John Vasudevan has treated galore shot players with injuries akin to Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts’ sprained shoulder. Vasudevan, a sports medicine doc astatine Penn Medicine, did not analyse Hurts, but based connected the property reports thinks the enarthrosis wounded is “more aggravating than dangerous.”
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Hurts sprained his enarthrosis successful the Eagles triumph against the Chicago Bears connected Sunday, caput manager Nick Sirriani confirmed Tuesday morning. Sirianni told 94.1 WIP that the wounded is “not thing we deem to beryllium agelong term.” He didn’t regularisation retired Hurts for Saturday’s crippled against the Cowboys but according to NFL sources that seems unlikely.
What is simply a enarthrosis sprain?
A sprain is an wounded of a ligament successful the enarthrosis area, Vasudevan said.
When speechmaking the sum connected Hurts’ shoulder, the doc didn’t perceive immoderate of the words that would interest him: fracture, tear, dislocation, oregon instability. Reports that the quarterback’s X-ray results were antagonistic suggest that these much superior injuries person apt been ruled out, Vasudevan said.
“It’s a truly communal wounded successful football,” helium said.
How agelong volition it instrumentality Jalen Hurts to retrieve from enarthrosis sprain?
A enarthrosis sprain is painful, limits movement, and could seat a subordinate for up to six weeks.
Eagles Tight End Dallas Goedert has been retired for a period owed to a enarthrosis injury, and adjacent though helium practiced up of the Bears game helium didn’t play. Coaching staff cleared him to play today, Tuesday, up of the Cowboys game.
NFL sources told the Inquirer that Hurts volition apt beryllium sidelined for 2 weeks, which suggests helium has a people 1 oregon 2 sprain, Vasudevan said.
The large question for Hurts and the team’s doctors is whether the clip his should needs to heal aligns with the team’s needs successful the last regular play games, Vasudevan said.
“It’s hard to unreserved nature,” helium said.
How volition Hurts and his doctors determine if helium is acceptable to play?
He whitethorn beryllium capable to play done the wounded astatine 80% oregon 90% for a fewer weeks and commencement arsenic aboriginal arsenic this Saturday. But Hurts and his doctors volition request to determine whether it is amended to springiness him much clip to rest, truthful that helium tin get backmost to 100% for the play-offs.
“I stake you Jalen would emotion to commencement and spot what helium tin bash but [if his enarthrosis isn’t ready] it’s going to beryllium up to the doc to say, ‘you astir apt shouldn’t play conscionable yet,’” Vasudevan said.