FuzzyLumpkins
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So the start of camp will be about 2 1/2 years since the injury. I'm not a doctor (don't play one on TV either), but it would seem to me that his recovery should be complete, or nearly so. Remember they said the nerve would regenerate, if it was going to, at a rate of about an inch a month, so unless the man's lower leg is 3 feet long, the nerve has had plenty of time to grow back. Of course he would have to get the nerve all the way back to be able to practice fully, so that might be a factor.
I'm just going to wait and see...
That is only half the battle. Once the nerve regenerates to the muscle it has to reinnervate with the muscle. Some of the old interface can be used and others have to be formed anew.
The science behind nerve regeneration is understood extremely well and can be predicted accurately. The study of the biomechanics and biochemistry of reinnervation is still ongoing which leads to uncertainty.