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Prior to Durant suffering that catastrophic injury, in the time he was rehabbing the strained calf and speculation was growing as to when, or if, he would return, CBS Sports spoke with Dr. Alan Beyer, an orthopedic surgeon and the executive medical director at Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Southern California, about the dangers of Durant returning too soon and the precarious nature of his particular injury. "Now, in terms of the actual science, we have known for years that it takes at least a year for a rebuilt ACL to fully vascularize, for all the blood vessels to grow into the new ligament and for it to have as good of blood supply as an uninjured ACL," Dr. Beyer went on.
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"Think about how many ACL injuries we've seen over the years, and how many high-level athletes stay out for two years. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. The reason I say that is the best way to get a ligament, or a bone, or any biological tissue that is healing, to heal faster is to stress it and keep upping that stress.
If you are playing before that, you're playing on a ligament that's not done healing. Dr. Tim Hewett, an expert knee doctor who spent the bulk of his career studying the biomechanics of the knee, says Thompson tore his left ACL in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals.
"So when you say it could take up to two years for a torn ACL to be fully healed, yes, the true biology on that is technically correct.
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"Please do share that with Klay," Dr. Hewett, who has consulted with NBA trainers in the past, told Heavy.com. The concern is the ligament itself, and that's a strong ligament with a lot of bulk.
“This is not my opinion. It's not some piece of thread in there holding everything together.
To that point, here is a list, per ACL Recovery Club, of every NBA player who tore his ACL from 1970 to 2014. at People don't like to hear it but it does not change the facts, and that facts are that you're at risk for re-injury before two years and you won't be the same player in the first year. In fact, Dr. Tim Hewett, a consultant who has spent most of career studying the biomechanics of the knee, … "So, don't panic, Warriors fans.
"Again, nine to 12 months is the return window if there aren't any setbacks," Dr. Beyer concluded.
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