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Shazier Jogs

Isn't that a little risky jogging at this point if your gait is still affected?

I continue to pull for him to have as much of a normal life as possible....
 
He has got a GREAT story happening and I'm not one to say yes or no. I just hope he is man enough to accept if he can't actually play on the field of football. I'm hoping he has the stregnth to accept a credible life with near full activity as opposed to a crushing, possible ending mobility football career. He himself can only know the direction he is going and for the motivational side of things it's his being able to play and start. Good Luck which ever way he progresses but let our Savior Jesus Christ help him always, regardless of direction.






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slashsteel said:
Isn't that a little risky jogging at this point if your gait is still affected?

I continue to pull for him to have as much of a normal life as possible....
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No, if his doctor cleared him, he can jog. Jogging can actually help with building strength and improve his gait.
 
Cope said:
No, if his doctor cleared him, he can jog. Jogging can actually help with building strength and improve his gait.
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I get that aspect of it. But the thinking was say he is jogging and because his gait is unsteady he loses balance, falls, and then creates a new injury or re-injures the old one.
 
He will never get back to where he WAS, but I sure hope he can live a normal life going forward.
 
slashsteel said:
I get that aspect of it. But the thinking was say he is jogging and because his gait is unsteady he loses balance, falls, and then creates a new injury or re-injures the old one.
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He can't reinjure the spinal stabilization. Good point though about a different injury. I'd like to see footage. I assume, it not like a normal person jogging. Probably much smaller steps.
 
Cope said:
He can't reinjure the spinal stabilization. Good point though about a different injury. I'd like to see footage. I assume, it not like a normal person jogging. Probably much smaller steps.
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Smaller steps , slower pace.
 
He's gotta at least try to come back. I know I would.....But, he will soon realize it is not going to happen & he will be a full time Steeler coach by 2020....

An incredible story, and the fact remains we did not know if he would ever walk again for several weeks there. His quality of life did not look good for the first what 3-4 weeks? He has come so far

Guy is so strong internally...
 
I’m very please for Ryan that he can lead a pretty normal life. Take his kid to the park, toss the ball around with the kid and do the everyday things we take for granted like walk to the car and drive to the store, although I hate shopping.
I just hope he realizes at some point that playing again jeopardizes all of this for what, football.
If he never plays another down that’s fine with me. He demonstrated that he could play at the NFL level with much success. Ryan, coach which still keeps you involved in what you love and let’s you walk through the front door at the end of each day.


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To jog? the guy already is a winner. No shame with anything not happening past that.

You have to love the guys determination.
 
All I wish for this man is to continue to get back to normal. Not the field. I also hope, somehow, somewhat the Rooney’s continue to have this man part of our organization
 
Keep on keeping on. I'm really glad he keeps progressing. He's already way past the point many gave him the chance of going.
 
TDX27 said:
I probably read it before but it hit me again reading that - they gave Shazier only a 20% chance of ever walking again. WOW! Dude is a true inspiration!
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I'm 99% sure you never read that he had only a 20% of ever walking again. That's bogus.

He had a nasty spinal contusion... which of course can result in complete paralysis, but thank God that wasn't the case. His paralysis was temporary from the initial trauma his spinal cord received.
Recall he had non emergency spinal stabilization surgery...which was done in order to make sure no more damage would occur.


According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), spinal contusions are especially common among NFL players. It’s the same injury that Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeVonte Holloman suffered in 2013 and that New York Giants linebacker Jameel McClain experienced in 2012. Both Holloman and McClain have since retired from football.

Replay of Shazier's injury pic.twitter.com/DWU8u3imn6
— '03 Kliff Kingsbury (@fearthe_beard11) December 5, 2017
“Steelers told Ryan Shazier has a spinal contusion and that some swelling is involved,” reported Aditi Kinkhabwala, a reporter for the NFL Network. “Mike Tomlin and Kevin Colbert took a police escort to hospital.”

The term “contusion” is medical parlance for a bruise — what happens when the capillaries under the skin break, causing blood to spill out and swelling to build. While most bruises may seem minor, they can be quite dangerous when they happen close to the spinal cord, the neurological highway that runs from the brain to the rest of the body. The flood of blood under the skin causes serious swelling, which can incapacitate any nerves in the area through intense squeezing or by cutting off their blood supply.

Depending on where the trauma occurs, “the spinal cord’s ability to send and receive messages from the brain to the body’s systems that control sensory, motor and autonomic function below the level of injury” could be jeopardized, according to the AANS.
 
Stewey said:
I'm 99% sure you never read that he had only a 20% of ever walking again. That's bogus.

He had a nasty spinal contusion... which of course can result in complete paralysis, but thank God that wasn't the case. His paralysis was temporary from the initial trauma his spinal cord received.
Recall he had non emergency spinal stabilization surgery...which was done in order to make sure no more damage would occur.


According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), spinal contusions are especially common among NFL players. It’s the same injury that Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeVonte Holloman suffered in 2013 and that New York Giants linebacker Jameel McClain experienced in 2012. Both Holloman and McClain have since retired from football.

Replay of Shazier's injury pic.twitter.com/DWU8u3imn6
— '03 Kliff Kingsbury (@fearthe_beard11) December 5, 2017
“Steelers told Ryan Shazier has a spinal contusion and that some swelling is involved,” reported Aditi Kinkhabwala, a reporter for the NFL Network. “Mike Tomlin and Kevin Colbert took a police escort to hospital.”

The term “contusion” is medical parlance for a bruise — what happens when the capillaries under the skin break, causing blood to spill out and swelling to build. While most bruises may seem minor, they can be quite dangerous when they happen close to the spinal cord, the neurological highway that runs from the brain to the rest of the body. The flood of blood under the skin causes serious swelling, which can incapacitate any nerves in the area through intense squeezing or by cutting off their blood supply.

Depending on where the trauma occurs, “the spinal cord’s ability to send and receive messages from the brain to the body’s systems that control sensory, motor and autonomic function below the level of injury” could be jeopardized, according to the AANS.
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You would be 100% wrong, he read it from the article posted in the initial post.
 
As was said, I would be thrilled to see him jog out of that tunnel in street clothes and lead the team onto the field. The place would explode. Would be awesome.
 
******* Davis. Can you think of three good plays he’s made? I can’t.
 
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