Really bad news, IMO, for A-Rod and Yankees

[Hillbilly]

Acetabular Labral Tear Treatment Options

This is from WebMD - Better information. Better health. and does not look all that promising for A-Rod.


Treatment


If you've been diagnosed with an acetabular labral tear, your doctor will probably start with conservative treatment. He or she may recommend using painkillers and resting the hip. However, it’s unclear how well this approach works in the long run. Most of the labrum gets little to no blood flow, making natural healing difficult or even impossible.

Physical therapy may help an acetabular labral tear. You can learn to avoid putting too much pressure on the joint while building muscle strength.

If conservative measures don’t work, your doctor may recommend arthroscopic surgery. This is a minimally invasive approach. The doctor will guide several small tools, including a camera, to the site through two or three incisions. Usually, the torn tissue is removed, but in some cases the tear is repaired.

As with any surgery, there are risks, including nerve damage. This side effect is usually temporary.

Surgery usually provides short-term improvement. But experts aren’t sure how long the effects last. Surgery is less likely to be successful in people who already have other problems in the hip like arthritis or hip dysplasia. Following surgery, you will need physical therapy to rebuild strength and flexibility.

Since the success of surgery for an acetabular labral tear is by no means certain, talk over the pros and cons with your doctor. You may also want to get a second opinion.

[Luperon]

They can use some steroids to speed his recovery

[Cleef]

Is this the same thing that Bo Jackson had?

I would absolutely LOVE to see MeRod go that route. Fade away.

I'm sure the MFYs have an insurance policy against the contract, but that would be a tough hit.

However, as has been historically proven, your team gets better after he leaves. So this will likely be a blessing towards their quest to return to the playoffs - seems like it's been years.

[suarezn]

[QUOTE=Cleef;733599]Is this the same thing that Bo Jackson had?

I would absolutely LOVE to see MeRod go that route. Fade away.

/QUOTE]

Jeezz dude I knew you didn't like him, but I didn't know you hated him that much to wish him that much ill will. "Hey Arod I hope you get an illness so bad that ends your career, cause your a Yankee...Now if you played for BOSOX then it would be OK for you to be a d#ck and we'd still love you". Even if you feel that way I wouldn't put that out there. It's telling as to the kind of person you are...

BTW Baseball it's just a f$#king game. Americans in general give too much importance to these sports.

[Hillbilly]

To Cleef: I do not think so. Bo had an anterior luxuriation (?) of the femur if memory serves..that tackle popped the femur forward, a horrible painful injury that I have only seen once before. The doctor told me that it takes 1500 kgs of force to do that. Called the automobile accident injury..the knees splay out and the hip moves forward...

I, too, can possibly attribute this injury to the stress put on the area due to the greater muscle mass from the steroids. I hope for the best, since he is too young to have to retire...

As for the comment about wishing it on him, I really do not think anyone really wishes bad things for others, even those from the hated Yankees...

As to the importance of this in the world today....not much...in reality...

HB

[Cleef]

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

To Cleef: I do not think so. Bo had an anterior luxuriation (?) of the femur if memory serves..that tackle popped the femur forward, a horrible painful injury that I have only seen once before. The doctor told me that it takes 1500 kgs of force to do that. Called the automobile accident injury..the knees splay out and the hip moves forward...

I, too, can possibly attribute this injury to the stress put on the area due to the greater muscle mass from the steroids. I hope for the best, since he is too young to have to retire...

As for the comment about wishing it on him, I really do not think anyone really wishes bad things for others, even those from the hated Yankees...

As to the importance of this in the world today....not much...in reality...

HB

It would make sense that an inordinate increase in strength would put more stress on a joint causing a breakdown. Plus, since 2000 - and up until last year - he's played in all but 34 regular season games, then add in another 30 playoff games (most of which he really didn't show up for anyway...). All the practice, BP, etc.

There aren't many motions in baseball that are 'natural'. Hitting, and especially throwing, are violent in a kinetic sense.

No ill will on my part intended. I'm wishing he was out of the news is all. Just want the games to count and the circus(es) to end.

Not likely, but I can dream can't I?

[Cleef]

Originally Posted by suarezn

Americans in general give too much importance to these sports.

Care to go through history and prove whatever point you're trying to make?

[Berzin]

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

Bo had an anterior luxuriation (?) of the femur if memory serves..that tackle popped the femur forward, a horrible painful injury that I have only seen once before. The doctor told me that it takes 1500 kgs of force to do that. Called the automobile accident injury..the knees splay out and the hip moves forward...

HB

Once the blood flow to that area in the hip is compromised the joint literally rots, necessitating one of these procedures-



Bo Jackson had a hip replacement like the one pictured above right, which is why he was a shadow of his former self after the surgery and was forced to retire.

The resurfacing I believe was not a viable medical option at that time, which is a bit less invasive and allows more natural mobility of the hip joint but in terms of baseball there hasn't been an active player who has undergone either type of procedure and had a successful comeback.

A-Rod's current injury could very well lead to further damage to the hip, but there is a new procedure where doctors draw the patients' own blood and re-inject it into an area of the body that is notoriously slow-healing due to limited blood flow like the knee, elbow and possibly the hip area to promote faster healing times.

[Chip]

It doesn't look good and I wouldn't wish this on any athlete. The issue of whether this is a steroid related injury has already been widely discussed and disproved. Also, I think it is apparent that Arod has never bulk up nor weight trained very heavily. For those who think it was the weights I have been doing incline leg presses for 15 years from typically 500 to 750 lbs with no ill effects. This type of injury is common for many athletes and has nothing to do with weightlifting but with more active sports.

[suarezn]

Originally Posted by Cleef

Care to go through history and prove whatever point you're trying to make?

I don't need to go through any history...all I need to do is look around me and see that in most schools here (including my kids) sports seems to be the number one thing they care about, unlike let's say Japan where Academics are more important. For example my son's high school spends a huge amount of money in their Football team with a really nice stadium, etc...yet I don't see a really nice lab, or the same amount of money spent on advancing academics...and then we wonder why kids from certain other countries are kicking our a$$es in ever standardized test.

Not saying sports are not a good thing, because they are, but let's face it Americans seem to be obsessed with them and that's all they talk about. The guys pay more attention to a football game than to the girlfriend (thus eventually the girl goes down to The DR and gets with the sankie...another thread altogether).

The point is (as HB also pointed out) that in the grand scheme of things whether Arod plays for the Yankees, whether Bosox win/lose, whatever...who gives a care...there are things faaarrr more important than that in this world.