Erick All Undergoes Successful Back Surgery

Yes, very surprising. Also surprising, the surgery was in Fort Myers.

Very weird. I’d guess it’s a discectomy (just based on the most common back injury that would involve a surgical intervention with a young athlete). No idea why he’d go all the way to Florida for what’s a pretty common procedure. 

Have a relative who is a trainer for one of the Big 10 schools and sounds like it's becoming increasingly common for college and minor leaguers/junior hockey players to go to those who are in the pro "network" of doctors which is largely driven by agents--not that All has an agent.

He also said Mich Med is in a bit of a "rebuild" as one of their best sports docs recently left to another state.

This can't be either if he plans to play again. I think this is disc surgery that he can recover from fully, hopefully. I hope it's not disc replacement. Either way, that's not fusion. Even at a young age

Ok, I’ve got this one (literally).

Double cervical disk replacement. Went from total inability to function, untreatable pain, radiating neuropathy, inability to sleep, drive, etc., to full go with weightlifting 2x week and on golf course 2x+/week w/in 24 hours post surgery. No PT. Some meds for residual tissue discomfort (esophagus moves one way, carotid moves the other way to make room for procedure).

Recovery times for thoracic and lumbar replacement are longer due to the fact that surgeries are similarly performed from anterior and the surgeon has to move more stuff around to get at those locations. I’m scheduled for a lumbar replacement just after college football season has concluded and my understanding in talking to other patients is to expect 5 months to get back to full go given the organs and other systems they have to move around to make room for this procedure.

The surgery was quite literally life changing after completed, as in I went under in total crisis, and woke up and immediately knew I was “fixed” there was some icing and neck bracing for 5 or so days to control inflammation and allow tissue to heal. Next to no visible scar.

Post surgical results in professional athletes typically return to nearly 100% functionally as long as they wait for the bone to fuse properly with the specially coated titanium plates inserted into the vertebrae above and below the viscous ball of flexible material between the titanium plates that enables a return to the joint’s 8-way natural mobility.

I went to Johns Hopkins (best for these procedures), Mayo Clinic, and 3-4 “leading surgeons” who treated famous sports types and most surgeons recommend surgeries that the profession that has most comfort with (“fusion” and/or micro decompression) because that is what insurance covers and old school treatments (while not nearly as successful) lowers their risk of liability for malpractice (old tried and true if largely imperfect) but the best surgeons regardless of geographic location for TDR who work with cutting edge techniques and the latest FDA approved artificial disk technologies aren’t necessarily found in large teaching hospitals it’s wherever “the guy” who develops the techniques and/or the products resides. In my case, Beverly Hills (and plastic surgeons for incision and close in natural neck creases so no noticeable scar afterwards either).

Say no to fusion and yes to TDR but choose surgeon and replacement disk product carefully. Took me 18 months of intensive study, multiple surgeon/specialist visits and interviews to get the right combo.

For me, no reduction in activity, no residual symptomatology. TDR for the win!

How do we know it was back surgery? The tweet only references surgery, but not the type. The OP states that it was back surgery, but I’m not seeing where they came up with the type of surgery. 

Is there a YouTube analogue to posterized? Because PSU's #4 already has two or three such situations against Michigan, and he's only a sophomore.

Amazing execution of an amazing play call.  I may have to search for list of great Michigan game winning plays.  This right there with Kolesar, Manningham, and Carter.

I'm glad you said that.  I didn't know what to make out of this news!  Get well soon, young man, and as always,"Go Blue!"

Y'All comes back now, y'hear?

Theres also the possibility that “Life changing surgery” might not be in reference to the severity of the injury itself. If All is someone that suffers from chronic back pain to the point of being immobile at times, and this (hypothetically) minor surgery is something that fixes the issue then that is something that could also be considered life changing. 
 

Point being that what information we have at this point is much too vague for assumptions or guesses to be made. 

His back

It seems no one knows.  Lots of guesses though.

...fully heals

Good to hear, back pain is debilitating