Has anyone ever had DRUJ Ligament Reconstruction????

[cipher]

11 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

I guess my responds is, "if professional athletes can return to 100% after serious injury with medical care and training, why shouldn't we expect the same recovery."

Agreed, and it is important for anyone who has these kind of severe injuries to not lose hope @Buckeyebowman.  I truly do understand where you are coming from but there is hope to return to 100% because I know I have been able to.  Now, I agree it may not quite feel like 100% but our bodies are pretty amazing with this stuff and I have not lost any ability to swing the club with speed at all.    I do agree that we are blessed to live in a time with great medical treatment for sure.  To anyone going through this kind of injury do your best to stay positive.  Even if the injury is severe enough that it sets you back for two years like it did for me, there is still hope.

[Roni441]

I truly want to Thank everyone for such great insight and encouragement.  I definitely have a better idea of how to approach the recovery process.  Cipher (Nate) your blog was very helpful and has me thinking about doing one myself while I'm home.  Enjoy your summer everyone.

[Zekez]

7 hours ago, boogielicious said:

I guess my responds is, "if professional athletes can return to 100% after serious injury with medical care and training, why shouldn't we expect the same recovery."

Because no one has millions of dollars invested in you!

Seriously, there is no way you can equate the medical care and training a professional athlete will receive with the care and training you or I will receive.

Edited June 8, 2017 by Zekez

[iacas]

15 minutes ago, Zekez said:

Because no one has millions of dollars invested in you!

Seriously, there is no way you can equate the medical care and training a professional athlete will receive with the care and training you or I will receive.

I disagree.

It's not like there's some secret magical potion that costs $5M that they can afford that others cannot.

Yes, they're in better health, generally speaking, and have access to slightly better doctors, but it still comes down to getting the surgery and doing the rehab.

[Zekez]

5 minutes ago, iacas said:

I disagree.

It's not like there's some secret magical potion that costs $5M that they can afford that others cannot.

Yes, they're in better health, generally speaking, and have access to slightly better doctors, but it still comes down to getting the surgery and doing the rehab.

You think that the average Joe gets the same rehab equipment, medical therapists etc. that a professional athlete gets?  Really?  Wow .  I don't believe that.

[iacas]

Just now, Zekez said:

You think that the average Joe gets the same rehab equipment, medical therapists etc. that a professional athlete gets?  Really?  Wow .  I don't believe that.

I didn't say that. But in many cases, the medical therapist might also work with a professional team (I'm friends with the former head trainer for an NHL team), or be just as good as their staff. And in many cases, the rehab doesn't require special "equipment," it's just walking, or doing work in a pool, or stretching and doing some exercises with weights or whatever.

I've known people that have recovered 100% from an injury that has ended the careers of some athletes. Every body is different. And those who recover maybe take a bit longer, but that's not to say they can't. It's foolish to make blanket statements like "no way, never."

[Zekez]

1 minute ago, iacas said:

I didn't say that. But in many cases, the medical therapist might also work with a professional team (I'm friends with the former head trainer for an NHL team), or be just as good as their staff. And in many cases, the rehab doesn't require special "equipment," it's just walking, or doing work in a pool, or stretching and doing some exercises with weights or whatever.

I've known people that have recovered 100% from an injury that has ended the careers of some athletes. Every body is different. And those who recover maybe take a bit longer, but that's not to say they can't. It's foolish to make blanket statements like "no way, never."

Yeah, never is the wrong thing to say.  But i stand by my opinion that athletes who have millions of dollars invested in them get better treatment than you or I.  

[iacas]

31 minutes ago, Zekez said:

Yeah, never is the wrong thing to say.  But i stand by my opinion that athletes who have millions of dollars invested in them get better treatment than you or I.  

Sure. It's just not to the level that you can say some of the things that are being hinted at or said outright in this discussion. The average guy (assuming they're reasonably healthy and do their rehab) can often get the same level of recovery, it just may take a bit longer. Plus the average human may have a lower bar to get back to "100%" as well.

[chspeed]

59 minutes ago, Zekez said:

But i stand by my opinion that athletes who have millions of dollars invested in them get better treatment than you or I.  

I actually don't think this is true. They may have the money to choose any surgeon, regardless of their insurance. They probably get to jump the schedule (because treating professional athletes is good marketing for surgeons). I'm sure they have nicer PT facilities, maybe get a visit from the head of the hospital and a nice limo ride.

But the surgery itself will be identical to the surgery you'd get. This is because the best results come from well studied and practiced procedures. Doing something "different" to that athlete is almost always not in their best interests. I'm sure there are a few exceptions, but not many.

I had my shoulder operated on by a guy who operated on some current pro NHL and NFL players. My father in law had his shoulder operated by the Yankees' shoulder surgeon. I live in NYC, so I happen to be where many good surgeons are located, but the surgeries were all covered by insurance, and I'm willing to bet we got pretty much the same medical treatment as a pro athlete.

Edited June 8, 2017 by chspeed

[lkartz]

I fractured my radius about 5 mo this ago.   The radius healed but I now have DRUJ problems.   I recently saw the chief of hand/ wrist surgery at Univ. Of Mi.   He said I would need 2 surgeries.  The first one would be an osteotomy of the distal radial head to realign proper confirmation of the radial surface. (About a half inch of my distal radius would be removed).   The Dr. said I would be in a cast for about 2 weeks and then a splint for a few more and would take about 6 weeks to full recovery.   He said then he would do the second surgery, a tendonesis.   He would use a cadaver tendon (my tendons are not good) and use that tendon to help stabilize the radial  ulnar joint and may have to repair the TCFF cartilage as well.   I would be in an above the elbow cast for 4-5 weeks and then a lower arm cast for another 1-2 weeks, then lots of PT.    I would prefer to have the two surgeries done at once so I don’t have to go through 2 surgeries and two times of pain, risk etc.   The Dr. said he could do that if I wanted but felt I might not have as much success getting my full range of motion back due to the wrist being immobilized for a full 6 weeks.   I had fractured my other wrist and was in a cast for 6 weeks and did well getting my ROM back.   I am not looking forward to this surgery and am imagining it to be quite a painful and long recovery.   My wrist hurts now but is only really painful when I twist it or try to lift something heavy.   I asked the Dr. what would happen if Indid nothing.   He felt the wrist would become worse due to arthritis and eventually I could lose use of my wrist.   I am 59 and still quite active so that didn’t sound like an option!   Would like to hear if anyone had these surgeries and did you have them done in a 2 step procedure or both done at once?   Also, how was the pain level and recovery time?   Hope to vet some feed back.   ? Thanks

[Buckeyebowman]

On 6/8/2017 at 6:44 AM, boogielicious said:

I guess my responds is, "if professional athletes can return to 100% after serious injury with medical care and training, why shouldn't we expect the same recovery."

But, do they really recover to 100%? I have to wonder. And I really don't think so! I've been there, and even though the knee got close, it was NEVER 100% again!