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Big Ben's Ribs

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I am fairly certain the exact injury that Ben has.

It's not a cracked rib, it's not a broken rib. he was already wearing a flak, and hurt himself hitting the ground, and not that hard at that, so my only logical conclusion is:

He's playing with an intercostal muscle strain. For those of you that haven't heard of this injury, it's when you get a muscle pull between your ribs. Super painful. Just got one this season from hitting the water HARD, and I missed 4 weeks of hockey because of it. It hurts to breathe, it hurts to laugh/cough/sneeze, let alone throw a football and take hits.

He went to the locker room because he got a shot to that muscle. You don't shoot up a cracked bone, and he already had a flak jacket on, so no need to tape the ribs. When he returned, you saw him stretching. If you have a cracked rib, you don't move that way. He was working out the muscle strain, and trying to get the treatment to spread and relieve all of his pain in his throwing motion.

He was not ready to play when he came back out on the field. If he was ready, he would have been right next to Tomlin, not in the back stretching out and working through the pain. I will never question putting an injured player back on the field. Especially when that player is your franchise.

Now we have one solid truth for the rest of the season. Ben has an injury to his rib muscle tissue, and will have to play hurt and on shots the rest of the year. That is the reality of it.
 
Good thing for Ben’s ribs, at least the season will not stretch on into Jan.

BTW Cope, good write up, those pain shots are not instantaneous, too many believe they are.
 
Buster said:
I thought this was about a new barbecue joint.
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Thanks for making me hungry!

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That sounds like a very accurate diagnosis and explains Tomlins ridiculous flow statement. He cant say waited till the shot kicked in.
 
MT~Forged said:
Good thing for Ben’s ribs, at least the season will not stretch on into Jan.

BTW Cope, good write up, those pain shots are not instantaneous, too many believe they are.
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While they are not Instantaneous, they also don’t take 45-60 minutes to work especially if it is in the form of a shot. I’d say 20 minutes and he’s good to go. He stood on the sideline pain free from the shot for a good portion of the 2nd half, no doubt about it. He was also cleared medically sooo they don’t trust the doctors now or what?


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mdk2 said:
While they are not Instantaneous, they also don’t take 45-60 minutes to work especially if it is in the form of a shot. I’d say 20 minutes and he’s good to go. He stood on the sideline pain free from the shot for a good portion of the 2nd half, no doubt about it. He was also cleared medically sooo they don’t trust the doctors now or what?


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If he wasn't moving around and stretching, I'd agree with you. If he was just standing there waiting to be put back in the game, I'd be all for your assessment, but Ben was trying to work and stretch that location until the discomfort subsided enough so he could throw the football.

Watch for it moving forward in games. He's going to be stretching that side, bringing his arm over his head, a lot. Until he can't play with the pain anymore.
 
Doesn't Ben sponsor a sauce for ribs?
 
I just got over this exact injury from overstretching. 5 weeks and when I moved the wrong way it hurt like a mother ******. Ice, heat ibuprofen and naproxen. I would have taken a needle full of toradol and dexamethasone and been happy to do so. Tomlin is still an *******.
 
I had ribs for lunch......from Fiesta, the Mexican grocery chain in town. Yummy.
 
Cope said:
So now you believe Tomlin...

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I believed it when I first heard it. Or is there another reference I am missing? :wink:
 
He probably got a 10mg shot of Toradol IM (inner muscular for the non medical folk). I have given this shot to guys the size of Ben and yes, it does probably take about an hour for it to have an affect on someone his size. Chuck Batch was not incorrect in stating what he did yesterday during the game.
 
Shane Falco said:
He probably got a 10mg shot of Toradol IM (inner muscular for the non medical folk). I have given this shot to guys the size of Ben and yes, it does probably take about an hour for it to have an affect on someone his size. Chuck Batch was not incorrect in stating what he did yesterday during the game.
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What did Chuck Batch say? And don't they have an IV form of Toradol that would've worked within minutes instead of the intramuscular form you mentioned? And good info, thanks for sharing.
 
Steelworth said:
What did Chuck Batch say? And don't they have an IV form of Toradol that would've worked within minutes instead of the intramuscular form you mentioned? And good info, thanks for sharing.
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Yes, but you wouldn’t want to give it IV for what they need. Intravenous toradol has a tendency to make people drowsy/sleepy. He wouldn’t have been able to play the game at all.

Chuck said during the broadcast that Ben was probably waiting for the shot to take effect
 
Cope said:
I am fairly certain the exact injury that Ben has.

It's not a cracked rib, it's not a broken rib. he was already wearing a flak, and hurt himself hitting the ground, and not that hard at that, so my only logical conclusion is:

He's playing with an intercostal muscle strain. For those of you that haven't heard of this injury, it's when you get a muscle pull between your ribs. Super painful. Just got one this season from hitting the water HARD, and I missed 4 weeks of hockey because of it. It hurts to breathe, it hurts to laugh/cough/sneeze, let alone throw a football and take hits.

He went to the locker room because he got a shot to that muscle. You don't shoot up a cracked bone, and he already had a flak jacket on, so no need to tape the ribs. When he returned, you saw him stretching. If you have a cracked rib, you don't move that way. He was working out the muscle strain, and trying to get the treatment to spread and relieve all of his pain in his throwing motion.

He was not ready to play when he came back out on the field. If he was ready, he would have been right next to Tomlin, not in the back stretching out and working through the pain. I will never question putting an injured player back on the field. Especially when that player is your franchise.

Now we have one solid truth for the rest of the season. Ben has an injury to his rib muscle tissue, and will have to play hurt and on shots the rest of the year. That is the reality of it.
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man I got ***** slapped on hear last night for suggesting that they were waiting on a shot to kick in for ben. makes me feel better. thanks
 
BTW you do not give a drug by IV when you are looking for a LOCALIZED EFFECT. You don’t repaint the whole car if you get a dig in the door.
 
I'd be real surprized if they IVed Ben. Just doesn't make sense for that injury, during a game. IVs are for people sitting on tables, not expecting to go back into a game.
 
Coryea said:
So the shot took an hour and a half to kick in?

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Regardless how you spin it he should have been in there sooner. Just another highly questionable in-game decision. To add to the file cabinet with others.
 
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