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    2017 Injuries Thread

    More details of our latest injuries can be found at
    Injury list: Who's stuck in the medical room at your club? - AFL.com.au

    The following will not play in the Intra Club this Friday and possibly the one or Pre-season matches - some will still play in the first round though
    Tom Papley (knee, 7@weeks)
    Jeremy Laidler (left elbow, 3-4 weeks)
    Luke Parker (left knee, 1-2 weeks)
    Alex Johnson (knee/hamstring, 2-3 weeks) - had a minor hamstring strain
    Dean Towers (appendix, 2 weeks)
    Callum Sinclair (knee, 2 weeks)
    Lance Franklin and Sam Naismith both had surgery and possibly won't be risked

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    Funny seeing AJ as 2-3 weeks away. Obviously not 2-3 weeks away from playing but still a good sight!

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    Maybe AJ is 2-3 weeks from playing in NEAFL? Maybe not. Anyway, was excellent to see photos of him mixing it with the boys at training posted today: Gallery: The calm before #swansintra - sydneyswans.com.au. Almost as disappointing to hear he now has a hamstring injury. The poor bastard. At least it's nothing serious.

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    Hamstring injuries are not uncommon after an ACL reco as they take the graft from the hamstring. The rehab does include hamstring strengthening too but AJ has done so little for so long that a niggle like this is not a surprise. Glad it's not serious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doctor View Post
    Hamstring injuries are not uncommon after an ACL reco as they take the graft from the hamstring. The rehab does include hamstring strengthening too but AJ has done so little for so long that a niggle like this is not a surprise. Glad it's not serious.
    Has he only had hamstring grafts when had autograft donor tissue? Has had at least one LARS. As he's on his 5th ACL, there are many other tissues that could be used (patella tendon - very common, ITB, allograft - donor from a cadaver donor, re-harvesting from previously used donor tissue, just to name a few).

    Notably, the hamstrings are comprised of 3 muscles (biceps femoris on the outside of the knee, and semi-membranosis & semi-tendinitis on the inside). Statistically, with hamstring strain injuries, the most common hamstring muscle that is strained is the biceps femoris. The semitendinosis is the hamstring portion that is usually harvested for hamstring grafts for ACLs and is only the second most commonly strained hamstring muscle.

    Having said that, it has been shown that, while in many cases there is actually restoration of the donor hamstring tissue, it is often subject to a degree of weakening, wasting and shortening. However, a well rehabbed ACL recon (with hamstring grafts) can minimise the risk of donor site morbidity (ie hamstring strains). Elite athletes are in the best position to optimise their rehab, as they can concentrate on it full time (many subjects in studies reporting outcomes are regular people who have jobs or no intention to return to previous activity levels and can't devote all of their time to rehab).
    Hopefully the medical/physio team are concentrating on a stretching/strengthening/proprioceptive program for the best outcome ... I fully expect that they are.

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