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Re: day 22 for 12 yo daughter
Posted By: AggieCatcher2
Date: Thursday, 1 May 2008, at 4:59 p.m.
In Response To: Re: day 22 for 12 yo daughter (drmark)
> A considerable number of NFL players have entered the
> criminal justice system. The famous pitcher from Houston
> may be indicted for perjury, as all ready the all time home
> run king has. A famous QB is in prison for dog fighting.
> All they guys have lswyers, and expensive ones. Do they
> listen to them? Probably not.
> Have whatever ACL graft you want, but dont follow the
> actions of a professional ball player. They don't always
> make good decisions.
I'm not sure if that was a targeted insult to me, but I don't advocate any medical procedures, and its insane for a patient to not follow his/her doctor's orders and rely on what you are told by internet posters!!! Frankly, I don't know Dr. Mark from Adam, so I have no idea if he knows what he is talking about other than his own representations about his abilities and results. My email was trying to give Dr. Mark credit for possibly being on the cutting edge, but maybe he's just wrong.
My question to Dr. Mark is why the doctors who are treating the greatest athletes and most expensive athletes in the world aren't using his techinques?
It seems to me that if a team invests $40 Million in a running back who blows out his knee, that they would make darn sure he used the best ACL repair. As for the athletes deciding which repair they have, you must not have a lot of experience in professional sports becuase the athletes are essentially told what the team doc is going to do. Some go get second opinions, but most rely on their team doc's expertise. I imagine the team doctor for the Bengals has a pretty good reputation and knowledge of procedures.
Here is a blurb from an article where they used a cadaver achilles tendon for Carson Palmer's repair:
"Palmer changed the rules for recovery time from a serious
knee injury, thus making the medical profession and sports
world re-evaluate the value in aggressive rehabilitation
and surgical practices. Combine the rehab with the use of
donor tissue to rebuild the knee, and you have Carson
Palmer affecting more than the Bengals organization.
Athletes can now can take Palmer’s rehab schedule and
apply it to their own. Palmer's surgeon (Dr. Lonnie
Paulos) stated that the injury was “devastating and
potentially career-ending, involving numerous ligament
tears, a shredded ligament, damaged cartilage and a
dislocated kneecap”, which called for the use of a
cadaver's Achilles tendon to rebuild the knee. The use of
the Achilles tendon in the procedure was chosen in place
of another ACL for its strength. Although the recovery is
slower, in terms of the tendon attaching to the bone rather
than ACL replacements, Palmer (being a professional
athlete) needed the added strength. Even with the slower
attachment rate, Palmer’s rehab (while aggressive) has had
very few setbacks."
Yes, I guess they were just taking short cuts, using old techinques, lack of training, etc., when they operated on their $100M QB.
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