the future of finley

[red]

What a bunch of downers you guys are. Do you bury your relatives because they get the flu? Big Fin will lead Pack to a Super Bowl.

i always found that burying those closest to you when they show the first signs of the flu is the best way to insure you do not get it

[KYPack]

What a bunch of downers you guys are. Do you bury your relatives because they get the flu? Big Fin will lead Pack to a Super Bowl.

Only up to their necks.

Are you the Joe who bought the forum?

[Joemailman]

Only up to their necks.

Are you the Joe who bought the forum?

Not a chance.

[KYPack]

Jes joshin'.

I know who you are, Joe.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Return of Jermichael Finley unlikely without surgery

grim

[Joemailman]

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...228880141.html

This article is the most sobering thing I've read so far. Basically it's saying that there are other factors present that would cause a spinal cord bruise, not just the force of the hit.

[3irty1]

double post

[3irty1]

Well looks like surgery isn't off the table after all pb. Any bets on what they'll find to be the reason for the bruise?

That JSO article doesn't seem consistent with Jameel McClain's reality. He suffered the same injury in the same place, required no surgery and is now back on the field.

Hope Finley saved some money because getting all this medical treatment without being signed to an NFL team is going to be costly.

[pbmax]

Well looks like surgery isn't off the table after all pb. Any bets on what they'll find to be the reason for the bruise?

That JSO article doesn't seem consistent with Jameel McClain's reality. He suffered the same injury in the same place, required no surgery and is now back on the field.

Hope Finley saved some money because getting all this medical treatment without being signed to an NFL team is going to be costly.

I am with the surgeon and would want to know why before making any other decisions. I hope they can find out the cause. But we are still going on unconfirmed reports of his condition except for a shower and a stroll down the hall. So there may be more we don't know.

[denverYooper]

Hopefully he didn't blow all of the $14+ million he got over the last two years. His rookie contract probably wasn't so much, relatively speaking.

IF his career is done, what do you suppose the chances are that he will be one of the many who are broke 5 years after they last play?

For his family's sake, I hope he is not, and I hope this causes him to consider his post-football finances. But it would not surprise me if he ends up broke.

[pbmax]

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 57m
#Packers S Sean Richardson (neck) said team doctor has cleared him to resume his career. Said 5 out of 5 doctors agreed it's safe to return.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 56m
Richardson is not practicing yet and remains on PUP, but said he is more than ready to return and is just waiting for the go-ahead.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein 54m
Richardson had undergone single-level fusion surgery of vertebrae C-5 and C-6. #Packers


Good news for Richardson and the safety position. But this also speaks to the unknown about Finley.

The Doc, whom the Packers consult on spine injuries, will not sign off on a player returning from a fusion of C3-C4 or higher. See here for details: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...228880141.html

Some docs will sign off on that fusion and allow player to play. Much will depend on whether Finley has an exiting condition (or new injury) that must be corrected to insure he doesn't get the same injury again.

[pbmax]

WEDNESDAY PRACTICE

Jason Wilde @jasonjwilde 2h
#Packers injury report:

FULL: Bush, Hayward, B.Jones, Starks.
OUT: Finley, Matthews.
DNP: J.Jones, Perry, R.Taylor.

[Guiness]

The Doc, whom the Packers consult on spine injuries, will not sign off on a player returning from a fusion of C3-C4 or higher. See here for details: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packe...228880141.html

Some docs will sign off on that fusion and allow player to play. Much will depend on whether Finley has an exiting condition (or new injury) that must be corrected to insure he doesn't get the same injury again.

Did you see something saying he might need a fusion, or just hypothesizing (read: talking out of your ass! )?

[pbmax]

Did you see something saying he might need a fusion, or just hypothesizing (read: talking out of your ass! )?

Nope, know nothing new on Finley. Just theorizing along the lines of the article that a spinal bruise usual results from one of four causes. The damage to a vertebra or disc are two of the four possibilities.

[Patler]

Well, Dr Hsu, whom the paper consulted, expects that some corrective intervention will be required, and he did a 20 year study of NFL spine injuries.

Hsu said there are typically four things that would cause a spinal cord bruise: a herniated disk; a fractured joint; stenosis or a genetic or arthritic narrowing of the spine; and a loose vertebrae due to ligament damage around the spine. (Note: he then suggests all would require corrective surgery.)
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Hsu said there could be a scenario in which no surgery was needed, but he would be worried something had been missed when determining why the spinal cord was bruised.

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