Jets’ Fitzpatrick to Undergo Thumb Ligament Surgery
New York Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick’s thumb metacarpal phalangeal joint ligament surgery has been moved up to 11/13, because delay generally leads to greater surgery, stiffness, and weakness. Within a few weeks of injury the torn ligament shortens, necessitating the use of a tendon graft from the forearm to reconstruct the irreparable original ligament. Playing with […]
Wrist Injury Impacts Yankees’ Brett Gardner’s Latter-Half of 2015 Season
Yankees’ left fielder Brett Gardner batted .302 in the first half of the 2015 season, he had an on-base percentage of .377 and stole 15 bases out of 18 attempts. He made his first All-Star team, and, by all accounts, was one of the best players on the team. Gardner didn’t fare nearly as well […]
New York Jets’ Fitzpatrick Out With Hand Ligament Injury
New York Jets Head Coach Todd Bowles is still steaming after watching two of his top quarterbacks, Ryan Ritzpatrick, and Geno Smith, get injured in Sunday’s 34-20 defeat to the Oakland Raiders Surprisingly, he isn’t angry with the Raiders, but with his own quarterbacks. “We’ve got to be smarter than that” Bowles said Monday, in reference […]
North Dakota State Star QB Breaks Throwing Wrist
North Dakota State suffered a major blow last Saturday as Carson Wentz, one of the most talented quarterbacks the team has ever had, broke his throwing wrist. Wentz sustained a wrist fracture during the first half of the 24-21 loss to the University of South Dakota after landing badly during a play. Wentz went on to tape […]
Wrist Injury Prevents Tennis Star Robson from Competing for the Rest of 2015
Unfortunately, Laura Robson has cancelled all of her scheduled events for this year, and announced she wouldn’t return to the court until 2016. The former Wimbledon junior champion has had a string of bad luck in regards to tennis injuries. She has recently been out of competition since the US Open, where she was defeated in […]