Same. Bone density issues or something else of that nature? We have all seen players leap and land more awkwardly than this, and even break bones, but this is just so shocking.

I hope for a complete recovery and I hope the healing has minimal pain.

 

While a previous unnoticed fracture may have contributed, the bones are designed to handle stress centrally. If you watch the video (and I won't post the video because of the already graphic nature that nobody wants to relive) you should pay attention to the point where it actually breaks. When his right leg hits the ground and its extended outward to slow him down after he jumped, he still has a good amount of momentum pushing him forward. This is where things like gravity and good basketball shoes kick in because these things are keeping his feet and legs on the ground, his leg was put under a LOT of pressure from this momentum and it snapped. The bone is designed to handle weight and stress centrally and distribute as such. It isn't designed to deal with stress that is coming at a diagonal direction like this circumstance and whats why we saw the break that we did. If you know a little about about this, this is actually would probably be classified as a typical/classical tibula-fibula break.

To illustrate peoples lust for gore. The thread entitled A Better Picture of Kevin Ware was posted just 16 minutes after the this thread, yet this thread has almost 4 times as many views as the nice thread.

 

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with it, because I had to come here first, too. It's just fascinating to observe human behavior.

By no means a health expert, but I believe it was a freak accident. If you watch the injury in slow motion he comes down at an angle, rolls his ankle, and all his weight is on the Tibia I believe it was. So the right amount of pressure and weight on one leg can do that I would assume. Especially if the reports of a preexisting stress fracture are true.

 

Part of me thinks there could have been something pre-existing, but I really think it was just a freak accident. He landed the right way (or wrong way) and all his weight came down on that leg.

^ Yep. The right amount of force and that pressure just has nowhere to go. Your ankle is meant to take a lot of it, but there's only so much it can do.

Apparently Ware was told by doctors today that he could be playing basketball again by October...

 

WOW...That is awesome.God does answers prayers...

Miracles do happen.....

 

When my girlfriend at the time and now my wife was in high school she had a similar injury in her forearm. Doctors told us that they have never seen that extent of an injury in the arm. Meaning the dislocation of the elbow and both bones in her arm compounded. Normally both don't occur. It was a cheerleading accident and we were told that she would have limited use of her arm period. With very hard work and determination she has full mobility. That was the night the war started in 1991. Here's hoping Kevin Ware has a speedy and full recovery so he can continue his dreams. My prayers are with this young man!!!

Ware said in one of his interviews today that doctors told him the bone would be healed in 12 weeks. The rest of the time is rehab and conditioning.

When Ware landed, did it look as if his knee was locked? Ie instead of coming down into a squat position where the force of the body is absorbed gradually on the way down, in his case, it looked as though the force was absorbed immediately upon impact of his foot to the ground and the bone could not absorb that much energy that suddenly.

At the risk of sounding like a self absorbed freak, does anyone else see this and worry about playing basketball anymore themselves? I mean I barely get any lift off the ground anyway, but this is terrifying. God bless that kid.

Ware said in one of his interviews today that doctors told him the bone would be healed in 12 weeks. The rest of the time is rehab and conditioning.

When I first heard that I nearly went in to shock. 8-12 weeks. I would have guessed 8-12 months. I am not sure how rehab and conditioning to a tibia compares to other broken bones of the body.

When Ware landed, did it look as if his knee was locked? Ie instead of coming down into a squat position where the force of the body is absorbed gradually on the way down, in his case, it looked as though the force was absorbed immediately upon impact of his foot to the ground and the bone could not absorb that much energy that suddenly.

 

I posted a little about this on the top of this current page but the bone is built in a certain way and thus is able to only absorb stress and force in a certain way (in this case centrall). The force, with his foot firmly on the court, came across his leg in a diagonal type fashion and cause a classic fibula-tibia bone break.

When I first heard that I nearly went in to shock. 8-12 weeks. I would have guessed 8-12 months. I am not sure how rehab and conditioning to a tibia compares to other broken bones of the body.

 

My son had to have a MAJOR knee surgery, where they actually broke the bone to his leg below the knee to go in with new cells . The DR explained that it was much faster and easier for bone to bone to grow back than tissue/cartlidge to the bone. The break in my sons leg healed in about the same time frame given above. It took over a 1 1/2 years for the knee to heal and rehab.

Kevin Ware on the Letterman show tonight by video telephone from Atlanta. Dave asked Kevin ten questions about his injury. Most of Kevin's answers were funny.

Has to be a stress fracture that was undiagnosed. Like when you close your car door a million times' date=' and that one time, the handle pops off. I may never "jump" again.[/quote']

 

Makes me really nervous about when my shin splints get really bad. Ouch.

Kevin Ware on the Letterman show tonight by video telephone from Atlanta. Dave asked Kevin ten questions about his injury. Most of Kevin's answers were funny.

 

Best line wasn't one of the top ten: "My mom freaks about the smallest thing". :lol: