Nearly four months ago, football fans across the country watched in stunned silence as Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III suffered one of the more heart-wrenching knee injuries in recent memory.
On Saturday, however, RG3 had them anything but silent. According to the Associated Press via ESPN , RG3 "did a few jumping jacks, jogged in place and bounced up and down on the stage" for cheering fans at a Redskins draft party. In other words, he might very be well on his way to starting Week 1 of the NFL season.
Obviously, no one wants to see injuries happen. Yet if anyone was prepared to tackle a round of reconstructive knee surgery and rehab, it was RG3. After all, this isn't his first time around the block.
In , as a member of the Baylor Bears , he tore his right anterior cruciate ligament ACL for the first time. He recovered to start the season. Alas, it is still too early to tell. Comparing the two injuries isn't quite like comparing apples to apples, as RG3's injury included a right lateral collateral ligament LCL tear in addition to a rupture of the reconstructed ACL from According to a document compiled by acclaimed orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Dr.
Peter Millett of the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado, patients should be introduced to agility drills and light running sometime between post-operative weeks 12 and Not only is RG3 well beyond that milestone—his jumping jack feat marked week 15, day three—he got there with the added variable of a torn LCL.
RG3's physician—renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Andrews called it a "a re-do of his ACL reconstruction. In other words, in , RG3 tore the very tendon used to replace the original ACL that tore in Kaplan was careful with his timeline but added that Griffin III likely has the capability to be back as soon as humanely possible.
Kaplan said. Kaplan added. John Keim of the Washington Examiner added another factor to the recovery discussion. Will the Redskins and doctors close to Griffin III take the long road of recovery to ensure that the knee has completely healed and there's no increased risk of career-ending damage?
After speaking with experts in the area, Keim appeared to think so:. Lehman from US center for sports medicine: "Reason to get rehabbed completely is to make sure the joint is safe going forward.
He then added his own commentary to that expert opinion:. In other words: if RG3 comes back too soon, puts him at risk for other issues. Lehman said having 2nd ACL issue brings complications. Keim later speculated that the best route for Griffin III and his recovery could be to miss the entire season, rest and rehab the knee and then return in Given how the Redskins have approached this entire situation so far, that appears unlikely.
Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Your sports. Join Newsletter. Griffin is going to hurt himself if he models his recovery times after AP. Everyone is different, recover at your own pace my man. I hope they take the time to let him heal the way that he needs to. Seems Dr. Andrews was more than hedging his bets with the prognosis.
Giving him essentially odds of recovering back to his previous abilities. Now how his coach handles bringing him back along is a different story. RGIII just started doing knee exercises? I know several people who started doing knee exercises heel slides and straight leg raises a couple days after ACL surgery.
Unless having the LCL surgery with it sets you back that much. The injury Peterson had typically involves less recovery time that the one Griffin has. I think he will recover Decently from this one, but anymore damage to that knee and I will forever wish we drafted Claiborne in the 6 spot and took Wilson with our 2nd or 3rd.
As far as the comments about this being the second tear on the same ACL, the tear is actually from the old repair failing. I have faith Dr Andrews will do a better reconstruction.
Lets keep it real. Having torn his ACL twice it is bound to impact his playing confidence and the type of game he plays. Then at least a month or two to get into game shape.
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