Transverse Back Fractures Info

[Rise of The Hive]

I would think we would hold him out one week at least and go from there.

[Ace_Aladdin]

Indians rule the medic field !

[Ivan The Awesome]

As a med student I can confirm that you are a dumbass.

 

 

As a poster of these boards, I could have told you this before hand. 

[SOJA]

Wonder if his rib injuries played any part - iirc transverse connects the vertebrae to the ribs via cartilage

[Snake]

Incorrect.

Intablity in the spine is never a good thing. Rush it and he could suffer nerve damage or worse.

[CatMan72]

Doc on ESPN said you can do no further harm to this injury by playing because these bones are sheathed in muscles and ligaments, so it really is just a pain tolerance thing.

Doc said you typically encounter back spasms with this injury because of the muscle involvement.

[L-TownCat]

Dr on ESPN said you can do no further harm to this injury by playing because these bones are sheathed by muscles and ligaments, so it really is just a pain tolerance thing.

This also lends credibility to the thought this injury isn't new?

[CatMan72]

This also lends credibility to the thought this injury isn't new?

No I think if you had this injury you would know it right away.

[ThinkAboutIt]

Video from Dr on FoxSports

http://www.foxsports.com/video?vid=369550915953

[gettlemanjack]

ESPN: "In 2001, guard Steve McKinney suffered a fractured transverse process and missed two games."

He started every game after that for the next 4 seasons until he was 31

[gettlemanjack]

During Dante Culpepper's Pro Bowl season in 2003, he missed two games (Week 4 to Week 5) due to a fractured transverse process. He started all games from then on, including the entire 2004 season and again went to the Pro Bowl. Then in 2005 vs the Panthers, he tore his ACL , PCL and MCL. He bounced around different teams but still got to start at least 4 games every year until 2009 when he was 32