Ryan Howard Has Ruptured Achillies Tendon

[7290morint]

Sounds like they won't know recovery time until after the surgery. Can't have surgery until the swelling goes down. Bad time for that 5 year $125 million extension to kick in...

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[ckilgor5]

Wonder if it'll hinder him in any way in the coming years. I would assume his physical therapy will be extensive and brutal to get him back into shape, but one has to wonder?

[W_Raoul2]

Typical surgeries like this take a long time to heal, rehab, and be back to normal. Expected return time should be May-June. And that's assuming there's no setbacks.

[7290morint]

Typical surgeries like this take a long time to heal, rehab, and be back to normal. Expected return time should be May-June. And that's assuming there's no setbacks.

Yeah, I would expect the worse in this case and hope for the best. They said they can take anywhere from 6-12 months to recover. He already has a body type that doesn't age very well so I can't imagine that this will help. It's going to be really interesting to see what he looks like in 5 years. He has already been in decline for the past 2 seasons.

[HadWayTooMuch]

Sign Jim Thome to platoon with Mayberry. It will be the farewell tour for Thome. Who's in?

[brado8236]

And let it not be overlooked how classy those fans in Philly were when they booed him after this career-altering injury.

[Moustakasfan1]

Good. Im a Phils fan and i even hate him.

[7290morint]

Good. Im a Phils fan and i even hate him.

You are saying that you are happy he has a ruptured tendon and could miss the season? Nice....

[Moustakasfan1]

You are saying that you are happy he has a ruptured tendon and could miss the season? Nice....

i've never liked him he doesn't hustle like a lot of players these days

[IndyKMB]

Typical surgeries like this take a long time to heal, rehab, and be back to normal. Expected return time should be May-June. And that's assuming there's no setbacks.

I'll take that. I was (and am) expecting August at the earliest.

[leebal24]

I live in Clearwater florida and once year our family had a fire,so the insurance company put us up in a condo style....Little did we know our springtime neighbor was non other than ryan howard! So i asked the lady that was with him if my son and daughter could meet him for an autograph,she said sure and i left the cards to get signed with him....We saw him a few times after that leaving the apartment and never did we get the photo or the autograph .let alone the cards back(which i could care less about)He to me is an arrogant jerk but never would i wish him an injury just root against him on the field!

[boomo]

There is nothing on earth pain wise like a torn achilles, nothing.
He was already on the decline, color him about finished after this.
This is an injury you never fully recover from.

[ND3]

I see 2-3 achillies tears a week. A couple of suture anchors and a tendon augment he will be fine. After surgery they will keep him imbolizied for 6-8 weeks. HoPefully he will come back and play at the same level.

[JohnnyBeGood]

Having torn my achillies while playing basketball, I can tell you that he will probably be back in May. Its not like he is a burner on the base paths anyways so an earlier return with an extensive rehab wouldn't be out of the question. I would not be suprised if he is at least swinging the bat at spring trainning but he won't be running too much and he won't be playing defense. A full recovery is almost a lock, my repaired achillies feels stronger then the one which hasn't been torn. Worst pain of my life though at the time.

[jbellis74]

I think he will be out the entire year if its a full tear and not a partial tear

[anusinha]

SO what if he hit a home run in that at bat? would he have to crawl around the bases? Could his teammates help him? What if he had a stroke or something, would the home run count?

[BostonNut]

A pinch runner is allowed to run the bases.

This actually happened to Gabe Kapler a few years back with the Red Sox. He was on first base and the batter hit a homer run and Kapler injured his tendon rounding second base.

SO what if he hit a home run in that at bat? would he have to crawl around the bases? Could his teammates help him? What if he had a stroke or something, would the home run count?

[xbignick]

Sounds like they won't know recovery time until after the surgery. Can't have surgery until the swelling goes down. Bad time for that 5 year $125 million extension to kick in...

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Expected to be out till May or June of 2012 based on previous injuries on the same kind and how they recovered. Contract was terrible before the injury...now...

[Original Boski]

Any time is a bad time to have his 5/125 extension kick in. An appallingly dumb contract for a player who is over rated in the first place and whose skill set will not age well.