GeekHawk
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Hope his career isn't over. Watching his foot flopping around gave me flashbacks to my last motorcycle wreck, and I'm permanently handicapped...
The_Z_Man":1ke9rhcc said:Worse than Theismann in my opinion.
My heart is broken. I don't even care about the rest of this season.
GeekHawk":3mbo0bnj said:The_Z_Man":3mbo0bnj said:Worse than Theismann in my opinion.
My heart is broken. I don't even care about the rest of this season.
Not worse. Theismann's was a compound fracture.
GeekHawk":39rdt8eq said:Hope his career isn't over. Watching his foot flopping around gave me flashbacks to my last motorcycle wreck, and I'm permanently handicapped...
semiahmoo":1671uo2g said:GeekHawk":1671uo2g said:Hope his career isn't over. Watching his foot flopping around gave me flashbacks to my last motorcycle wreck, and I'm permanently handicapped...
Agreed. First thing I said when they did the slow-mo:
"That might end his career."
Especially given he's a guy who's entire career is based on flat out speed.
A horrible-horrible injury.
Been a tough year for this team for a number of reasons, and certainly would count injuries among them.
Seymour":2ogcopzk said:GeekHawk":2ogcopzk said:The_Z_Man":2ogcopzk said:Worse than Theismann in my opinion.
My heart is broken. I don't even care about the rest of this season.
Not worse. Theismann's was a compound fracture.
Wilsons presser said he saw the blood so Locketts prob. was compound.
The_Z_Man":xqk8hu8v said:GeekHawk":xqk8hu8v said:The_Z_Man":xqk8hu8v said:Worse than Theismann in my opinion.
My heart is broken. I don't even care about the rest of this season.
Not worse. Theismann's was a compound fracture.
That was one of the only other times I've seen an air cast and leg immobilization to this extend though.
bigskydoc":28w8tn5o said:Nothing about a compound fracture is career ending, unless there are complications like infection
This may be similar to the Theismann injury, but we have made a ton of advances in surgical technique since his injury.
Theismann was 36, and was placed in a cast. Lockett is 24, and will get an intramedullary nail fixation. This will markedly improve his chances of getting good tibial union.
The prognosis for most atheletes is about as bad/good as an ACL tear, and only that bad because of the risk of infection. The way the Lockett plays, an ACL tear would be harder to recover from.
If he heals without an infection setting in, his chances of full recovery are much better than from an ACL.
All of this assumes no associated ligament injury, which we don't know yet.