[gatortalk] Re: Would you play Tebow at LSU or make him rest?

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:34:32 -0700

Unfortunately  the Gator football team has had a lot more experience with concussions this year than any others I can remember. 
 
I think one of the Offensive linemen had one (Patchan maybe?) and one of the safeties - early in the season (before the first game).  then Tebow and I read that one of the DBs, I think a corner back?
 
Not sure how many others
 
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Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Would you play Tebow at LSU or make him rest?
From: Helen Huntley <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, September 30, 2009 11:20 am
To: [email protected]

I was interested in the stories today about the balance testing and such that they were doing with Tebow (and apparently with Meyer because he was interested). I was also impressed that UF has baseline testing for all the football players so they would be able to compare pre-injury and post-injury test results. It seems that that at least provides some objective measurement.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:08 AM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sep 29, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Oliver Barry wrote:

That’s exactly what Meyer is doing.  Nor are the doctors leaving it up to Tebow to tell them he’s ok.  There are specific tests that can easily determine if he has recovered sufficiently to play in 2 weeks. 

I disagree with this. Other than MR Spectroscopy (which is hardly an exact science) there is nothing about a concussion that a CT or MR will be able to show you other than an intracranial bleed, which has already been ruled out.

The other tests are along the lines of "How do you feel?" "Have you experienced any headaches?" and "Do you feel drowsy?" They are not very exact procedures, are capable of being shaded by person answering, and there is a lot of concurrent causation of the symptoms (including the flu, which we know that TT has), leading to unclear decisions.

BTW, was anyone as mad as I was TT sat in the cart in the tunnel for a good 10 minutes or more waiting on the ambulance? If he had had an intracranial bleed, that time could have meant the difference between life and death.

-Zeb



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