UPDATE: Drake Harris did not tear hamstring
March 26th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^
Antonio Bass all over again?
March 26th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
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March 26th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
Bass was reportedly lucky to still be able to walk after his knee injury. Harris can still come back from this...But I take your general point. Ugh.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:20 PM ^
With an even more rare common peroneal nerve injury that never improved. The peroneal neuropathy ended his career.
You can walk with a dense foot drop, so his ability to ambulate was never in question. He would never be a competitive athlete, however.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
EXACTLY what I was going to say
March 26th, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
When he finally got the enormous cast off, his foot hung from his ankle, limp, useless. The doctors told him he would likely never get feeling back in it. With rehab and practice, he could learn to walk on it — maybe not much else.
http://www.michigandaily.com/content/antonio-bass-profile
The point stands that he was in much worse shape than Harris, but I concede that may not mean Harris sees the field again.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
I heard he was starting next year.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
The Antonio Bass reference was getting awfully dated, and now we have a fresh new (if equally depressing) reference to replace it with!
March 26th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^
Poop.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
Is this the sort of legitimate, long-term problem that could lead to a medical hardship exit?
March 26th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
That was going to be my question. I just wonder if his hamstrings will ever be strong enough to be able to play. He's got to be so discouraged, feel bad for the guy.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
Is there such a thing as a genetically weak hamstring? Or is a hamstring, once torn, somehow permanently weakened and thus likely to tear again? This situation seems so unusual. Are there any doctors in the house who can explain this?
March 26th, 2015 at 12:12 PM ^
March 26th, 2015 at 12:30 PM ^
Try sitting down and putting one foot across the other thigh - it's really not that hard...
March 26th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^
There are A LOT of things that could make a person prone to muscle strains. It's hard to speculate without knowing more about this particular case. We don't even know if all the injuries have been the same leg, let alone contiguous within the same muscle.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^
So will not comment on Drake.
However, will just state that unless you avulse the ischium with a proximal hamstring tear, fibula with a distal tear, surgery isn't really indicated.
I guess someone could try PRP?
March 26th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
that clears it up . . . .
March 26th, 2015 at 12:30 PM ^
Not a doctor, but this is what I got from the looking it up.
After tearing a hamstring muscle, a person is 2 to 6 times more likely to suffer a subsequent injury. Surgery is required to treat the most severe cases. However, in most cases, hamstring injuries are managed with physical therapy.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:14 PM ^
There is a huge thread over at Scout right now discussing the possibility that Drake may quit football and try his hand at UM Basketball. Sam Webb posted in the thread stating:
The basics are Michigan approached a player about taking a medical scholarship and that player's family is weighing the options because they don't believe the player's athletic career is over. They're going to explore whether continuing an athletic career at Michigan is one of those options.Sounds like it could be Harris to me.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:22 PM ^
I can't find it anywhere. All I see is people saying that this is just a rumor based on a "kernel of truth". Not sure anyone knows exactly what's going on.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
It's under the Attrition? thread by bigshooter1.
FWIW Allen Trieu just posted that he can confirm he DID NOT tear his hamstring.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^
Does UM have a varsity archery team that Drake could play on? Maybe debate?
March 26th, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
Can't speak for Harris, but in my college sports career and after, my hamstring tears would never go away. stretching, strength training, utlrasound, etc etc etc and the problem never went away. Very aggrivating but it seems like there are those that just can't get past it.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:20 PM ^
He's had issues with this hamstring 3 times right?
Hard to tell without knowing the details of each injury and his past medical history but probably not. However, by now the physicians treating him should probably start to suspect biomechanical issues that need to be corrected.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
March 26th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
Fuck plays basketball.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
Hopefully the offense isn't hamstrung by these injuries. Too soon? Hope he heals up.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
Do they make synthetic hamstrings they can replace his with?
March 26th, 2015 at 12:34 PM ^
They are called rubberbands...
March 26th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
Feel really bad for the kid. Hopefully he can take a medical this year and then maybe, eventually, heal up and get back on the field at some point. Seems to me like he needs to see a more specialized orthopod to consult with and maybe a more focused physical therapist as well (assuming he hasn't already, which sometimes is surprisingly the case).
March 26th, 2015 at 12:14 PM ^
Zoiks! That 2nd hit is brutal!!!
March 26th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
a tackling training film from East Lansing ....
Go Blue!
March 26th, 2015 at 12:39 PM ^
just sent that kid back into the game......
March 26th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
March 26th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
poor kid.
Good luck in your recovery process Drake!
March 26th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
I tore my ACL and they used my hamstring. Bad Choice for me. Apparently hamstrings are important.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^
And would much rather rupture a hamstring (and rehab) as opposed to the patellar tendon (your other autograft choice for ACL reconstruction).
March 26th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
Calling Mgostrength. Is this just an issue of this kids hamstrings not being strong enough? It's got to be hard building up strength in a muscle when you've been tearing it for three consecutive years. What I've seen in in my years of following the NFL is that once these things start to happen they don't stop. Sad.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
March 26th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
Hamstring injuries are notoriously fickle injuries. Once you tear one there is no guarantee that it will ever fully recover, and odds are you will continuously have hamstring difficulties from then on. He's torn a hamstring twice now, which is possible to come back from but it doesn't bode well for the rest of his athletic career.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
Yeah, unfortunately this could be his career. Not playing his senior season means he hasn't played in a long time. He has to be far behind everyone else by now.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
It's such a shame because he is a dynamic playmaker at wide receiver that Michigan desperately needs. Best of luck to him and if he wants to do the rehab and come back, more power to him
March 26th, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
Be strong Drake.
March 26th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^