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TimeB0mb said:
A clean break of the bone is better than a grade 3 sprain. I had a grade 3 sprain when I was in my early 20s and it never healed right.
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Exactly...a bone will heal much faster than those ligaments,tendons and muscled involved in a grade 3 sprain....here’s hoping for a speedy recovery for one of my favorite Canes ever one that came to us via Ga.
 
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I had a grade three ankle sprain. That shlt hurts. A lot. It makes you say motherfūcker out loud several times. That kind of pain.
 
TimeB0mb said:
A clean break of the bone is better than a grade 3 sprain. I had a grade 3 sprain when I was in my early 20s and it never healed right.
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Couple doctors I follow on Twitter (I know...try not to laugh. But I promise you these guys are legit) have basically said the same. If it's a true Grade 3, sometimes surgery is actually necessary. So while we're usually trained to think sprain > break, that's not always the case. Let's hope he doesn't need surgery and recovers quickly. I think it goes without saying he'll be out for the year.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
Couple doctors I follow on Twitter (I know...try not to laugh. But I promise you these guys are legit) have basically said the same. If it's a true Grade 3, sometimes surgery is actually necessary. So while we're usually trained to think sprain > break, that's not always the case. Let's hope he doesn't need surgery and recovers quickly. I think it goes without saying he'll be out for the year.
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I think it depends on whether you are an athlete or not. An average guy probably gets a cast or wrapped. I think even for athletes there are pros and cons. I hope that he doesn’t need surgery because supposedly there’s greater risk for arthritis down the line if you get surgery.
 
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hydro66 said:
You know your ORTHOPEDICS my friend. My father is an ORTHOPEDICS SURGEON and said the same thing.
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I've broken my left thumb; broken, dislocated, and separated my right shoulder; broken fingers, and broken a couple toes- none of them hurt near as bad as when I got a grade 3 sprain of my ankle with partially torn ligaments. I've never had a gunshot wound, but I imagine it must feel about the same as when your foot does a 270. I was doing a 3 mile run in the Marines with a fully loaded rucksack through the woods and my right foot got wedged between two tree roots as I was sprinting down hill. About every three or four years after that initial sprain, I'd be walking around and step on a pebble or something insignificant and my ankle would totally give out and I'd be back on crutches again for weeks. Once those ligaments are torn/stretched they don't really go back to normal (same with my shoulder separation, but it's easier to avoid reinjury there). The gimpy ankle also led to degenerative arthritis and what I call "crunchy ankle"- you could hear the grinding when I moved my foot. About 15 years after the initial injury, I planned on having full invasive ankle surgery (I think they were going to put in cadaver parts). I decided to try the PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) injections as a last ditch effort to avoid surgery- the orthopedic surgeon said it was usually less than 50% successful but it was worth a try. Getting a needle jabbed into your ankle bones isn't fun, but it actually worked. With a bone break, the bone actually heals stronger because of the calcium build up in the broken area. So unfortunately I think DJ's grade 3 sprain is really bad news but maybe he will be one of the few lucky ones whose ligaments return to normal.
 
TimeB0mb said:
I've broken my left thumb; broken, dislocated, and separated my right shoulder; broken fingers, and broken a couple toes- none of them hurt near as bad as when I got a grade 3 sprain of my ankle with partially torn ligaments. I've never had a gunshot wound, but I imagine it must feel about the same as when your foot does a 270. I was doing a 3 mile run in the Marines with a fully loaded rucksack through the woods and my right foot got wedged between two tree roots as I was sprinting down hill. About every three or four years after that initial sprain, I'd be walking around and step on a pebble or something insignificant and my ankle would totally give out and I'd be back on crutches again for weeks. Once those ligaments are torn/stretched they don't really go back to normal (same with my shoulder separation, but it's easier to avoid reinjury there). The gimpy ankle also led to degenerative arthritis and what I call "crunchy ankle"- you could hear the grinding when I moved my foot. About 15 years after the initial injury, I planned on having full invasive ankle surgery (I think they were going to put in cadaver parts). I decided to try the PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) injections as a last ditch effort to avoid surgery- the orthopedic surgeon said it was usually less than 50% successful but it was worth a try. Getting a needle jabbed into your ankle bones isn't fun, but it actually worked. With a bone break, the bone actually heals stronger because of the calcium build up in the broken area. So unfortunately I think DJ's grade 3 sprain is really bad news but maybe he will be one of the few lucky ones whose ligaments return to normal.
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Totally understand, with your maladies and your unfortunate misfortunes. My ankles and knees are shot from playing junior hockey. Still feeling the affects. Just hang IN there.
 
gatorsSUCK! said:
Great to hear only a sprain🙏🙏🙏
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Sometimes bad sprains can take a long time to heal. When I tore an ankle ligament in college they told me that sometimes fractures healed faster because some ligaments have a poorer blood supply. That was a long time ago; maybe today’s treatments are better.
 
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