skybluetony176
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Possibly playing career too.
Gutted for the lad.
Possibly playing career too.Sadly think that’s his ccfc career over
Although I believe it’s the other knee this time? So in effect you could say it’s the first ACL (on that knee)...
It might be, just checked and Watmore has only done his twice.
One of the problems is you need to take tissue from elsewhere to remodel into a new ACL every time you do surgery - first port of call is usually from the knee cap as that is the most reliable, if that fails they usually use a hamstring tendon... No idea what they try after that but each site can only be used once
The club need to support him in everyway they can over the next year. Not just medically but with his mental health as well.
I wish there were some way the club could let him know of the good wishes and support from us the fans.
Personally if the prognosis was good, and his recovery went well, I would love the club to offer him another year if he came back to fitness. If he cant the Club should help him find his feet outside the playing world. I sincerely hope the latter isn't the case.
I think emotion aside, it would be insane for the club to offer him a contract that wasn't pay as you play after he recovers and his contract runs out
I was thinking along those lines, or something aligned to fitness and appearances.
Sounds like this non surgical approach you mentioned in your previous post may be worth investigating
Some scumbags around.
It seems from the outside in, that jodi is much like Michael Owen in a sense that his body just isn't up to it for whatever reason
Its a topic with a lot of grey area and not as many solid answers as we would like in the sports medicine field... but here are a few thoughts presented in a pretty scatty manner:
Unfortunately there isn't too much concrete evidence on ACL injuries to pinpoint exactly why we are getting so many. I believe the club had an internal investigation into it last season but I don't know what the conclusion was.
Some athletes are certainly more predisposed to ACL injuries due to things like having weak hamstrings compared to their quads etc. but that is something that would have been rectified by the medical team with Jodi considering his history... Other things such as the wideness of your hips may play a part, but again there isn't too much evidence about it and this can't be trained out anyway.
HOWEVER
I would be optimistic for Jodi and his career... depending on the collateral damage sustained to the other structures in his knees. There are various recent cases of real top level athletes (I'm talking Premier League wingers and fly halves in Rugby Union) who have suffered fully ruptured ACLs but elected to have conservative treatment (essentially just physio and strength and conditioning) rather than surgery to fix the ACL, and basically gone on to have long successful careers without the ligament really being there at all! It's an approach that is gaining some traction atm, and although (as per) there isn't much, if any, evidence about it in elite athletes, it's a route I would expect Jodi and the people around him to really think about, especially considering the lack of success he has had going the surgical route.
Having said that the article says he will be operated on by the best surgeon in Europe... So maybe there have been issues with previous operations that he and the club are aware of and believe they can do better. Even if they do go for surgery to fix his ACL again, and it goes AGAIN, he does have options beyond surgery!
Basically, his future career depends more on the general state of his knees (cartilage, bone and other ligaments etc.) rather than the fact he keeps doing his ACLs...
I think emotion aside, it would be insane for the club to offer him a contract that wasn't pay as you play after he recovers and his contract runs out
Jodi has had his previous 2 injuries almost straight after recovery which doesn't bode well
Can't remember but didn't Owen end up with all sorts of injuries?
Owen played at a top level from an early age to be fair and had a few good years before he became really injury ravaged.
Can't remember but didn't Owen end up with all sorts of injuries?
They looked after Busst pretty well AFAIK. He’s had a career in football at least.The club need to support him in everyway they can over the next year. Not just medically but with his mental health as well.
I wish there were some way the club could let him know of the good wishes and support from us the fans.
Personally if the prognosis was good, and his recovery went well, I would love the club to offer him another year if he came back to fitness. If he cant the Club should help him find his feet outside the playing world. I sincerely hope the latter isn't the case.
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