RugbyMuffin
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“We’ve got a lot of guys we need on Sunday,” Fitzgerald said. “Anquan, Reggie Wells, Kurt. Mike Gandy goes out there with a damn hernia, guts falling out and he’s still out there fighting. We’re football players. That’s how we’re wired.”
OK, this is a little embarrassing. I am usually a sharp guy but I have DEFINATELY have my moments. So, I am in college, and got sick, had a bad cough, REAL bad. Next thing I know my "groin/pelvis" is sore, and what I thought was swelling.
I was real sick one week, and then played rugby the next week. I just rolled up a sock, aced bandaged it to my waist, and used a little duct tape to keep it all together. Hey, I am not a doctor, I didn't know. Played in the rugby game, then after the game, I went and talked to the ambulance workers (always a the games).
They took one look at me, and told me I was stupid and crazy for playing with a bi-lateral hernia, that was literally falling out of me. When I went to the doctor's office they actually showed it off. Saying "Hey, you wanna see what a real hernia looks like ?".
So, back to Mike Gandy. Yeah, you can play with one, and it is not really going to be damaged more. Yet, it does effect you. It is in the back of your mind, and hinders your mental aggression. Physically you are a little weak, but the one true restriction is that you cannot twist your waist. The motion you would use to "do the twist" dance is out of the question when you have a hernia.
As a tackle it makes you a liability in pass blocking. If someone is constantly trying to get around the outside of you, you are twisting your body in a way that is going to aggrevate the hernia, and cause your body to involuntarily reflex to stop that motion.
Now everyone is different, but from my experience. I don't think Gandy should be out there as a starter. He could be effective off the bench need be, but a full game will wear on him more than usual. It at least tells me three things about Gandy, 1. That there is a reason he has not been effective as he has been, and 2. That when he gets this surgery done he will be out for at least 12 months, and not 100% for at least 24. 3. That if he can recover, he might be better than ever because you can have a hernia for years before you notice, or it gets so bad you notice.
A "pelvic injury" is a lot different then a hernia.
OK, this is a little embarrassing. I am usually a sharp guy but I have DEFINATELY have my moments. So, I am in college, and got sick, had a bad cough, REAL bad. Next thing I know my "groin/pelvis" is sore, and what I thought was swelling.
I was real sick one week, and then played rugby the next week. I just rolled up a sock, aced bandaged it to my waist, and used a little duct tape to keep it all together. Hey, I am not a doctor, I didn't know. Played in the rugby game, then after the game, I went and talked to the ambulance workers (always a the games).
They took one look at me, and told me I was stupid and crazy for playing with a bi-lateral hernia, that was literally falling out of me. When I went to the doctor's office they actually showed it off. Saying "Hey, you wanna see what a real hernia looks like ?".
So, back to Mike Gandy. Yeah, you can play with one, and it is not really going to be damaged more. Yet, it does effect you. It is in the back of your mind, and hinders your mental aggression. Physically you are a little weak, but the one true restriction is that you cannot twist your waist. The motion you would use to "do the twist" dance is out of the question when you have a hernia.
As a tackle it makes you a liability in pass blocking. If someone is constantly trying to get around the outside of you, you are twisting your body in a way that is going to aggrevate the hernia, and cause your body to involuntarily reflex to stop that motion.
Now everyone is different, but from my experience. I don't think Gandy should be out there as a starter. He could be effective off the bench need be, but a full game will wear on him more than usual. It at least tells me three things about Gandy, 1. That there is a reason he has not been effective as he has been, and 2. That when he gets this surgery done he will be out for at least 12 months, and not 100% for at least 24. 3. That if he can recover, he might be better than ever because you can have a hernia for years before you notice, or it gets so bad you notice.
A "pelvic injury" is a lot different then a hernia.
