Mitch Moses and his foot fracture are the Patreon Injury of the Week.
Surgery on Monday with an expected 8 week return, but this isn’t a fracture you want to rush!
Poor blood supply, tricky rehab, high re-fracture rate? All discussed in the Patreon Casualty Ward this week:
Mitch Moses - Jones fracture
Had surgery to stabilise a Jones fracture on Monday. Is a fracture of the bone on the pinky toe side of your foot (called the 5th metatarsal), and in short it’s one of the bones in the foot you don’t want to break. Why? The 5th metatarsal has a particularly poor blood supply, so healing and recovery times are more unpredictable. There a few tendons that attach onto this bone and often pull on the area of healing too.
It’s not the most common injury so we only have a few recent examples in NRL players:
Reed Mahoney - 10 week return to play
Aaron Woods - 12 week return to play (initially was aiming for an 8 week return to play)
The usual return to play range for this fracture type + surgery is 8-12 weeks, and those recent examples illustrate that. The important point here is considering the nature of Jones fractures (poor blood supply, extended healing times, tendon attachments etc) - trying to accelerate a return can have nasty consequences. Pushing rehab progress too quickly can cause increased soreness and actually extend the return date. But the real concern is that the rate of re-fracture and requiring a 2nd surgery globally in elite athletes is approx 20-25% - in the NFL it sits at 20% but they typically aim for a return in 6-8 weeks. So a case where accelerating a return is definitely possible, but doesn’t come without risk!
A great recent example of this (cross sport) is Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United football/soccer player). Returned to sport at 11 weeks post surgery, then re-fractured at approx 20 weeks post and required a 2nd surgical procedure.
The Eels are reportedly aiming for a return around the 8 week mark post surgery, which would track about right but re-injury risk is the main concern here.
Expected return - Rd 11-15
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Looking like 10 weeks if he's lucky
It's concerning the percentage of this injury recurring. It's possible when Moses does return he won't probably be at his best worrying he the injury doesn't reaccur..All because Laui supposedly stepped on his foot during Panthers match and received no report. Disgraceful. Hope Blaize turns into another Jarryd Hayne type replacement
i beleive it ocurred duing the Manly game and it was Luke Brooks
I had this same injury a bit over 20 years ago.
I didn't have surgery and was off work for nearly 6 months.
After 3 months they removed the cast and within 2 days it went again.
Very fucking painful.
Do not mind me asking BEM, why no surgery? If you feel uncomfortable answering it is more than fine to ignore my question.
Was this an impact injury bem?
I could see round 10-11 that sweet spot as mentioned. I guess a fortunate thing is his it was his left foot, non dominate foot to kick. However he also puts the most weight on that foot to kick as well. It says it's unpredictable so we will see. Good thing he got surgery immediately after scan pretty much.
6-12 weeks is the bracket the club apparently gave to journo's Hooper said. Have to be a come back in a month and see. Mahoney one must be the one from 2020 against Titans, then NRL shut down due to COVID and he was back starting at the resumption that was 8 and a half weeks.
It's a shame this happened to us, but he did have the groin injury too. Probably will help with the recovery with that too.
Yeah PP, the groin will now be well healed surely by the time he is back. Do not want it lingering all year than finally snap later in the year.
If blaize lites up and continues to burn teams Moses will get all the time he needs
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