Good Info from Jeff Darlington on Ronnie

[arydolphin]

This is from Jeff Darlington's twitter feed:
Brown traveled to Charlotte w/ #Dolphins to see foot specialist named Bob Anderson, who will determine if he needs surgery, two sources say

It is believed he suffered a Lisfranc fracture in the midsection of his right foot. Miami already knows it's bad enough to end season.

Source says surgery probably best to make sure of no future problems - as opposed to letting heal naturally. Doc will provide his opinion.

Most importantly, one source stresses: Regardless of surgery decision, Ronnie's injury "not anything major as far as career or long term."


Also, if you are curious, this looks to be the orthopedic surgeon that Ronnie will see in Charlotte, he's worked with the Packers and Panthers: http://www.orthocarolina.com/physician_directory/physician_detail.cfm/staff_id/53

 

[MiamiDolfan85]

.....this didnt make me feel better at all

 

[Kiick72]

Good Info, thanks!

 

[Tiko377]

yeah this didnt make me feel any better either only thing is that we might be able to resign him cheaper

 

[SRM]

Great.. now someone's gonna come in here and say "I TOLD YOU SO!"

 

[miamirw]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Roman529]

Dwight Freeney of the Colts had this same injury. Hopefully Ronnie will be back next year, but I do think regardless of the injury, we have to seriously consider drafting another running back in the first three rounds next year. Reports are that Ricky may retire after 2010, so we have a lot of question marks at the RB spot going forward. I really like Noel Devine, West Virginia's running back, and he should be someone we should look at.

 

[Myles Fynch]

Great.. now someone's gonna come in here and say "I TOLD YOU SO!"

He's entitled. He certainly got an earful of 'STFU, it's just your opinion.'

:up:

 

[MiamiDolfan85]

Dwight Freeney of the Colts had this same injury. Hopefully Ronnie will be back next year, but I do think regardless of the injury, we have to seriously consider drafting another running back in the first three rounds next year. Reports are that Ricky may retire after 2010, so we have a lot of question marks at the RB spot going forward. I really like Noel Devine, West Virginia's running back, and he should be someone we should look at.

I like Devine too,but he isnt a pounder that Ireland likes.Although,him being very familar w/ Pat White could always score a few brownie points....

 

[DolphinsFan23]

This sounds like the same injury that Ted Ginn had. I think someone stepped on Ted's foot or something during the Florida vs. Ohio State National Championship ... after one of his kickoff returns for a touchdown. One of his own players did it in the endzone.

Obviously, Ted Ginn recovered his ability to run 100%. Ronnie should be fine too. It's just going to take time to heal up. Hopefully, Ronnie is going to get the best doctors in America to make sure he recovers 100%. You don't see running backs like Ronnie coming out of college every year. He's a complete back. Running the ball, receiving, blocking, running the Wildcat, passing etc. He can do it all.

 

[MrEd]

Great.. now someone's gonna come in here and say "I TOLD YOU SO!"

Well, if everyone just used their common sense instead of just being in denial, their wouldn't be a need for those who were using their brains to notice that something severe was brewing by the way that the situation was being handled.

I am no expert on foots or injuries and knew that something was up by the way they sent Ronnie to see a foot specialist. That was all I needed to know.

If everyone didn't waste post space to clobber the posters that were mentioning the obvious, their wouldn't be any need to worry about the "I told ya so's..."

 

[MarinePhinFan]

This is the same type of injury that Ginn had after his team jumped on him during his KO return for a TD in the NC game. These are very serious injuries and do indeed jeopardize Ronnie's career if the proper steps are not taken.

If there is less than 2mm of separation bewteen the bones the usual treatment will be a cast and no weight bearing for 6 weeks. When the cast is removed he will have to wear some sort of arch support for awhile and do extensive rehab to regain strength and full range of motion.

If the separation is greater, then the route usually taken is surgery. Wires, screws and or pins may be used to hold the bones in place while healing. A cast will also be worn for about 6-8 weeks.

 

[Ricky_Fan34]

It's nice to hear it won't effect his career, it'll just end this season for him.

 

[SRM]

I feel so damn bad for Ronnie. Another offseason of rehab for him.

 

[DirkDiggler]

I dated a girl named Lisfranc once. Who knew? Ended up being Tranny.