Milano/Daquan question?

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

I broke my tibia (got hit by an old lady driving through parking lot) and I can vouch for the 8-10 week people's opinion. And that was not with professional training staff. Of course this assumes that there is no other damage reported.

[Beck Water]

5 hours ago, RG Murdock said:

From what I've read searching every available NFL site. Milano has a fractured leg. Period. No knee or soft tissue injury is NEVER been officialy mentioned as being treated. We don't know if it's a fractured Tibula or Fibula. But even if it's BOTH the John's Hopkins and Mayo Clinic web sites both mention an 8-12 week FULL recovery period. The Bill's are being cute with this as they NEVER have ruled Milano or Jones out for the season. You folks can easily look this up for yourselves, but from what I read, I would expect BOTH Milano and Jones back before the end of the season. I believe this is why the Bills did not address MLB or T1 at the trade deadline. I believe Both could be back before week 18!!        

 

I don't know of any verified specifics about the injury.  But I don't think you can assume there is no knee or soft tissue injury, simply because there isn't any "official" mention.  The player is under no obligation to disclose specifics of his injury other than broken leg, going on IR.

 

I'm not sure exactly where you read exactly what, but the 8-12 weeks is for the bone itself to form new bone, called "hard callus", bridging the broken pieces (but has some differences from normal bone).  After that, bone repair is still underway in the form of bone remodeling to return the bone to its original shape.  

 

During the healing process, there's usually a period of time where weight bearing should not occur, because movement of the bone fragments can hinder healing.  If it's true Milano had a tibeal plateau fracture.  Google this and it doesn't take a lot of imagination to see this non-weight-bearing phase may be especially important because the tibeal plateau is one of the surfaces of the knee joint, and any disunion or displacement there would be ultra bad news for knee mobility and stability.

 

So after there's a no mobility/no weight bearing period of time, there's a need to regain mobility, flexibility, and strength, not just overall but in all the little stabilizer muscles that you can't activate while you're not weight bearing lest you tug the bone fragments out of place.  I don't think that's included in your "8-12 week FULL recovery period", which is just the usual time for initial bone repair to take place.

 

Whether or not Milano and Jones could be back before Week 18, the Bills have to get to the end of the season with a good enough record for their return to matter eg, a good enough record to make the playoffs.

[Franco_92]

Just now, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Read the thread bro

[Royale with Cheese]

Just now, Franco_92 said:

Read the thread bro

 

I see it now lol