08-01-2019, 12:32 AM
(07-31-2019, 07:46 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: Grade 3 is a full year, just like Eifert. It's a low ankle sprain, just like Eiferts, so it's not that big of an assumption that it's the same exact injury.
Return to competition from a Grade III ankle sprain is usually 6-8 weeks with or without surgery, not one year.
AJ's ankle was everted and rotated when Kirkpatrick landed on it. This mechanism of injury would result in a medial ankle sprain most likely involving the deltoid ligament. Since this only accounts for about 5% of ankle sprains, there is a 95% chance this isn't the same type of ankle sprain that Eifert suffered.
Edited to add: Well, upon further digging . . .
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cincyjungle.com/platform/amp/2016/8/9/12405442/tyler-eifert-recovery-timetable-could-be-longer-than-thought
Crap.
(07-31-2019, 07:52 PM)Synric Wrote: Yea no one has called it a grade 3 yet. They cleaned it out through a minor surgery and calling for an early return so I would guess it's only a grade 2.
No one came out and reported Eifert had a Grade III ankle sprain, either, which is the main reason why fans were wondering why it was taking so long for him to recover from a sprain.
The usually return to competition from a Grade II ankle sprain is 2-4 weeks. Surgery isn't indicated for a Grade II sprain because the risks outweigh the benefits and the prognosis goes from 2-4 weeks to 6-8 weeks for AJ. The prognosis indicates it wasn't a simple clean out. That's a lie. They did a ligament repair.
