The $64,000 question: Will Nurkic return for the playoffs?

[tlongII]

Are these the same doctors? X-rays are pretty easy for someone with medical training to read. This isn't a gray area like a soft tissue injury. The fibula is a non-weight bearing bone (the tibia bears the weight, the fibula is largely just to provide additional surface area for the muscles to attach to it), and again, we have no idea how severe the non-displaced fracture is. It could be a simple stress fracture that's a hairline crack in the surface of the bone, that could heal very quickly, or it could be something more severe.

We don't know. The doctors do.

BNM

False. The fibula bones bear about 17% of your body weight.

 

[Boob-No-More]

False. The fibula bones bear about 17% of your body weight.

Nope, 6.4%.

Cite your source.

BNM

 

[tlongII]

It doesn't matter. I'm still right.

 

[Boob-No-More]

It doesn't matter. I'm still right.

Let me guess, WebMD?

My source was a published paper on the National Institutes of Health Site.

BNM

 

[Nikolokolus]

If there's a chance playing on his injury can turn into something chronic, then the Blazers would be fools to let him play. If that's not the case, then let him loose.

 

[tlongII]

Oh for heaven's sake.

https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/Ortho/for-professionals/coaches-trainers/fibular/

 

[Boob-No-More]

Oh for heaven's sake.

https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/Ortho/for-professionals/coaches-trainers/fibular/

I'll take a peer reviewed published study, with supporting experimental data, over a blurb on a college web site for coaches and trainers.

But that's just me...

BNM

 

[Nikolokolus]

and 6.4% of Nurkic's body weight is considerable for a guy his size.

 

[Boob-No-More]

and 6.4% of Nurkic's body weight is considerable for a guy his size.

A fibular fraction is rarely a load bearing injury. It's usually a twisting injury or caused by severe blunt force trauma (like a car accident).

BNM

 

[Nikolokolus]

A fibular fraction is rarely a load bearing injury. It's usually a twisting injury or caused by severe blunt force trauma (like a car accident).

BNM

I know what it is (I was a paramedic in my twenties), What we don't know is if there are any likely complications for playing on it too soon (since we don't have specifics on the exact nature of his injury).

If the chances of re-injury and some kind of chronic problem are close to nil by playing on it, then fine, I hope he goes for it. If those chances of some kind of chronic problem are not "insignificant" then he shouldn't play. A lot of fibular fractures require pinning to heal properly for instance and although it is usually considered a pretty minor break, every injury and patient are a little bit different.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I know what it is (I was a paramedic in my twenties), What we don't know is if there are any likely complications for playing on it too soon (since we don't have specifics on the exact nature of his injury).

If the chances of re-injury and some kind of chronic problem are close to nil by playing on it, then fine, I hope he goes for it. If those chances of some kind of chronic problem are not "insignificant" then he shouldn't play. A lot of fibular fractures require pinning to heal properly for instance and although it is usually considered a pretty minor break, every injury and patient are a little bit different.

I agree, we know NONE of the details. Which is why I keep saying we should stop speculating and wait for the doctors' decision.

BNM