Eifert Had a Disc Removed

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(04-11-2017, 12:29 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Wheezy didn't specify it was the Bengals' medical staff who mismanaged the injury. That was your knee jerk reaction to defend everything the Bengals do or don't do.

There are two ways to treat a grade III ankle sprain, surgically or nonsurgically. If nonsurgical treatment fails then they get surgery. It is perfectly reasonable to try nonsurgical treatment initially followed by surgery if necessary. That's actually the preferred route in most because the majority of grade III ankle sprains heal without surgery. The decision for surgery is individualized for each patient, but ultimately Eifert would decide which option he wanted to pursue based his doctor's advice.

With that being said, his injury wasn't mismanaged. His injury wasn't reported accurately by the media thus misleading the fans and creating unrealistic expectations.

Don't you have a thread to defend Paul Alexander to go to?

Maybe for Joe Fan. I don't buy there's a non-surgical option for a professional athlete. We're talking about multiple torn ligaments on a 250lb man who needs to be able to sprint, plant his foot on the ground to stop or turn sharply, then plant it again to sprint again. All with the looming inevitability that it will need to also support the weight of two other 200+lb grown men hanging on you.

Not to mention it took them FOUR MONTHS to decide on surgery. That's a picturebook example of mismanaged injury.