Riewoldt's Knee

bergholt · Post: # 812344Post **bergholt** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 7:15pm

Anyone got any information on this?

I assume it's not that bad if he played so well after hurting it, but in the rooms it looked like they were putting a lot of ice onto it.

Did anyone hear anything about it?

fugazi · Post: # 812350Post **fugazi** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 7:16pm

Week off handy!

Nattens · Post: # 812353Post **Nattens** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 7:17pm

He'll be fine. You don't end up BOG with a serious knee injury.

bergholt · Post: # 812354Post **bergholt** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 7:17pm

Nattens wrote:He'll be fine. You don't end up BOG with a serious knee injury.

baldock grand final 66?

SainterK · Post: # 812356Post **SainterK** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 7:18pm

Whenever he pulls up sore, or limps to the bench, not much attention goes to assisting him with it. I'm thinking it is what it is, and he will have to wait until the end of the year to do anything about it.

All the more impressive though....

backit · Post: # 812357Post **backit** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 7:18pm

He said he was fine when interviewed, I think ice and plastic wrap were the order of the day after the game after the effort and hardness of the game.

Gabba · Post: # 812360Post **Gabba** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 7:20pm

On both knees...

When he hurt a knee in the first was it the same one that has been causing him a bit of trouble?

perfectionist · Sun 06 Sep 2009 7:20pm

Knee? You mean knees. He had more ice strapped to him than a member of the Moran family at Chasers.

Nattens · Post: # 812364Post **Nattens** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 7:20pm

bergholt wrote:
Nattens wrote:He'll be fine. You don't end up BOG with a serious knee injury.
baldock grand final 66?

Touche bergholt.

SainterX · Post: # 812407Post **SainterX** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 7:35pm

Riewoldts knee?

I think we would all be happy to line up to kiss it better

SuperSaint · Post: # 812548Post **SuperSaint** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 8:12pm

This knee injury is his right knee, which he aggravated in the North game. The pre-season knee injury, which required an arthroscope, was his left knee.

kp83 · Post: # 812557Post **kp83** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 8:15pm

I think he's missing a PCL in that knee, so whenever he lands on it it's going to shift more than normal and cause a bit of pain for a short period. But because he is such a champion he just gets on with it and keeps running. SUPERSTAR!!!!

ausfatcat · Post: # 812594Post **ausfatcat** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 8:25pm

kp83 wrote:I think he's missing a PCL in that knee,

If he had no pcl the knee would dislocate very easily and he couldn't play. He may have a partial tear thou and still play but their is no way he could play without one at all.

Sainternist · Sun 06 Sep 2009 8:43pm

He'll be delighted to take the week off and get the knee right for the prelim.

And what a game a he played! Not just the 5 goals, but his tackling was ferocious.

Playing like a true premiership captain of recent time ala Voss, Kernahan, Carey, Tuck etc...

i_luv_nick_riewoldt · Sun 06 Sep 2009 9:12pm

He has a rubber knee!

SuperSaint · Post: # 812725Post **SuperSaint** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 9:15pm

Gabba wrote:On both knees...

When he hurt a knee in the first was it the same one that has been causing him a bit of trouble?

It was his right knee, same as the one he jarred against North 2 weeks ago. His pre-season knee injury requiring surgery was his left knee.

Geezer · Post: # 812732Post **Geezer** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 9:16pm

week off plus one
no more needs to be said

Bernard Shakey · Sun 06 Sep 2009 9:44pm

The man doesn't have knees, he just has heart.

kp83 · Post: # 812854Post **kp83** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 9:50pm

ausfatcat wrote:
kp83 wrote:I think he's missing a PCL in that knee,
If he had no pcl the knee would dislocate very easily and he couldn't play. He may have a partial tear thou and still play but their is no way he could play without one at all.

No offence mate, but I know what I'm talking about and clearly from your comment you don't.

plugger66 · Post: # 812866Post **plugger66** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 9:53pm

kp83 wrote:
ausfatcat wrote:
kp83 wrote:I think he's missing a PCL in that knee,
If he had no pcl the knee would dislocate very easily and he couldn't play. He may have a partial tear thou and still play but their is no way he could play without one at all.
No offence mate, but I know what I'm talking about and clearly from your comment you don't.

No offence to either of you but I dont think you are correct.

Duggie · Post: # 812867Post **Duggie** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 9:54pm

Probably will have surgery at seasons end.

kp83 · Post: # 813003Post **kp83** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 10:31pm

plugger66 wrote:
kp83 wrote:
ausfatcat wrote:
kp83 wrote:I think he's missing a PCL in that knee,
If he had no pcl the knee would dislocate very easily and he couldn't play. He may have a partial tear thou and still play but their is no way he could play without one at all.
No offence mate, but I know what I'm talking about and clearly from your comment you don't.
No offence to either of you but I dont think you are correct.

Maybe I should clarify. I'm not 100% sure whether Rooey is missing a PCL or not (hence my comment "I think"), but from the vision I've seen I feel he may (you may know more than me Plugger).
What I'm not too thrilled about is people making incorrect medical statements when they don't have the knowledge.

perfectionist · Sun 06 Sep 2009 10:56pm

Impossible to do anything without ligaments (which hold the bones together) and can be difficult and painful to do things with missing cartilage - the grease between bones. I reckon, after a couple of knee ops, it is his cartilage that is the problem. There can be "floating" bits where there has been damage, hence the need for periodic arthroscopes. I admit, it is not a good long term prognosis, but should see us through to the end of September.

Winmar · Post: # 813186Post **Winmar** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 11:33pm

Fingers crossed he lasts a couple more games without any major problems.

He chucked in the third quarter as he ran back to the goalsquare. Poor guy! It shows how hard he works.

Beej · Post: # 813196Post **Beej** » Sun 06 Sep 2009 11:37pm

Different sport but there are early similarities between Riewoldt and Tottenham's captain Ledley King who's almost 29 now.

King has had chronic knee problems throughout his career and is currently being "managed" in the same way. I just hope Roo's knee doesn't deteriorate to the same extent.

It is said that King's knee swells up so badly after a game that it takes a week for the swelling to go down therefore he is limited to cycling work between games - no running whatsoever. He has a short half hour session the day before a game and even then must ice his knee such is the swelling.

With King's knee there's very little cartilage so apparently there's no cure because there's nothing to operate on. The joint's deterioration is so bad that it is basically just bone on bone now.

A week doesn't go by it seems without seeing Riewoldt limping. It may not be a major concern now but hopefully something like that doesn't affect him long-term. Such a great player who can become even better, terrible to think that an injury could prevent him from being the best footballer he could possibly be.