Cowboys’ team doctor is confident in Jaylon Smith’s knee

[CyberB0b]

What if I told you that he has already started to regain sensation from the nerve 2 months ago?

Feeling a tingle and lifting the foot are two separate issues. He can't lift his foot right now. That's a fact.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

He's going on the non-football injury list which buys the team about 12 weeks. Then he will get re-evaluated and most likely IR. He'll try again next year.

I thought you said he wasn't playing this year, period. Most likely is not that. Youre slipping.

 

[AzorAhai]

I would not be shocked if this was Nors/Galien Beast. But it could be Floaty or Lee Blair as well.

People are being trolled for reactions. He's done a remarkable job of getting them, I'll give him that.

 

[Tabascocat]

Silly me thinking the healing would start immediately and not wait until the draft.

I am staying out of this non-sense but I do believe that the nerve would not start growing until at least the 3-month mark after surgery. Other things have to happen first. If it has started, it is pretty recent and from that point we are looking at six months or so.

My math puts him around October(at the earliest) IF all goes well. Will he be ready to suit up in that case? I have no idea......

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I'm relaying what was reported on draft day. If you don't like the information, don't shoot the messenger.

Quote the article and I'll help you figure it out.

 

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Jaylon Smith ‏@thejaylonsmith Feb 24
Amazing walking without the knee brace six days after being restricted for six weeks and feels fantastic!

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Click the date and it is video of him walking. Foot lifting.

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[JoeKing]

People that have to assume the worst because of how they react to adverse circumstances are amusing. Repeating it ad nauseum is a nice touch.

I suppose the Cowboys are not going to put him on IR to give him a chance to play this year because they don't know the truth right?

He's going on the non-football injury list which buys the team about 12 weeks. Then he will get re-evaluated and most likely IR. He'll try again next year.

 

[JoeKing]

And please enlighten me on the research you came across that confirmed his permanent drop foot?

you can't handle the truth!

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I am staying out of this non-sense but I do believe that the nerve would not start growing until at least the 3-month mark after surgery. Other things have to happen first. If it has started, it is pretty recent and from that point we are looking at six months or so.

My math puts him around October(at the earliest) IF all goes well. Will he be ready to suit up in that case? I have no idea......

He started regaining sensation months ago. Peripheral nerves start to regenerate automatically. Other things don't have to happen first because it's axonotmesis and not something more severe. There is no blood flow issue. Myelin started regenerating months ago.

 

[TheSport78]

you can't handle the truth!

Well, that settles it. Solid research.

 

[zrinkill]

He can't lift his foot right now. That's a fact.

Is it? Is there a link to an article stating he still cannot lift his foot?

 

[CyberB0b]

Is it? Is there a link to an article stating he still cannot lift his foot?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...fl-draft-notre-dame-injury-recovery/83489188/

Smith’s peroneal nerve remains asleep, leaving him unable to lift his left foot or swing it out to the side. It’ll be months before doctors have a better idea whether and to what degree the nerve will wake up.

 

[JoeKing]

I thought you said he wasn't playing this year, period. Most likely is not that. Youre slipping.

Again, I'm relaying information that has already be disseminated to the public. IMO, he isn't playing this year... it hasn't changed. You are shooting the messenger.

 

[JoeKing]

Quote the article and I'll help you figure it out.

you can do it.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Feeling a tingle and lifting the foot are two separate issues. He can't lift his foot right now. That's a fact.

No they aren't separate issues. The peroneal nerve controls both the sensation and muscle. The nerve is regenerating on shcedule. Only thing that will stop it is scar tissue and medical imaging can show that.

 

[JoeKing]

Well, that settles it. Solid research.

research? You think it's my job to do research for you? I'm telling you the guy ain't playing. You think I'm wrong, okay... I can't live with that.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

you can do it.

So you're not going to back up your claim and wave your hands some more. I'm supposed to guess which article you are talking about. Nice.

 

[CyberB0b]

No they aren't separate issues. The peroneal nerve controls both the sensation and muscle. The nerve is regenerating on shcedule. Only thing that will stop it is scar tissue and medical imaging can show that.

Obviously. He can't move his foot right now. That is what I stated as a fact. A tingle is not the same thing as moving it. Far from it, in fact. By all accounts, we are months from it.

 

[JoeKing]

So you're not going to back up your claim and wave your hands some more. I'm supposed to guess which article you are talking about. Nice.

It was on the draft day espn tv coverage and repeated today on "Talkin' Cowboys" on dallascowboys.com.

 

[Tabascocat]

He started regaining sensation months ago. Peripheral nerves start to regenerate automatically. Other things don't have to happen first because it's axonotmesis and not something more severe. There is no blood flow issue. Myelin started regenerating months ago.

Aye but those other "things" are the macrophages, Schwann cells, etc that I pointed to in another thread that need to keep the scar tissue at bay which allows a greater chance of the peroneal nerve to fire.

Tingling is a great sign and he seems to be ahead of schedule yet it does not mean that he is in the free and clear.