HoosierPal Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 28 minutes ago, Old guy said: Everybody's recovery time as required to gain full strength and stability of the joint varies, according to his level of health (excellent), his strength (excellent), and the uses he intend to put his shoulder to. The last one is the rub, this man needs a super shoulder after surgery in order to do what he intends to do. He should not speed up the time of training too much and should start the training gradually. Taking things easy, particularly the recovery and the subsequent rehab and training, is the best thing to do in this case. Many athletic people take rehab as an Olympic contest, they try to do more than asked to do and many of these wind up screwing up the process, easy does it. He has the time he needs for a full recovery if he does not try to push his way through recovery as he pushes his way to the hoop during games. It takes time. You have the credentials OG. What is your opinion as to the length of full recovery with no constraints for hoop activities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 You cannot say really, it depends on Goodwin's attitude towards the rehab and recovery and towards the gradual ramp up of the practice afterwards. If he takes it like challenge and tries to "excel" he is likely to have the opposite result. A lot depends on the interaction between Goodwin, his rehab therapists (PT, etc...), and probably his coaches as well. Trying to speed things up will be the wrong thing to do. Whether he overdoes it or not and how much he overdoes it will be the important factors in this process. This is a very individual and personal type of situation, nothing can be said about it a priori. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Will SLU medical staff and trainers be involved at all in the surgery and the all important rehab? Are they allowed to meddle per NCAA rules, since he's not actually enrolled? Understand Old Guy's position, ie everyone recovers differently, but I guess the big question is after both the operation and rehab will he be at or close to 100% by October? Didn't Grandy and Reggie both have shoulder problems? Both seem to be unaffected by it now. Again, there's probably no way to project this as everyone's body and attitude is different. I don't get the sense Goodwin's attitude towards rehab will be a problem, as he seems to be the type who will crash thru a brick wall if it makes him better. Sad to see him not finish out his SR year and have a shot at another title, but glad to see him looking forward to him preparing in time for his college career. Go Jordan, we can't wait to see you in Billiken Blue and turning this mess around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Slu72 I think he has an excellent chance for a fully successful surgery and rehab that may well leave him in better shape than he is now. What he has to do to achieve this is to cool his anxiety and desire to excel and let the process take its course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Admittedly I know very little of the road ahead for Goodwin in terms of recovery, but I would imagine that all parties involved made this decision for the best interest of Jordan. It is a shame he won't get a chance to make a run at a title, however it seems that he is content with his high school career and wants to be the best he can for SLU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmbilliken Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Old Guy. Goodwin's injury is a torn labrum and a separated shoulder. I read they are fixing it arthroscopicly . I know they sew the torn labrum, but what would they do in that type of procedure to keep the shoulder from dislocating again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Glad to hear he is shutting down and having surgery. The only better news would have been him not having the injury. There was no upside for us to have him keep playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu06 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Granted he is 18 or so, but torn labrum's take a relatively long time to rehab. Also granted, once he enrolls at SLU he'll probably be doing full time rehab that will accelerate the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Surgical tightening of a shoulder is not what they generally do. They will fix whatever is torn. As for the strength ans resiliency of the joint, they must wait for the muscles and tendons to re tighten by themselves. They might be able to tighten tendons a bit, but this would be difficult to do arthroscopically. I would think the tightening of the joint will be achieved through rehab and exercise therapy. This takes time and should not be speeded up for best results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.