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Injuries
DIR By: bolsoverman
Date: February 28, 2022, 3:49 am
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Couldn't make it Saturday what was the news on the injured
players
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Re: Injuries
DIR By: DavidS
Date: February 28, 2022, 4:00 am
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THis is the text of the piece 'wot I wrote' for the programme on
Saturday, hope it helps
David Swift
Good afternoon and welcome to today’s game against Stourbridge.
Hopefully today will prove a much more pleasurable experience
than last weekends. Trudging up and down the sidelines on days
like last Saturday is not much fun but you may be pleased to
read that both Doc and I have recovered from our dose of trench
foot!
As you will be aware the title of this piece is Injury report;
get ready! It has been a terrible couple of weeks for us in
terms of injuries sustained and unfortunately, I have no good
news to share with you.
Perhaps a good place to begin would be with a brief anatomy
lesson. The knee is possibly my favourite joint (please don’t
tell all the other joints). The actual knee joint is made up of
two bones, the femur (thigh bone to the more medically trained
amongst you) and the tibia (shin bone). The region is
complicated by the patellofemoral joint (between the kneecap and
the femur) and to a lesser extent by the superior tibio-fibular
joint (the upper joint betwixt the tibia and the fibula).
Holding the two bones together is the joint capsule, a
connective tissue sleeve which attaches the femur to the tibia.
This capsule is reinforced in areas where the joint is subjected
to stress by ligaments which (amongst other things) limit the
amount of movement in a particular direction. In the case of the
knee, the amount that the tibia can move sideways or
backwards/forwards in relation to the femur. Ligaments can
withstand quite impressive amounts of force, however if the
ligament is put under tension in the direction of movement that
the ligament is designed to limit sometimes the external force
being applied to the ligament wins and injury to that ligament
occurs. If the set of circumstances are sufficient then complete
rupture of those ligaments can occur (i.e., a total tear in the
substance of the ligament). The major ligaments of the knee are
the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament – stops the tibia moving too
far forwards in relation to the femur and controls the amount
the tibia rotates in relation to the tibia ) the PCL (posterior
cruciate ligament – stops the tibia moving too far backwards in
relation to the tibia) and the MCL (the medial collateral
ligament – controls the amount the tibia will move outwards/away
from midline in relation to the femur).
So, in relation to the above: During the Stourbridge game
Charlie Capps extended his knee to far backwards (not by
choice!). The upshot is the external force won and Charlie has
ruptured his PCL. The treatment of choice for this injury is to
put the knee into a brace (usually a Jack Brace) and allow the
knee to stiffen up. The outcomes are good for this injury, and I
have no doubt we will get Charlie back on the pitch………in time
for pre-season!
One-week later Smithy got his leg caught up when coming down
from a line out whilst a player hit his leg from the side. The
upshot is that he has torn his MCL and as often happens, we
suspect his ACL too though we await confirmation. (Now confirmed
) It will be quite some time before we see Smithy on the pitch
again, anything before 2023 will be a bonus!
Both of these players are under the care of our good friend Mr.
Anderson who looks after the majority of our knee injuries and
who is a brilliant knee surgeon.
Callum Bustin was also carried off during our last home game. We
sent him for X-Ray to exclude any fractures of his ankle and
were glad to hear he had none. However, our suspicions that he
damaged his syndesmosis were confirmed by our good friend Mr.
Mark Davies who is a brilliant ankle surgeon. Callum is having
his syndesmosis repaired this week and again we have no doubts
that he will be back on the pitch in time for pre-season.
Just FYI (as the young people say!) the joint between the lower
end of the fibula and tibia is the inferior tibio-fibular joint.
It has three main ligaments holding the bones together. The
anterior tibio-fibular ligament (cunningly named because it’s at
the front of the joint and runs between the tibia and fibula),
the posterior tibio-fibular ligament (cunningly named because
it’s at the back of the joint and runs between the tibia and
fibula) and the syndesmotic ligament which sits inside the joint
connecting the inner surface of the fibula to the outer surface
of the tibia. Unlike a conventional ankle sprain the forces
required to bother these ligaments require a degree of rotation
of the lower leg relative to a (usually) fixed foot. If the
lower leg is rotating outwards the first thing to suffer is the
anterior ligament but if the force is sufficient the syndesmotic
ligament can also be torn and unfortunately this is what has
happened to Callum.
Hopefully today will prove a little easier for us in relation to
injury, drier in relation to the weather and more entertaining
than last weekend!
Enjoy the game
David and Doc
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Re: Injuries
DIR By: Duncang
Date: February 28, 2022, 6:18 am
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Thanks for this, very insightful.
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Re: Injuries
DIR By: Withazed68
Date: February 28, 2022, 6:34 am
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Therefore basically,
Toe bone connected to the foot bone
Foot bone connected to the heel bone
Heel bone connected to the ankle bone
Ankle bone connected to the leg bone
Leg bone connected to the knee bone
Knee bone connected to the thigh bone
Thigh bone connected to the hip bone
Hip bone connected to the back bone
Back bone connected to the shoulder bone
Shoulder bone connected to the neck bone
Neck bone connected to the head bone
Hear the word of the Lord.
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Re: Injuries
DIR By: Winger14
Date: February 28, 2022, 10:32 am
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HALLELUJHA
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