Offseason plan for Eugene's knee?

[BellyFullOfWhiteDogCrap]

Truly amazing the numbers Eugene put up on basically one leg. He had zero elevation off his left leg, meaning he had to jump off his right leg, and finish with his left. I think our season may have ended a bit different if Eugene was full go. But, injuries happen. Silver lining to the story is I think Eugene had to learn how to be more cagey, slippery, and clever to compensate for his lack of elevation and quickness. That will bode well for the future
Any word on what, if any, medical treatment/surgery?

 

[Plum Street]

Truly amazing the numbers Eugene put up on basically one leg. He had zero elevation off his left leg, meaning he had to jump off his right leg, and finish with his left. I think our season may have ended a bit different if Eugene was full go. But, injuries happen. Silver lining to the story is I think Eugene had to learn how to be more cagey, slippery, and clever to compensate for his lack of elevation and quickness. That will bode well for the future
Any word on what, if any, medical treatment/surgery?

Yes, injuries happen. For all the people that are saying things are looking up next year need to realize we are one injury away from still being a BIG bottom feeder.

 

[wheezer]

I think time off is the best medicine.....rest it.... he should always play with a brace from here on out...I think he did not have one on when he hurt it again

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

He rested it last year. Only difference he didn’t play with the brace.

If there is an option for surgery that would put him out next year, but make him 100% better I’d like that for 2020-21

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Get healthy Gene.

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NHS - UK

 

[whofrewdatmataRU13]

He rested it last year. Only difference he didn’t play with the brace.

If there is an option for surgery that would put him out next year, but make him 100% better I’d like that for 2020-21

This was the best thing you have said all season, interesting take. Would Pike go for something like that? Let everyone develop one more year, see what happens, then all in for 2021 everyone juniors and seniors

 

[mikefla]

Time off. His job is now to get healthy
Rehab, strength & conditioning

He will get THE BEST of care at Rutgers
............[thumb2]Get well Eugene[thumb2]...............

 

[RUChoppin]

Per Carino's interview with Pike, it seems Omoruyi will be playing with the Canadian National Team this summer, too - so that doesn't sound like he's opting for surgery of any kind.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Per Carino's interview with Pike, it seems Omoruyi will be playing with the Canadian National Team this summer, too - so that doesn't sound like he's opting for surgery of any kind.

This is good and bad.

 

[NBKnight]

This is good and bad.

I get just rehabbing after it happens the first time, but when he happens two years in row it is a bigger concern.

 

[koko2315]

This was the best thing you have said all season, interesting take. Would Pike go for something like that? Let everyone develop one more year, see what happens, then all in for 2021 everyone juniors and seniors

dislike this idea, to be honest
It's Gene's decision and what is best for his future. The team's want/need to win next year should not play into it. Tanking a year gives us nothing. And it's a crap atitude not shooting for the NCAA next season. If the knee is good, it's good. If it's not, he won't play.

 

[RUChoppin]

I get just rehabbing after it happens the first time, but when he happens two years in row it is a bigger concern.

The second injury was more of a freak thing - I think anyone would have gotten a knee injury falling backward on their leg like that, and it wasn't caused by the injury from the prior year. Still, it's damage twice to the same knee (three times if you add in the hyperextension later in the season). It may just need rest and rehab - but that's a conversation between him and the orthopedists.

 

[RU_DIO]

I thought the discussion was once you dislocate your knee cap it has a far greater chance of dislocating again without surgery

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Googled kneecap dislocation and didn’t look like surgery was really a major consideration.

 

[RUChoppin]

I thought the discussion was once you dislocate your knee cap it has a far greater chance of dislocating again without surgery

It depends. When mine went, I had a bunch of little tears that then scarred up and made the ligaments a little looser. Each time it went out, it made the joint a little looser and the kneecap a little more susceptible to slipping out.

I was told to keep the joint as strong as possible, because the leg muscles will keep it in place... but I was a bad PT patient, so it happened again and again. Omoruyi's leg muscles are way stronger than mine ever were in my lifetime, so it may be less of a concern.

Both injuries this year definitely made me cringe, though. Ouch.

 

[RU_DIO]

It depends. When mine went, I had a bunch of little tears that then scarred up and made the ligaments a little looser. Each time it went out, it made the joint a little looser and the kneecap a little more susceptible to slipping out.

I was told to keep the joint as strong as possible, because the leg muscles will keep it in place... but I was a bad PT patient, so it happened again and again. Omoruyi's leg muscles are way stronger than mine ever were in my lifetime, so it may be less of a concern.

Both injuries this year definitely made me cringe, though. Ouch.

Absolutely horrible to see. Hope he stays healthy. And you too!

 

[KnightTerrors]

Relocate it

 

[RUChoppin]

Absolutely horrible to see. Hope he stays healthy. And you too!

Ha, thanks! Well, my one knee just crunched a bunch of arthritis bits off in January, and the orthopedist told me that the x-ray definitely read "knee replacement" if I was ten years older. Going to try to put that off until at least 45, if I can make it five more years with physical therapy and lubricating shots.