http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/125673/default.aspx

About halfway down the article it mentions Strauss is running with Grimes and is apparently "not far away" from joining the main group.

Is anybody else stunned by this? Nathan Brown didn't get near a football ground for ages after wrecker took his leg off. Strauss' leg was still stuck in the turf fifteen feet behind him only a couple of months ago. This wasn't a round 1 injury, he hasn't had a full footy season to let it settle again...

I'm not saying it's all roses and he'll suddenly be back to 100% in a few weeks, but the fact he's upright and running stuns the bejeezus out of me. I had him written off for his career... but then I'm a cup half empty kind of guy.

I did not expect that until prob next year, Thought he would prob run Jan etc, but even then not be near the main group!

I was thinking he might get a few games late next season, but he seems to be progressing far more quickly than we could have anticipated. I doubt we'll se ehim for round 1 or the NAB cup, but he could get half a season in at this rate.

Good to hear...He gets a second crack at it....(Bad choice of word i just realized!!)

I was thinking he might get a few games late next season, but he seems to be progressing far more quickly than we could have anticipated. I doubt we'll se ehim for round 1 or the NAB cup, but he could get half a season in at this rate.

There was something mentioned in another thread somewhere. Don't quote me, but it seems that it has come up much better than expected and that he'd be able to start full training in the New Year, and should be right by early in the season. Not by round 1, but a reasonable slab of the season is how I understood it. Of course, physical healing is only half of it, getting everything else back up to AFL level is something else again - as we saw with Blease.

do you know if had LARS surgery?

do you know if had LARS surgery?

No.

Part truth part lazy reporting. James has been doing a full weights workout essentially since 3 weeks after the injury and has been on the bike since basically the same day. His fitness base would be fantastic however he hasn't started full blooded running until next week.

do you know if had LARS surgery?

LARS surgery is for knee recos - therefore he didn't have LARS

I heard Nathan Brown mention after the strauss injury that he thought he was fully recovered and he went back to full training but he kept breaking down and he said he should have rested for longer. I hope the same doesn't happen to strauss.

My physio (for ankle reco) works with a lot of footballers and mentioned to me when i asked that Brown and McGuire from Saints/Brissy were stuffed up bigtime by their club docs. Apparently they kept Browns screws in way too long and put too many in to begin with, and with McGuire, the surgeon stuffed up the operation from day one.

Hope he's kidneys are ok. There's one for people in the know.

LARS surgery is for knee recos - therefore he didn't have LARS

They replaced his tibia with synthetic tendon. Didn't you know? That's why he's already running.

No surprises here.

It was actually a good clean break, in complete contrast with the splintered mess that was Brown's leg.

Was always going to heal well.

Not heard anything about his kidneys though - come again?

http://www.afl.com.a...73/default.aspx

About halfway down the article it mentions Strauss is running with Grimes

I think the article has said Strauss when they should have said Spencer.

Spencer and Grimes seemed to just run and run but away from the main groups and away from the recovery groups just running the boundry (Clark, Evans, Cook, Davey).

Strauss did come out. He did a little bit of jogging, some very short gentle kicks and then left the field early with Petterd, McKenzie and a few others. I was buoyed to see him out there at all and he was walking without a limp.

Also imagine that article's a bit over the top. I imagine Strauss would be doing a little jogging one-dimensionally right now without twists and turns or anything like that. Great to see though!