Eifert Had a Disc Removed

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(04-11-2017, 06:00 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: No, it's not.


So basically, surgery doesn't improve the outcome. That is why surgery is usually reserved for treatment failures.

A three month trial of conservative treatment is not unusual. So give me the dates of Eifert's initial exam with his surgeon and the date they decided to do surgery. Also, you do understand when you and your surgeon decide to do the surgery they still have to get you on the schedule, right?  

You can easily have a 1-2 week delay before performing an MRI  for the swelling to subside. Three months of conservative treatment. Another 1-2 weeks to schedule the surgery and that puts Eifert 3.5-4 months out from his injury.

Once again, you are talking about Joe Fan. Professional athletes don't take 1-2 weeks to schedule surgery, and 1-2 weeks to let swelling go down is an absurd number for a person with a professional training staff on call. So sure, if you take the very maximum of the non-surgical wait, and then add in 4 more weeks of imaginary time, it totally fits the timeframe.

The NFL has a 5 month offseason (if you don't count minicamps/voluntary workouts/etc). Joe Fan can afford to wait 3 months to 100% make sure non-surgery works. Professional athletes need to get themselves ready for the start of the season. How do they not take an MRI say.. 1 month, or even 2 months into it and say "Well shit, it's not healing"?

There's no scenario where it should take 4 months of offseason to get surgery for an NFL player, regardless of how you try to defend it.