In a recent interview Painter said Furst, Smith, and Heide are back after sitting out summer with foot injuries. He said Waddell is practicing but can tell he is not 100% yet and will take more time to fully recover from ACL. Edey also had a concussion at some point too in preseason, but it looks like he played in the scrimmage.
I have a feeling Waddell will not be back to 100% until late in the season or more than likely next year.
For most elite athletes that get past the first 8 weeks (and eliminate the swelling), it's all mental, and whether or not you trust the knee.
He had a major knee injury - multiple ligaments. The fact he’s practicing again is a good sign.
For most Purdue football and men's basketball players it's usually been 1.5 to 2 years before they are actually back to normal after ACL injury.
understand it is a good sign that he is practicing, but doesn't sound good at this time of the year with him being behind "for this year" although maybe in a couple of months that is not an issue
I had knee surgery about 7 months. It was a mental thing initially, but I got back to not thinking about it. I am still far from being back to 100%. I did over 17 PT sessions to get ready to officiate the HS soccer season. I will be doing basketball soon. I am not 17/18 years old obviously, but I have to be able to keep up with them.
Believe me. Kids hate me on that. It is like I am the only one that ever calls them on that. If they know you will call it though, they stop doing it.Good luck with it, KentuckyBoiler - hope everything else is progressing well for you. Also, make sure you call the damn three-second violations, will you?
I always taught 4 seconds...figuring the first second was missed.
I know two girls (besides my daughter) that played for Ben Davis and Pike bball teams that wanted to play so bad, after they tore their ACL'S, they played with a brace . It worked! This was back around 2012. My daughter just did the therapy and got back to playing pretty fast. Still wasn't 100% until maybe 8 months after surgery. She had surgery in January and was ready for school ball that Fall. A lot of it is definitely mental.
It all depends on the extent of the injury. When you injure more than 1 ligament, it’s a much more difficult road back to the court. Regardless of if it’s an ACL or ACL plus other ligaments, one of the biggest issues in dealing with swelling after you get back on the court.
its looking like a redshirt year for him anyway so get well
See? This is exactly the type of crap we get for not securing the damn ball racks. Some raging jerk like Ryne Smith is gonna pick it up and slam somebody with it. I wonder who the culprit was this time?
Ryne would never throw a ball rack, he'd just pump fake with it. 😁
He injured his ankle recently in practice...that had as much, if not more, to do with his not playing than the knee injury/recovery.
Somewhere it was stated he has a wrist injury
