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Posted on 02/03/2006 2:07:37 PM PST by Cyclopean Squid
Bengals QB Carson Palmer underwent an examination Tuesday in Houston for evaluation of his progress since his Jan. 10 knee surgery. The exam was conducted by Dr. Lonnie E. Paulos of Houston’s Methodist Sports Institute, who performed the January surgery on Palmer.
“Dr. Paulos has told us that Carson is progressing just as we hoped he would,” said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. “Carson still has much rehab work ahead, obviously, but at this point he is on schedule for our goal of having him ready to open the 2006 season. This is encouraging news for everyone in our organization.”
Palmer has returned to Los Angeles, where he has been doing rehabilitation work at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. The Bengals medical and training staffs are overseeing his rehabilitation, and plans are for Palmer to shift his rehab base to Cincinnati at a date yet to be determined.
Palmer suffered two torn left knee ligaments (ACL and MCL) on the second Bengals offensive snap of the Jan. 8 Wild Card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paul Brown Stadium.
Also, here's a link to CP's official Blog:
http://carsonpalmer.typepad.com/
I like the fact that announcers had declared his career over 20 minutes after the game. This is not 1967, sports medicene has advanced. If players listened to idiot commentators, Willis McGahee would not be playing in the NFL.
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I hope he makes it back, he was on his way to becoming one of the great ones. It would totally suck if his career gets cut short.
Yeah, the doctor who performed the surgery (who also did the check-up) was quoted as saying it was "career-ending"--he then said that the media took things out of context and made up others. No doubt it was very serious, but it seems Palmer will be back. Whether he is the same player remains to be seen. I hope so--he is a classy guy and could be one of the greats.
You don't like to see this happen to anyone. But hey, you gotta play the game and it happens.
yeah...
although I was hoping for a meteor when that game occurred (I'm a Browns fan), I wanted to see if the Steelers could beat the Bengals at full strength.
All that being said, prayers for his recovery.
Going back maybe 10 years, I attended a Bronco/Cowboy game at Mile High in Denver. Troy Aikman (Dallas QB) broke his collar bone and had to leave the game. It was his non-throwing arm. Three weeks later he's back ... which astounded me ... as I broke my collarbone skiing once and it took three months (with some re-hab) to get about 80% of my arm movement back ... nearly five before I had full function. Even a year later it would ache from time to time. The recuperative power of these athletes is impressive.
yeah...
and believe me, cortizone shots help too :)
"he was on his way to becoming one of the great ones"
Maybe he and Matt Leinart will face off in a Super Bowl some day. That would be some game.
I hope Leinart does well in the pros. It'll be a tough transition for him to make. Too bad he couldn't have gone out with a win in the classic Rose Bowl. Oh well, he'll be remembered as one of the greatest college QBs anyway.
A battle of USC alum Heisman winners? Sounds good to me. The hype writes itself.
yeah...
and believe me, cortizone shots help too :)
Fight On! Carson.
See you Opening Day 2006.
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