I knew that Wona was injured but Bartram? This article says that he has a burst ear drum.

www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/72516/default.aspx

What happened there? Maybe we can excuse him for making a few bad decisions late in the game....

Does anyone know if these repair themselves? I though that the inner ear was for balance - what does this mean then??????

I had a burst ear drum many years ago, and the only treatment I received was antibiotics.

The ear drum does eventually heal itself, but in the meantime you have to keep it away from water and such. And no, it had no impact on my balance.

bartram came off the ground in the last quarter after a knock to the head. It was a shame because he was pretty good on saturday.

ummm, it says he is still in the mix for selection for Gods sake. hardly anything to worry about.

Melbourne stooped so low in the last quarter that his ear drum couldn't handle the pressure in the dying minutes. They burst.

Melbourne stooped so low in the last quarter that his ear drum couldn't handle the pressure in the dying minutes. They burst.

HaHa! Pay that one. It may be the Truth!

The 'ear-drum' or tympanic membrane will usually heal itself after a minor traumatic perforation. I don't see why Bartram would need to miss much footy if any at all. He may get some funny whistling sounds on the odd occasion (eg. when sneezing or nose blowing), and his hearing may be decreased in that ear. Plus a perforation predisposes to middle ear infections, especially when exposed to water. But it is more nuisance value than anything and he'll be fine. Balance is not a problem, as this is controlled by the vestibular apparatus which is much deeper behind the tympanic membrane.

Thanks Doc Pringle, any more medical terminology you can throw in there?

Poor wonna, all you have to do is see the look on his face in that photo and you can see how shattered he is.

The 'ear-drum' or tympanic membrane will usually heal itself after a minor traumatic perforation. I don't see why Bartram would need to miss much footy if any at all. He may get some funny whistling sounds on the odd occasion (eg. when sneezing or nose blowing), and his hearing may be decreased in that ear. Plus a perforation predisposes to middle ear infections, especially when exposed to water. But it is more nuisance value than anything and he'll be fine. Balance is not a problem, as this is controlled by the vestibular apparatus which is much deeper behind the tympanic membrane.

Demonland has its own ENT surgeon.

The 'ear-drum' or tympanic membrane will usually heal itself after a minor traumatic perforation. I don't see why Bartram would need to miss much footy if any at all. He may get some funny whistling sounds on the odd occasion (eg. when sneezing or nose blowing), and his hearing may be decreased in that ear. Plus a perforation predisposes to middle ear infections, especially when exposed to water. But it is more nuisance value than anything and he'll be fine. Balance is not a problem, as this is controlled by the vestibular apparatus which is much deeper behind the tympanic membrane.

Nice work. Sounds like like doc larkins! Looking forward to reading any of your injury reports throughout the year. Glad to hear that it is unlikly that he will have any ongoing problems with balance ala Alisha Molic with her dodgy ears.

I heard it was really painful. Can't have been easy to concentrate on footy with that.

I'm no medico, but I would like to make a point about wonna's injury.

At his age and at this stage of the season I would suggest a hammy is very unusual. I wonder if that due to his rappid weight loss and "extreem" change in conditioning may have been a contributing factor. Interested to hear others opinion's on this if its just a freak occurance or have the fitness staff maybe made a mistake?

Given his improvement over the pre-season and BOG in the intra club I wonder if he was a little over done as opposed to Davey who has been managed a little differently? Which ever way I hope there is no long term set back ala when davey did his.

Pity that Wonna is injured. Hopefully he plays Round 1.

Pity that Wonna is injured. Hopefully he plays Round 1.

Today's MX on page 15 sayes Wonna is out for 4 weeks quoting Craig Notman MFC Ops manager.

Also says Robbo " is expected to be training next month" & rehab is going well. Means he is not going to play until well into the season.

ummm, it says he is still in the mix for selection for Gods sake. hardly anything to worry about.

Why is it for Gods sake?

I'm no medico, but I would like to make a point about wonna's injury.

At his age and at this stage of the season I would suggest a hammy is very unusual. I wonder if that due to his rappid weight loss and "extreem" change in conditioning may have been a contributing factor. Interested to hear others opinion's on this if its just a freak occurance or have the fitness staff maybe made a mistake?

Given his improvement over the pre-season and BOG in the intra club I wonder if he was a little over done as opposed to Davey who has been managed a little differently? Which ever way I hope there is no long term set back ala when davey did his.

I totally agree with you - I think Wonna's injury is due to over training. I am pretty sure Sydney Swans use a software to risk manage players over the year - however it requires a history of previous injuries to identify high risk areas. Nonetheless the curse of injuries to key MFC players continues.

Don't want to rain on your parade Angry but Wonna has hardly cemented his spot as a "key player" for the MFC just yet.

Give the lad time and he might earn such an accolade. Not at the moment though.

Demonland has its own ENT surgeon.

Actually, I am working in ENT at the moment. Next week I'm switching to breast surgery... let's hope I'm not called upon for expert advice on MFC injuries in that area!!! Although the way some of them played last year...

And for those that missed it Wheels has a calf strain. Given his age and his history with his calves, then I'm expecting the worst. (BTW I think the best will be a minimum of four weeks)

And for those that missed it Wheels has a calf strain. Given his age and his history with his calves, then I'm expecting the worst. (BTW I think the best will be a minimum of four weeks)

That's bad. Might be another delayed start to the season again for Whelan.

And for those that missed it Wheels has a calf strain. Given his age and his history with his calves, then I'm expecting the worst. (BTW I think the best will be a minimum of four weeks)

It feels like Wheels has one or three weeks on then four or five off as his playing pattern