VvD progress

[LeTallecWiz]

Great to see this ... hopefully he recovers like Zlatan.

 

[dantes]

Yes, god forbid he were to pass away like Thiago.

 

[moron]

Great to see this ... hopefully he recovers like Zlatan.

He looks fit enough to play, whats the problem ?

 

[redsar]

Horse placenta therapy [emoji3]

 

[gkmacca]

Horse placenta therapy [emoji3]

Loved their first album.

 

[Modo]

Great to see this ... hopefully he recovers like Zlatan.

How did Zlatan recover from an ACL injury in seven months?

By Alec Fenn

When Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his return from an ACL injury last weekend, he declared that ‘lions don’t recover like humans’. But a new surgical technique could be behind the striker’s miraculous seven-month recovery and is set to accelerate the rehabilitation of a host of other Premier League stars.

An ACL injury typically sidelines a player for nine months – but can take even longer depending on the severity of the injury. “The traditional way to repair the damaged knee involves removing part of a player’s hamstring and using that to create a new ACL,” says consultant orthopedic surgeon, Mark Frame. “It takes a long time for it to fuse to the bone and to restore strength in the hamstrings and quadriceps, because they’re inactive for so long during this process.”

However, knee surgeons are now able to use a different type of operation, which could get players back on the pitch faster. “Advances in keyhole surgery mean we can repair the existing ACL, using a technique known as an arthrex internal brace repair, rather than taking tissue from the hamstring,” says Frame. “We can also place it back in its original position, which reduces the amount of bone which needs removing and hardware implanting. A number of Premier League players have had this type of surgery and have returned quicker."

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Reading this made me more hopeful that he might return this season. Van Dijk had his surgery in the end of October, so if he's out for 7 months that means that he might be back towards the end of the season, somewhere between late April and the beginning of May.

 

[Frogfish]

How did Zlatan recover from an ACL injury in seven months?

By Alec Fenn

When Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his return from an ACL injury last weekend, he declared that ‘lions don’t recover like humans’. But a new surgical technique could be behind the striker’s miraculous seven-month recovery and is set to accelerate the rehabilitation of a host of other Premier League stars.

An ACL injury typically sidelines a player for nine months – but can take even longer depending on the severity of the injury. “The traditional way to repair the damaged knee involves removing part of a player’s hamstring and using that to create a new ACL,” says consultant orthopedic surgeon, Mark Frame. “It takes a long time for it to fuse to the bone and to restore strength in the hamstrings and quadriceps, because they’re inactive for so long during this process.”

However, knee surgeons are now able to use a different type of operation, which could get players back on the pitch faster. “Advances in keyhole surgery mean we can repair the existing ACL, using a technique known as an arthrex internal brace repair, rather than taking tissue from the hamstring,” says Frame. “We can also place it back in its original position, which reduces the amount of bone which needs removing and hardware implanting. A number of Premier League players have had this type of surgery and have returned quicker."

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Reading this made me more hopeful that he might return this season. Van Dijk had his surgery in the end of October, so if he's out for 7 months that means that he might be back towards the end of the season, somewhere between late April and the beginning of May.

I want to know which other PL players have had this surgery and how long did it take them to return to full match fitness ?

 

[RedStar]

To get him back at any point this season would be a huge boost. Great to see him making progress, particularly as he looks way ahead of what we expected, but I dont expect him back on the pitch for months yet.

Imagine the roar he would get from the Kop coming out for a big CL gane in April