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DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -Daunte Culpepper says he still feels sharp pain in his reconstructed right knee a year after surgery, and isn't sure whether he'll play again this season.
The Miami Dolphins' quarterback will sit out Sunday's game against his former team, the Minnesota Vikings. It's the sixth consecutive game he'll miss after struggling through the first four.
"This is one I wish I could have been in," Culpepper said Thursday. "Unfortunately my knee isn't as good as my spirit and my soul want to be."
Speaking to reporters for the first time in more than a month, Culpepper said his knee is improving. But he said it's possible he'll sit out the rest of the year. "I'd be disappointed, but at the same time I won't be, because I know I've got to keep my eye on the big picture," he said. "It's really not about short-term, it's about long-term."

Culpepper has been practicing on a limited basis and said the knee still bothers him.

"I'm getting a sharp pain when I'm trying to push off," he said. "If I can get past that point, I think I can be very explosive." Wednesday was the one-year anniversary of his surgery.
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It was really sad that there's a lot of misinformation out there about me, and they let that kind of go, let that snowball," Culpepper said. "I'm in a place where I'm being protected. Up in Minnesota, I didn't feel like I was being protected in a lot of different ways.
"I feel like I'm protected right now, and I'm being able to get myself together physically with my knee. I really wish that everybody else there would kind of stop talking about me in a negative sense, because I was never in any way negative about that organization."
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http://sports.iwon.com/news/11162006/v1098.html
 
Yea, the player interviews has him in it on miamidolphins.com. He said something to the effect of the explosive movement thing tearing the scar tissue in his knee, taking a step back in order to get a step further in the future. Don't know enough about the medical side of things to really understand that though.
 
I could care less if he doesn't play this season. I mean it would be nice, but I care about him being healthy before I care about him getting in a game.

Daunte, just be 100% next year and prove all your doubters wrong!
 
Culpepper Still Bothered by Knee Pain

Speaking to reporters for the first time in more than a month, Culpepper said his knee is improving. But he said it's possible he'll sit out the rest of the year.

"I'd be disappointed, but at the same time I won't be, because I know I've got to keep my eye on the big picture," he said. "It's really not about short-term, it's about long-term."
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2664960

Personally, I think shutting him down for the rest of year will be best for his career and for this team.
 
The part where he says he feels like he's "being protected" ... in fact, he said it twice... that was an interesting choice of words IMO. The way I read it is that he felt as though he was not being well taken care of in Minn... but he is in Miami. That's something that very well could have been festering in him prior to his injury....
Just speculation, but even if I'm off base with that, it's a good thing that he feels like he's part of the family in Miami.....
 
yep, just get healthy for next year. a healthy culpepper is the best qb weve had here since danny
 
Yeah I hope he comes back 110% healthy for next year as well.
 
LoneWulF said:
yep, just get healthy for next year. a healthy culpepper is the best qb weve had here since danny
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u have a crystal ball that lets ya see that?
 
ckparrothead said:
That's unfortunate.

I have to wonder though if that sharp pain is the patella tendon.
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Yep, that is what he said in the interview. The Patella Tendon takes a good amount of time to heal properly. C-Pep should not play anymore this year, and just continue to rehab and rest that knee.
 
Yea, us as fans lose sight to how "serious" of an injury this man had. Not our fault tho, I was amazed that he was considered "ready to play" at such an early stage but it was just too obvious that he wasn't. The man looks to be giving his all out there for this team and organization and I for one want to see him succeed.

Personally, I don't feel I wrong for saying this . . . it obviously looks like we got the bad part of the 2 big QB's being thrown around this past offseason . . . however, that doesn't mean I will give up on Daunte, He has alot of courage and heart and determination, and I am confident that we will see the "explosive" Daunte that we all thought we would see when he was traded for . . .just will take longer than expected. Most knew that 2007 would be the year anyways, guess that will hold true. Unquestionably I believe he is the starting QB of this team when he is fully healthy.
 
I was doing some research and I found this kind of interesting regarding knee injuries and re-tearing of the scar tissue, I wonder if this is what the "Explosive movement program" was intended to do:

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PRINCIPLE: Scar Tissue as the Secret of Chronic Pain[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Sometimes the acute pain of an injury disappears completely and you are never bothered by it again. Sometimes, however, pain becomes a chronic problem. Most people do not realize that the cause of most chronic pain from soft tissue injuries is the initial poor healing of the injury. Adhesive scar tissue forms, binding the originally damaged tissue to the adjacent soft tissues. Scar tissue formation is normal when soft tissue injuries are repairing. When scar tissue forms in the appropriate places, it is the biological glue that holds torn fibers together. However if this healing process occurs in a random fashion, the scar tissues forms a jumbled mass of adhesions, which tear on normal movement. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Scar tissue within the musculo-skeletal system forms primarily in ligaments, tendons, muscles, fascia and joint capsules. When scar tissue forms in the fascial tissue, it often binds the skin to its underlying fascia, limiting the movement of the skin. If this abnormal scar tissue is placed under tension, the nerve endings in the skin and the underlying fascia are stimulated, producing pain. Fascia also lies deep in the body, where its purpose is to envelope and to provide a gliding surface for muscles, tendons, ligaments and other structures. Putting tension on this scar tissue in the deeper fascia again stimulates local nerve endings and produces pain. Methods of fascial release can be employed with beneficial results. However, until all the abnormal adhesive scar tissue is removed from all of the affected structures, a pain-free state cannot be achieved.

Movements that excessively stress the damaged tissue result in re-injury. This re-injury results in the formation of more adhesive scar tissue. Understanding how to encourage the correct healing of tissues prevents these complications. Breaking the cycle of tearing and re-tearing of adhesive scar tissue is the key to effective treatment.[/FONT]
 
bluehaze said:
I was doing some research and I found this kind of interesting regarding knee injuries and re-tearing of the scar tissue, I wonder if this is what the "Explosive movement program" was intended to do:

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]PRINCIPLE: Scar Tissue as the Secret of Chronic Pain[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Sometimes the acute pain of an injury disappears completely and you are never bothered by it again. Sometimes, however, pain becomes a chronic problem. Most people do not realize that the cause of most chronic pain from soft tissue injuries is the initial poor healing of the injury. Adhesive scar tissue forms, binding the originally damaged tissue to the adjacent soft tissues. Scar tissue formation is normal when soft tissue injuries are repairing. When scar tissue forms in the appropriate places, it is the biological glue that holds torn fibers together. However if this healing process occurs in a random fashion, the scar tissues forms a jumbled mass of adhesions, which tear on normal movement. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Scar tissue within the musculo-skeletal system forms primarily in ligaments, tendons, muscles, fascia and joint capsules. When scar tissue forms in the fascial tissue, it often binds the skin to its underlying fascia, limiting the movement of the skin. If this abnormal scar tissue is placed under tension, the nerve endings in the skin and the underlying fascia are stimulated, producing pain. Fascia also lies deep in the body, where its purpose is to envelope and to provide a gliding surface for muscles, tendons, ligaments and other structures. Putting tension on this scar tissue in the deeper fascia again stimulates local nerve endings and produces pain. Methods of fascial release can be employed with beneficial results. However, until all the abnormal adhesive scar tissue is removed from all of the affected structures, a pain-free state cannot be achieved.

Movements that excessively stress the damaged tissue result in re-injury. This re-injury results in the formation of more adhesive scar tissue. Understanding how to encourage the correct healing of tissues prevents these complications. Breaking the cycle of tearing and re-tearing of adhesive scar tissue is the key to effective treatment.[/FONT]
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Meaning we have to be absolutely careful about Daunte's knee until he is 100%.
 
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