(01-15-2019 01:55 PM)bluebacker Wrote: (01-15-2019 01:50 PM)southpaw1 Wrote: Maybe Milton ain't coming back. That injury was as bad as I have seen.
I think i heard Milton will be rehabbing next season and coming back the year after?
In other words, this was as catastrophic a knee injury as almost any athlete has ever suffered. This isn’t just a run-of-the-mill torn ACL, where doctors repair it and you’re back playing football in six to eight months. Milton’s injury — a dislocated knee — is infinitely worse because the entire knee joint itself was displaced and all four major ligaments that secure the knee were ruptured.
“I knew how devastating it was as soon I saw it on TV,” said nationally renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Peter Indelicato, the team physician emeritus for the Florida Gators. “A dislocated knee is as bad as it gets. It’s the worst knee injury you can have. He faces a real uphill battle to play again. It’s a long shot.”
Even though Indelicato hasn’t personally examined Milton, he’s seen numerous dislocated knees throughout his illustrious career.
What makes Milton’s injury so uniquely serious, he says, is the related nerve damage, which often times doesn’t fully recover.
You can have a dislocated knee without nerve damage (see New Orleans Saints backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater) and a return to the field is much more likely.
But even when the nerve is only bruised or stretched, Indelicato says, “It causes a loss of sensation and motor capacity to move your foot up and down. Recovering from nerve damage is a long, slow process.”
Even if Milton is able to recover, it won’t be by next season.
According to Indelicato, Milton is facing at least one more surgery (for the total knee reconstruction) and possibly more.
If Milton plays again for UCF, it will be in 2020.
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