Max Power
3-07-06, 12:24 PM
Lindros Or his Father
Does this guy just bring every team he's involved with down or what?
Hey Lindros you're grown man who can make your own decisions. Tell you papa to stay out and be a big boy about your medical issues. With your medical past getting second opinions should be a norm.
Lindros's father takes aim at doctors
Questions treatment: 'I don't know why they got him back on the ice'
Michael Traikos
National Post
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
TORONTO - With Eric Lindros days away from undergoing season-ending wrist surgery, his father said the Maple Leafs forward could have been healthy and playing had doctors recommended alternative treatment.
"What happened is that the team said Eric had three options: play with a brace, go into a cast, or go have surgery," said Carl Lindros, who is also his son's agent.
"The team thought that the best [course] -- which is what they recommended -- was to proceed with option No. 1. So Eric was working along in conjunction with the medical plan of the team."
But instead of healing the torn ligaments in his wrist, his father said the brace actually did more damage.
"You might think that he should have been casted right off the bat," said his father. "If the splint wasn't working, then you've lost a month of healing. And in fact it's negative healing."
It was at the end of a 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Dec. 10 that Lindros jammed his right wrist. He had been trying to take a wrist shot and was hooked from behind.
Initially, Lindros was fitted for a brace and tried to rehabilitate the injury with physical therapy and strength exercises.
"What's supposed to happen in a healing situation is you allow the tendon or whatever it is to reconnect," his father said. "If you're doing something that's preventing that connection, then it doesn't heal.
"I don't know why they got him back on the ice."
After missing 27 games, Lindros returned to the Leafs' lineup after the Olympic break. In his first game back, he still wore a protective brace and was hesitant in shooting the puck.
Against Ottawa on Saturday, Lindros took a slap shot that led to re-injury.
In an emotional post-game interview, Lindros told reporters that he would require season-ending surgery. It could take up to seven months before he is ready to play again.
His father said despite initial reports, surgery "was never a recommendation" last December.
But Leafs general manager John Ferguson said Lindros had the final say regarding his health.
"The ultimate decision on the surgery always remains up to the player," he said. "For the ligament to heal without surgical intervention, it would require the immobilization for a period of time and followed by strengthening and et cetera."
? National Post 2006
Does this guy just bring every team he's involved with down or what?
Hey Lindros you're grown man who can make your own decisions. Tell you papa to stay out and be a big boy about your medical issues. With your medical past getting second opinions should be a norm.
Lindros's father takes aim at doctors
Questions treatment: 'I don't know why they got him back on the ice'
Michael Traikos
National Post
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
TORONTO - With Eric Lindros days away from undergoing season-ending wrist surgery, his father said the Maple Leafs forward could have been healthy and playing had doctors recommended alternative treatment.
"What happened is that the team said Eric had three options: play with a brace, go into a cast, or go have surgery," said Carl Lindros, who is also his son's agent.
"The team thought that the best [course] -- which is what they recommended -- was to proceed with option No. 1. So Eric was working along in conjunction with the medical plan of the team."
But instead of healing the torn ligaments in his wrist, his father said the brace actually did more damage.
"You might think that he should have been casted right off the bat," said his father. "If the splint wasn't working, then you've lost a month of healing. And in fact it's negative healing."
It was at the end of a 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on Dec. 10 that Lindros jammed his right wrist. He had been trying to take a wrist shot and was hooked from behind.
Initially, Lindros was fitted for a brace and tried to rehabilitate the injury with physical therapy and strength exercises.
"What's supposed to happen in a healing situation is you allow the tendon or whatever it is to reconnect," his father said. "If you're doing something that's preventing that connection, then it doesn't heal.
"I don't know why they got him back on the ice."
After missing 27 games, Lindros returned to the Leafs' lineup after the Olympic break. In his first game back, he still wore a protective brace and was hesitant in shooting the puck.
Against Ottawa on Saturday, Lindros took a slap shot that led to re-injury.
In an emotional post-game interview, Lindros told reporters that he would require season-ending surgery. It could take up to seven months before he is ready to play again.
His father said despite initial reports, surgery "was never a recommendation" last December.
But Leafs general manager John Ferguson said Lindros had the final say regarding his health.
"The ultimate decision on the surgery always remains up to the player," he said. "For the ligament to heal without surgical intervention, it would require the immobilization for a period of time and followed by strengthening and et cetera."
? National Post 2006