Anthony!":31ule11p said:
lol great links, to bad they mean nothing
Thankfully, The American Board of Anesthesia, The State of Montana, the hospital where I practice, and the insurance companies, that pay me to work on patients with sports injuries, all disagree with that sentiment.
Anthony!":31ule11p said:
oh and you might want to reread the link posted the MD said ankle injuries takes 6 weeks to 4 months to fuller recover, reading its fundamental
Comprehension is even more essential, and, frankly, you're incorrigible.
The author of the article you linked to does not once discuss the type of injury Wilson experienced in his lower leg. Wilson did not have an ankle sprain. He had a high ankle sprain. A high ankle sprain is a disruption of the distal tibiofibar syndesmosis (the ligament that holds the bones of the lower leg together). The ligaments of the ankle proper are not disrupted (as they would be in an ankle sprain), although sometimes both injuries happen simultaneously.
The article you linked to discusses recovery from ankle sprain (an injury that Wilson did not have). It does not discuss the recovery time for high ankle sprain (the injury that Wilson suffered). The median time to return to play after high ankle sprain is 3 weeks. A full 72% will return play in 4 weeks or less. 4% will take 12 weeks or more. When we give a range of time to recovery, there are some outliers that can skew things. It's important to look at the distribution of recovery to give a realistic prognosis of when a player might return to play. It's also important to consider the mechanism of injury, as well as MRI/CT findings.
The article does discuss recovery time for one of Wilson's injuries, the MCL sprain. (3-10 days for Grade 1 injury, and 2-4 weeks for grade 2).