safc.com/news.asp?article=116425&lid=204 basically one could infer that the swelling has not gone down enough to see what's wrong.
The information on the SAFC site can be interpreted as guardedly good news. If Claudio had an MRI scan today and they are not announcing his ACL is torn that it probably is not. MRI's are pretty good at this diagnosis. Probably not torn cartiledge either - that they would know right off as well. My guess is that he had a severe sprain of either his MCL or ACL and that they will not have to do surgery.
Re: Re: Re: No news from the 1st scan There are actually 3 theads going on this issue: One in the Nats Forum and the other at the end of the Sunderland v Bolton match. One of them said that there is still too much swelling to get a good scan and they will try again tomorrow
How accurate are the scans that are done? Does the swelling have to be almost non-existant or can the scans see through the swelling? I hope for Claudios sake that everything is as good as it can be, re- no surgery. Thanks for any info.
Lots of swelling generally(not always) indicates serious damage. Last time I blew my left ACL it took damn near a week for my swelling to go down.
The amount of swelling isn't a great or accurate indicator of the extent of injury, although there is some correllation. From reports I've heard, he was in a great deal of pain for a while. This can actually be a good sign (or, more accurately, a sign that the absolute worst hasn't occured). With a complete severing of the ligament (3rd-degree sprain) the pain will subside after a couple of minutes. If it's a partial tear (2nd-degree sprain) the pain will last longer. Both swell quite a bit. From my experience as a trainer, this has all the outward indications of a 2nd degree sprain. Still not good, still likely requiring surgery, but also requiring a shorter recovery time. Anyway, it doesn't sound good, but I suppose it's best to wait for the MRI.
Agreed, that's why I said generally. Why would a 2nd degree sprain take less time to recover than a 3rd degree sprain? The ligament is removed in both cases and replaced with a donor ligament either in the form of a cadaver, patellar ligament, or a piece of the hamstring. Just curious and just wondering if you might explain that for my personal knowledge base. Not trying to start an argument or anything.
I had a tear of my ACL. I had almost no swelling, and only instintanious pain. I was actually up and walking around, be it with trouble, about 10 minutes later. I actually thought it was a sprain.
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Well, you're right, the difference can be minor. 2nd degree sprains can vary from minor tearing (which require no surgery) to major tearing (which can call for ligament replacement). In the case of the latter,there's not much difference from a 3rd degree. The thing with 3rd degree sprains is that the force is often enough to cause damage to other structures (if it's an ACL, for instance, the MCL and meniscus are more likely to get involved). Also, there is less that can be done in the way of pre-surgery preparation and exercise, meaning greater atrophy of the muscle, which then takes longer to rebuild. Also, there's often more scar tissue, etc. Realy, the difference between a really bad 2nd-degree and a 3rd-degree can be the difference between 6-8 months and 8 months or more, if anything at all. Either way, it's a long road.
It is in England. Does it get more backwater then that. It is so funny to hear about all of these serious knee or head or arm or shoulder injuries that happen in soccer, and it is always the same..... _________ was taken to a specialist in America. My understanding as I tore my ACL is that when you tear it there is swelling. You do have to wait a bit of time for the swelling to go down enough to perform the MRI. The MRI will tell you whether it is torn, sprained, MCL is torn, other knee problems, etc. Just wait. Big soccer - All about speculation.