If it was a sprain, running on it is not the usual treatment. Tears in ligaments do not heal by repeated use.
If it was a sprain, running on it is not the usual treatment. Tears in ligaments do not heal by repeated use.
I know it wasn't directed at me but you don't need LIVE pivot push action to "get the blood flowing in the leg as soon as possible." In fact "as soon as possible" is faster served in a controlled environment like the off court area he was brought to in the emergency.
A sprain is not a tear. It is common to want to get the joint moving to hopefully eliminate swelling if the pain tolerance allows it. This is why you don't typically do ACL reconstructions right after the injury. They usually want to do some pre treatment to at least get the swelling down so that post treatment accelerates.
If the coaches and trainers wanted to get him on the court to test the pain tolerance before any swelling has settled in, I don't see anything wrong with that. A sprain is about the pain tolerance of the athlete and if he could be comfortable enough getting out there, so be it.
Sprains occur in the joint. Sprains are a stretching of the tendon or ligaments. It depends on the person and pain tolerance. Nowadays they like to have you moving as much as possible to drive blood to the area to help promote healing. The degree of the sprain to Stove would depend on how much activity he can handle. Obviously we don't have that info but he seems pretty mobile although I'm sure he's in some discomfort. Time will tell.
I think our trainer could use some training. We need a trainer trainer.
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