Source: Saints left guard Andrus Peat breaks fibula

saintfan · 01-07-2018, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by rezburna

Broken fibulas don’t take long to heal. We just ****ed up the recovery of Breaux. It’s not the weight bearing bone in the leg. You rarely have surgery on it either. They just put you in a walking boot and watch it until it heals back together.

Yeah I just read where 4-6 weeks initially so long as there isn't other damage. Lots of xrays along the way. He'll be fine next year.

SmashMouth · 01-07-2018, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by rezburna

Broken fibulas don’t take long to heal. We just ****ed up the recovery of Breaux. It’s not the weight bearing bone in the leg. You rarely have surgery on it either. They just put you in a walking boot and watch it until it heals back together.

Originally Posted by saintfan

Yeah I just read where 4-6 weeks initially so long as there isn't other damage. Lots of xrays along the way. He'll be fine next year.

Are you saying it's just a flesh wound?

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jeanpierre · 01-07-2018, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

Are you saying it's just a flesh wound?

https://youtu.be/zKhEw7nD9C4

Brings back lots of memories with the olde gang...

01-07-2018, 09:22 PM	#1
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Source: Saints left guard Andrus Peat breaks fibula Originally Posted by rezburna Broken fibulas don’t take long to heal. We just ****ed up the recovery of Breaux. It’s not the weight bearing bone in the leg. You rarely have surgery on it either. They just put you in a walking boot and watch it until it heals back together. Yeah I just read where 4-6 weeks initially so long as there isn't other damage. Lots of xrays along the way. He'll be fine next year. jeanpierre likes this.

01-07-2018, 09:55 PM	#3
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Source: Saints left guard Andrus Peat breaks fibula Originally Posted by SmashMouth Are you saying it's just a flesh wound? https://youtu.be/zKhEw7nD9C4 Brings back lots of memories with the olde gang... SmashMouth likes this.