Joe Burrow injury updates

[Essex Johnson]

(07-29-2023, 01:14 AM)PDub80 Wrote: Don't worry at all....

7 or so years ago (around age 35) I had a grade 3 calf strain... Massive bruising up my calf. It hurt pretty damn bad and felt so strange, but I didn't miss work and for work I'm on my feet and moving around all day. It's not like a dull pain from a sprained ankle or something. More like a lingering charlie horse that only hurts when you walk around.

I was hobbled for the first week for sure. Was playing USTA tennis practice and I thought my buddy behind me whacked my calf w side of his racquet really hard just to screw with me when I started sprinting from baseline. Nope!

I played in a USTA doubles match 2 weeks later and played well enough to win. If singles and I had to cover the entire court it wouldn't have been doable. It felt weird... looked way worse... but never have had any issues since. It isn't a "mental hurdle " type injury. It will stop hurting and be fine/100% gone. No strength loss or whatever.

Burrow will be fine after a few weeks of rest.

We really can't assume how an individual will respond always to similar injury, for example a friend and I had same injury and I recovered quicker than he did..  I do know people that have had calf issues and they have had lingering issues after.  That is why I hope Burrow and Bengals don't rush it