Cowboys second-round draft pick Jaylon Smith working out

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Jarv said:
Wasn't there a brace he could use and still play if the nerve doesn't fire right away?
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It's has to do with feeling in the foot...when you are running, you need to feel your foot hit the ground, to make the cuts. Without that, you can do what you need to do.
 
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so just a question about the nerve....when the nerve begins to fire again...is that when the 1-1.5 inch per month will actually begin?
 
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remdak said:
Where do you hear this? I was under the assumption that the nerve hadn't fired yet. This would be very positive news.
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Where did he here that is right. I don't think it has happened yet. I think he is misinformed
 
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remdak said:
Where do you hear this? I was under the assumption that the nerve hadn't fired yet. This would be very positive news.
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no, his reply was to someone else. he is saying that the nerve, according to doctors, grows back about 1-2 inches a month from the time he first injured it.when it grows to the point of making connection as a whole nerve again, it should start responding like a nerve should ("start firing"), until that point it is simply growing and in the healing process. It has not "fired up" yet so apparently still growing.

there is a chance this nerve does not find the other nerve ending in which then it will never fire up. so until it actually fires up, we all will worry did we waste this pick. Doctor who looked at him apparently has high hopes his case will be one where he will be whole again so we wait.......
 
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theranchsucks said:
Where did he here that is right. I don't think it has happened yet. I think he is misinformed
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I'm not misinformed read reply in post below

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no, his reply was to someone else. he is saying that the nerve, according to doctors, grows back about 1-2 inches a month from the time he first injured it.when it grows to the point of making connection as a whole nerve again, it should start responding like a nerve should ("start firing"), until that point it is simply growing and in the healing process. It has not "fired up" yet so apparently still growing.

there is a chance this nerve does not find the other nerve ending in which then it will never fire up. so until it actually fires up, we all will worry did we waste this pick. Doctor who looked at him apparently has high hopes his case will be one where he will be whole again so we wait.......
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BrassCowboy said:
no, his reply was to someone else. he is saying that the nerve, according to doctors, grows back about 1-2 inches a month from the time he first injured it.when it grows to the point of making connection as a whole nerve again, it should start responding like a nerve should ("start firing"), until that point it is simply growing and in the healing process. It has not "fired up" yet so apparently still growing.

there is a chance this nerve does not find the other nerve ending in which then it will never fire up. so until it actually fires up, we all will worry did we waste this pick. Doctor who looked at him apparently has high hopes his case will be one where he will be whole again so we wait.......
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Thanks for the clarification.
 
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remdak said:
Where do you hear this? I was under the assumption that the nerve hadn't fired yet. This would be very positive news.
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The nerve has to grow/repair itself and reinnervate (firing) the muscle it's attached to.

At this point the nerve should still be growing. However, there are so many ways this could turn out.

  • The nerve could simply stop growing, never reaching the impacted muscle, leaving him with permanent "drop foot."
  • The nerve could reinnervate the muscle fibers but at a lesser capacity meaning less function of the foot.
Him making a full recovery with something close to 100% function is a possibility, but folks should know that is not remotely a sure thing.

I went in a deep dive on message boards for people dealing specifically with peroneal nerve damage. Most of them gained some functionality to be able to do most activities like they used to. However, the need for an athlete to move effectively is much greater than a house mom kicking the soccer ball again with her kid in the backyard.
 
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CalPolyTechnique said:
The nerve has to grow/repair itself and reinnervate (firing) the muscle it's attached to.

At this point the nerve should still be growing. However, there are so many ways this could turn out.

  • The nerve could simply stop growing, never reaching the impacted muscle, leaving him with permanent "drop foot."
  • The nerve could reinnervate the muscle fibers but at a lesser capacity meaning less function of the foot.
Him making a full recovery with something close to 100% function is a possibility, but folks should know that is not remotely a sure thing.

I went in a deep dive on message boards for people dealing specifically with peroneal nerve damage. Most of them gained some functionality to be able to do most activities like they used to. However, the need for an athlete to move effectively is much greater than a house mom kicking the soccer ball again with her kid in the backyard.
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I read somewhere that it's a little over 70% get some range back and a little over 50% get full feeling back. I also would think that age plays a role in it. I am hoping for the best for him. My father has had drop foot for about 3 years now but he is 72 and it seems unlikely for him but holding out hope.
 

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So, I guess he has drop knee instead of drop foot...lol....sounds much more serious
 
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theranchsucks said:
I read somewhere that it's a little over 70% get some range back and a little over 50% get full feeling back. I also would think that age plays a role in it. I am hoping for the best for him. My father has had drop foot for about 3 years now but he is 72 and it seems unlikely for him but holding out hope.
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Yeah, from everything I've read age does play a factor and Jaylon has that going for him. It's also worth noting that as an athlete he's presumably going harder on rehabbing more than the Average Joe and has more therapists and technology at his disposal.
 
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If I am him I retire from the NFL, go HGH crazy for 2-3 months, fly overseas like Manning and get stem cell treatment, come back and unretire and tear apart this league.
 

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the thing is though with all he has going for him the nerve may still never fire
 
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