Sid Had Setback

[pixburgher66]

I'm not a professional athlete, but I am solid and strong.......when I tore my R ACL and it took 6-8 months to get my full strength back. Just sayin..

Difference: Geno has all day to rehab, along with tons of doctors, experts, strength and conditioning coaches, and ATs at his disposal. The dude's JOB is to get healthy. If every athlete that came into the training room had all the time in the world to get healthy, rehab time would be cut in half. Sadly, us common folk need to support ourselves with jobs, as well as having family. Also, the surgical procedure, along with the general rehabbing ideology has shifted a great deal in the past 5-10 years (although many doctors still keep it old school). Lets put it this way: back in the day they put you in a full length, hip to ankle cast for 6 months, these days they have you in a passive motion machine (it bends and straightens your knee for you without muscular contraction) on you before you're even out of your medicated sleep. It's crazy stuff. Would Geno have been full strength? Heck no. But he would've been able to play.

 

[evolver115]

on the morning of April 20, it didn't seem extraordinary when Penguins captain Sidney Crosby stepped onto the ice for a game-day skate. But Crosby was about to hit a speed bump in his recovery from a concussion. After that practice, he stopped skating with his teammates.

I'm not saying they're related... because the reasons for the Penguins collapse in the first round are numerous... but the date of Sid's last practice with his team-mates coincides with the last time they won a game in the playoffs.

I just wonder what kind of impact this had on the lockerroom, when all of a sudden he wasn't skating with them anymore.

 

[TOX1]

Difference: Geno has all day to rehab, along with tons of doctors, experts, strength and conditioning coaches, and ATs at his disposal. The dude's JOB is to get healthy. If every athlete that came into the training room had all the time in the world to get healthy, rehab time would be cut in half. Sadly, us common folk need to support ourselves with jobs, as well as having family. Also, the surgical procedure, along with the general rehabbing ideology has shifted a great deal in the past 5-10 years (although many doctors still keep it old school). Lets put it this way: back in the day they put you in a full length, hip to ankle cast for 6 months, these days they have you in a passive motion machine (it bends and straightens your knee for you without muscular contraction) on you before you're even out of your medicated sleep. It's crazy stuff. Would Geno have been full strength? Heck no. But he would've been able to play.

I beg to differ Pix. I maxed out every single rehab session everyday to the point that the specs told me I was doing more harm than good by pushing it too hard (hard headed Irishman in me) and that went on for months. I wasn't working and I poured 100% of an effort in to getting better as fast as possible. The plain truth of it is that despite all efforts, nobody.....no matter how hard they push it....can speed up the healing process.

Sure, the guy and his docs could have proclaimed him "fit" to return to the game if the Pens made the finals, but I guarantee you by doing so he would be taking a year or two off of his career.

Luckily (or sadly for Pens fan) for him he doesn't have to rush anything now and it can heal properly in time for training camp.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

This is really terrible news not just for the Penguins but for hockey as a whole. The NHL and us fans need Sidney Crosby. Even the haters have to admire and appreciate a once every generation player like Sid. We can't assume he will be back to normal come next season, this could be a lingering issue for a long time to come. Will he become a flash in the pan like Lindros or have an extended Hall of Fame career? Time will tell.