re: Bolton: Holden Tore Right ACL

One of the major issues when coming back from a tear like this is muscle strength. You would not believe how fast your muscles atrophy when you're walking around in crutches everywhere. I'm currently dealing with this and it's not fun. Plus, the surgery is way more painful than the tear itself. If anyone can do it I think it's Stu.

Now knowing a bit about ACL surgery, you have to wonder how they will repair his knee this time around. The gold standard is to take the middle 1/3rd of the patellar tendon and use that as the new ACL. If they've already taken that from his right knee they might have to go into his left knee to repair the right.

At the very least he can go back to coaching counterstrike.
Plus, it appears he was a pimp from an early age. I'm sure he'll be alright.

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He probably won't make the 23 but he'll be on the first roster.

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Ehhh...

Not sure about that. He would have to come back and make a to Bolton right away to warrant a call up to the 30 man roster.

This is the most horrible thing I could have imagined. I feel so bad for him. frick.

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We complain about how bad off we have it but this kid is a modern day Job.

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Rich, well traveled, no telling how much arse he pulls all for playing a few games a year. He's doing alright.

Achilles Tendon Allograft here. Wouldn t have it any other way.

I had that shirt. frick yes

When I tore my ACL, I had part of my hamstring cut and replace it. Doc said this was what most athletes did because a) you're already cut open so they can cut some of the hamstring using a little video camera and it doesn't really affect anything because your knee is already fugged up. B) you can rehab your knee and hammy almost simultaneously when rehabbing and C) you can build your hamstring back up because it's a muscle.

Granted that was 3 years ago and technology changes daily, but I haven't had any setbacks. I am not back to how I was before, but that's mostly because I'm not as active or working out or running like I was in college.

Someone also explain to me this...Stu's left leg got messed up because of Evans, but he tore his right ACL. I thought de Jong just broke his right leg, did anything tear? Has he torn his right ACL before?

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yeah....this has got to be bullshite unless you are wolverine or a vampire or Adrian peterson.
I tore my ACL last year and at 4 months was nowhere near playing...NOBODY is.

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Haha, I'm nowhere near any of those, but I did have surgery on Sept. 17, 2007 and I was playing by mid-January. My surgeon did a great job(patellar transplant), my PT specialized in knee rehab, and I worked my arse off. We decided to push it and I only missed one game my senior season. At the time, I was the quickest that this surgeon/PT duo had cleared an athlete. I was out of condition, but it was high school.

Stu will have far superior medical care than I did. He'll have the potential to be training again in 4-5 months, but of course that doesn't mean he'll be going a full 90 soon. He'll have to regain fitness along with getting back in form. Still, it's not unreasonable to hope that he's back practicing before Christmas.

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I had that shirt. frick yes

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would take a miracle at this point for Stu to be in the WC 23 IMO. I would actually say about a 2% chance.

This is tough after following his recovery and reading several articles about his patience and dedication only to have this happen shortly after returning.