21MadFan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 So I was thinking about how these days that after a playing has a knee injury the knee is actually stronger after surgery a lot of times (Peterson for example). I'm not a doctor of anything but is there a chance that his previous torn ACL might of saved him from a worse injury this time around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxprodigyxx Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Does it really matter though? Are you trying to be thankful he got injured during his college career? Are you trying to attribute the good fortune of not having a major knee injury to anything but good luck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashtary Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I've got no clue on that. But, I think that it really helps that he's a freak athlete and flexible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBash Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 If anything, his training in track and field helped protect from a worse injury. His legs are pretty strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenspandan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 no. the way he was hit was not at all indicative of an ACL. he was not hit from the inside, nor was his foot planted at the time. ligament damage to the MCL would not be surprising though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirClintonPortis Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I think that because the knee had freedom of motion and wasn't planted into ground or stuck in some fashion, the ligament did not tear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superozman Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The "Stronger" you refer to is because of the concentration on the body part directly relating to the rehab. For example, many times after a shoulder or maybe tommy john, a pitcher will have 1-2 mph more on a fast ball. This is because after a surgery, you concentrate in strenght and conditioning more for that body part. RGIII is so far removed from his ACL, that unless he actually spends more time on his ACL post surgery exercises still to this day, it's not stronger than his other leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm not a doctor, but I've been told by orthos that typically a reconstructed ACL is stronger due to rehabilitative conditioning. In this case, the way the injury occurred, the ACL was likely not at risk because of direction of hit and that his leg was non load bearing at the time. I think his young age, good health, and extensive track-type warmup routine significantly helps him decrease risk of catastrophic injuries.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuRedskins Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 yeah my wife is a med student and she said an ACL injury was very unlikely, but a PCL tear was a bigger concern. Although that ligament is pretty strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorfan2179 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 No. If it was a broken bone than yes. A broken Bone heals stronger. Generally ligaments that have been damaged don't become stronger. Best case scenario it is just as strong. The thing with ligaments is they are pretty avascular. Not a doctor, may be wrong, but i've been involved with various health professions. ---------- Post added December-10th-2012 at 02:36 PM ---------- PCL really? isn't that usually from car accidents? I would think MCL considering the movement of the lower leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21MadFan Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Whats funny is now I remember before the game fox was showing RGIII warmup routine and how it is so different from other QBs. Like he was warming up for a track meet instead of a football game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoBob Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I was wondering if him being a hurdler somehow helps? It's total speculation....but maybe the motion of throwing your straightened leg over a hurdle repeatly either stretches your ligaments or increases the range of motion in that joint....Whatever, I'm just glad he's mostly OK... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpskins10 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The way it was freely hyperextended, the bigger concern was probably going to be the pressure put on the patella/patellar tendon due to the hyperextension. Contrary to what a lot of fans think, there is a little bit of give in the knee ligaments when hyperextension occurs (which is why not everyone who hyperextends tears a ligament). I'm not sure if the previous surgery helped him or not, because as others have said, the angle didn't really look like ACL territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxpck Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Just be happy RGIII's leg hit fatty Ngata in the belly, where it gave some, and NOT on a hard point like a helmet or shin bone. We would be talking ligament tear AND broken stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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