chris98251":2wpizr68 said:
Having had 8 joint surgerys of different degrees I can tell you that it can feel much better until you field test it under duress, shoulder, wrists and elbows for me, once used normally in a function that loads it it gets sore and can swell as the scar tissue and surgical site gets stressed. Resting it and then repeating the re hab exercises going forward until the surgical site accepts the wear and tear your going to subject it to takes time. Also everyones body heals differently and reacts different. If he didn't incur additional damage and it's a reaction to the stress of a real game then he may have a set back for a couple weeks. He has to re establish motion and flexibility as well as reduce inflammation of the surgical site flaring up to protect itself. He may have a fluid build up also which puts pressure on things. Till we know for sure we can only wait. But it's not abnormal for this stuff to happen.
Excellent insight and I agree. Here's something else that I wonder might not be going on with Percy Harvin. That is, I wonder if he might perhaps also be dealing with the myth that he's going to be 100% fixed up, good as new. In listening to some of his comments prior to the surgery, those appeared to be the kind of sentiments I was hearing from him. This past summer, I was listening to an ex-baseball player (I can't remember who exactly, but what he said really struck a cord). He said that he'd had surgery and was incredibly frustrated because no matter how hard he worked, things just never felt completely right. He didn't feel like himself at all. One day, he was talking with a sage veteran player who told him, "You're never going to be 100% "normal" ever again. You've got to find a NEW 100% normal." He said that conversation right there saved his career because before that, he was seriously considering retiring. I can relate somewhat.
In 1997, I broke the head of the radius in my right elbow playing basketball. The orthopedic surgeon who treated me and did the surgery said he's never seen that kind of injury before, and even though he was one of the top surgeons in the region, had never done that exact surgery before. Because of the kind of break it was, he had to open up the arm and put in 3 small disolveable screws in to the bone fragments to bring them back together. He told my wife prior to the surgery (he didn't tell me) that I'd probably only ever get between 60-65% of my range of motion. I worked amazingly hard in rehab though -- absolutely killed myself. I endured my share of pain in PT, as all the ligaments, tendons, and scar tissue went through a lot of stretching in my daily exercises. Even months after the break healed, I would move my arm, feel some pain, and swear that it was still broken ... even though doctors would tell me everything was fine. In the end (and today still) I would say that I have between 90-95% of the strength and range of motion that I used to have. BUT, prior to my injury, I would say that I had a halfway decent arm and used to be able to zip a rock out across a lake quite a ways. Now after my surgery ... even, what is it, 16 years later, that extra little ooopm! that I used to have ... is gone. That extra bit of zip, isn't quite as zippy anymore and no matter how hard I've worked, I've never gotten that back. I had to find and accept a new normal for my arm. If I could talk to Harvin face to face, I would tell him that I understand how hard it is to accept this ... but the Percy Harvin you were before the surgery, is gone. You've got to find the new Percy Harvin and what's normal for him.
