Shontrelle - Injury

[Yes13]

Herniated Disc Neck Treatment - Non-Surgical and Surgical Options

Now it's not playing football, but "Most patients are up and walking about the day after surgery."

[Rickybaby]

Your speculations are accurate. If the injury is to the point where he does in fact need the vertebrae fused I'm nearly positive he'd be done with football for good. It's not a guarantee that this is the case, but it's not looking great right nwow.

Yes, I am pretty familiar about these things because I have gone thru them myself. A neck injury like that is very, very serious. Even if the vertebrae were fused I would think his football career SHOULD be over. RB's take hits to the head regularly; helmet-to-helmet. Going over a pile you get spun around and can land on you head; and that's not to count getting piled on by some pretty huge guys too.

My biggest fear is that Shontrelle will be told that his football career is over yet he will not accept that answer and continue to play. That is just the attitude of people that age; they think they are invincible. Again, been there done that. I really feel sorry for the guy and I really hope he gets the kind of treatment he will need. If he comes out of this feeling good and wanting to play then that'g great. He should count his blessings and quit while he is ahead.

[hiwhatis]

Wow this is awful! Thoughts and prayers with shontrelle!

[burn587]

Has to be no more than 30% a of the team's games (and you can't play in the second half of the season). The good news is 30% of 12 games is 3.6 and the NCAA rounds up, so you can play in 4 games and get a medical hardship.

Good to know, and with him not redshirting prior to this that has to help. Anyway I hope he can play again, but he needs to do what is best for his long term health.

[Judoka]

That's to bad. Hope everything turns out alright.

My question. If we get an injury from Duck or White next, do we burn a RS off Nealy or Standard?

I think that unless both of them go down redshirts would stay on. We'd probably just see more of Woody. He might not be a feature back but he could have more range if we needed him too. For sure we wouldn't pull a redshirt off during a game unless all four of them went down.

[Tre4ISU]

That's to bad. Hope everything turns out alright.

My question. If we get an injury from Duck or White next, do we burn a RS off Nealy or Standard?

I think you have to. Probably Standard. I think Nealy has more upside but Standard is probably more ready.

[CY22]

He should look into this:

Cervical Spine Pain Relief | Cox Technic

Treatment of cervical ra... [J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2001 Mar-Apr] - PubMed - NCBI

Might be able to avoid a surgery or cervical fusion route with this type of treatment. Appears to be a few certified in the DM area, granted a lot of people get certified primarily for the lumbar aspect of it (low back). But hey, if it improves his chances of returning to the field and doing something he loves, might as well give it a go.

[ajk4st8]

I see patients daily with cervical disc problems. Traction, rest, modalities do work for some.

A minimally invasive discectomy is a really minor surgery that does not involve fusion.

A fusion would likely be a last resort (or the problem was really pretty bad)

[Cloned4Life]

Any evidence/reports this is true? I see a bunch of posts freaking out that his career is over when we have NO idea what is going on...

[yler4cy]

My thoughts are with SJ.

[MNclone]

Wow, hope he can make a full recovery and doesn't have major permanent damage. Thoughts and prayers with him.

[woodie]

Get well soon! Thank God we have depth at running back.

is shontrelle out for the season?
shontrelle best wishes in your recovery...

[Cychotiic]

Any evidence/reports this is true? I see a bunch of posts freaking out that his career is over when we have NO idea what is going on...

This

[cy4prez7]

Any evidence/reports this is true? I see a bunch of posts freaking out that his career is over when we have NO idea what is going on...

Yeah I hope this is just speculation!