Jake Lever recovery

[reynolds46 1,267]

Has there been any updates timeline for Levers return? I noted when a few others have gone down with ACLs in recent weeks they have had their 2019 written off. Is Jake likely to have enough rehabilitation time to be available early next season?

[deebug 1,754]

I think Mission said he would be able to start training when pre season starts up in late Jan, early Feb?

[Demons11 7,051]

10 month recovery. 

Will be back for the start of the season. 

[Diamond_Jim 12,627]

2 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

10 month recovery. 

Will be back for the start of the season. 

I doubt it.

There were a few 6-8 month experiments a couple of years back and they didn't end well.

Would be interested to hear but I think the wisdom is now a full 12 months.

Round 7 maybe but you could be right.

[old dee 23,871]

33 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

I doubt it.

There were a few 6-8 month experiments a couple of years back and they didn't end well.

Would be interested to hear but I think the wisdom is now a full 12 months.

Round 7 maybe but you could be right.

With our luck DJ more likely round 7 2020.

[jnrmac 20,185]

Ask the Richmond doctors...

[Ouch! 2,266]

sounds like it depends on the player too.

NicNat took close to 18 months to recover, not sure of if he had complications, but they indicated that heavier players take longer than midfielders...

[SFebes 4,884]

Jake himself said not long after he did it that he'd be out for 12 months. So we should all assume that's the minimum, any less and it's fantastic.

[praha 11,240]

12 months please.

[TGR 1,367]

1 hour ago, reynolds46 said:

Has there been any updates timeline for Levers return? I noted when a few others have gone down with ACLs in recent weeks they have had their 2019 written off. Is Jake likely to have enough rehabilitation time to be available early next season?

Who cares about March or April?

[Demonland 73,140]

2 minutes ago, TGR said:

Who cares about March or April?

But we have an AFLX title to defend ...

[Robot Devil 1,895]

13 minutes ago, Demonland said:

But we have an AFLX title to defend ...

Do you get a Premiership hangover from a Zooper Dooper?

Or just a sugar rush?

[Red and Blue realist 2,058]

I thought it was normally a 9 month or so recovery period, then another 2-3 months of conditioning to get match fit. Brodie Smith from the Crows did his in the first week of finals and has no played 2 reserves games, so basically an 11 month recovery to be right for AFL, that'd mean Jake would be back very early in the season, maybe somewhere around round 4? 

[McQueen 17,867]

I can recall him mentioning something about doing something about his spaghetti arms (or something alike) and returning with some more muscle up top which I think will be a benefit to him.

[Moonshadow 17,677]

I seem to recall him saying post op that he would be ready about R1

[Redleg 41,424]

We have no idea and this is all speculation at best. He will return when he is fully fit and confident and the doctors have given him the all clear.

[SFebes 4,884]

17 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

I seem to recall him saying post op that he would be ready about R1

He did. He said it's a 12 month injury normally but he hopes to be fit by round 1. We wont know until next year how he's tracking unfortunately

[Roost It 1,434]

AS long as he’s fit and on form during the back end of next year

[dl4e 5,851]

Interesting to see if Goldsack plays this year again. Heard he was a big chance to play.

[Pennant St Dee 13,304]

10 months is the time frame if everything goes right Brodie Smith went down in the first final last year and is back playing in the SANFL

[SFebes 4,884]

4 hours ago, dl4e said:

Interesting to see if Goldsack plays this year again. Heard he was a big chance to play.

Will play this week imo

[Older demon 2,779]

He can take as long as he likes. The disturbing trend this season has been the repeat ACL injuries. Scharenberg is now in for his 3rd ACL and I doubt there is any hamstring tendon left to use as a graft. Nic Nat for a 2nd time and all to simple leg movements not unlike Lever. I am surprised there hasn't been a greater deveopment with the carbon fibre grafts given there have been so many repeat ACL injuries

[DV8 2,271]

8 hours ago, reynolds46 said:

Has there been any updates timeline for Levers return? I noted when a few others have gone down with ACLs in recent weeks they have had their 2019 written off. Is Jake likely to have enough rehabilitation time to be available early next season?

12 months from operation.

[deanox 9,989]

10 hours ago, Older demon said:

He can take as long as he likes. The disturbing trend this season has been the repeat ACL injuries. Scharenberg is now in for his 3rd ACL and I doubt there is any hamstring tendon left to use as a graft. Nic Nat for a 2nd time and all to simple leg movements not unlike Lever. I am surprised there hasn't been a greater deveopment with the carbon fibre grafts given there have been so many repeat ACL injuries

Apparently there has been alot of money spent on research in soccer about the cause and prevention of these types of injuries, and I've read they are starting to implement "preventative exercises" to strengthen appropriate parts and reduce differences between legs which can exacerbate risk (apparently differences in single leg hop distance, amongst other things, can increase susceptibility). Hopefully these strategies are being implemented in AFL too, both preventative and as part of recovery. 

[The Chazz 4,077]

I wonder if they have sent him to the US like they did with Petracca.  I remember seeing some of the footage when Trac was over there, and thought that they were really getting the best possible rehab in place for him (not that I would know the difference between good rehab and bad rehab for this sort of thing!).

Slightly off topic, but watching Scharenberg's knee just buckle on him was quite heartbreaking to be honest.  When they slow the replay down, you can see through his skin how his knee just exploded on him.  I still hate Collingwood, but it's never a nice thing to see a young player, any player, cut down by injury.