passthebiscuits 6,846 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) We are assuming it's the distal fibula (the part closest to the ankle) usually a fracture here means that there was over pronation of the foot against the ankle and the ligament at the end of the fibula tears. We've found in orthopedics that patients, particularly athletes, heal quicker with surgery than casting alone and that surgery is almost always required to repair the ligament in the distal ankle. The immediate recovery time is about 8 weeks, followed by PT to stretch and strengthen the ankle for cutting and more athletic strain on the ankle. As mentioned above, it's paramount that the ankle didn't dislocate, which is a much more arduous surgery, recovery, and prognosis. Hope that helps! Edited August 11, 2016 by passthebiscuits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUApostle 7,651 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 thanks PTB...now I have to grab a dictionary...but thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,093 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 minute ago, AUDevil said: thanks PTB...now I have to grab a dictionary...but thanks. Na. If you are in college or have kids in high school or college just get out their anatomy 101 book. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUApostle 7,651 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 minute ago, ellitor said: Na. If you are in college or have kids in high school or college just get out their anatomy 101 book. I was right there with him until "over pronation". My latin training has failed me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMan70 3,277 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 19 hours ago, AUDevil said: I was right there with him until "over pronation". My latin training has failed me. Say WHAT ? Yeah, there's no pronation in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passthebiscuits 6,846 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Haha! I wasn't trying to be all nerdy. More appropriately I should have said inversion of the foot (where the soles of the feet meet inward) rather than pronation. So even my nerd speak wasn't as accurate as it should have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUloggerhead 2,231 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Not at all. It's great to get an informed opinion on these kind of injuries. The news article said that Nick 'currently has a brace on his knee.' Care to speculate on possible ligament damage there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUApostle 7,651 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 (edited) Now news that Ashley is injured from Jeff Lee. Edited August 12, 2016 by AUDevil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUwent 3,749 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 (edited) Can they put Troxell in a padded cell for the time being? j/k And is Brahms expected to be able to play his senior season? As long as this doesn't reduce them to shells of their former selves/knock down their ratings, I'm sure they'll be okay. Edited August 12, 2016 by AUwent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passthebiscuits 6,846 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 2 hours ago, AUloggerhead said: Not at all. It's great to get an informed opinion on these kind of injuries. The news article said that Nick 'currently has a brace on his knee.' Care to speculate on possible ligament damage there? Actually good pickup there loggerhead, I saw that too and couldn't make heads or tails of it. I initially thought that that meant he had a proximal fibula fracture which is often "casted" by a knew immobilizer, but we know the injury involves the ankle. Maybe sprained the knee in the process? Dunno. Good news is that all players eventually make it through to our staff to have a review before they hit our practice fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,093 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 1 hour ago, AUwent said: Can they put Troxell in a padded cell for the time being? j/k And is Brahms expected to be able to play his senior season? As long as this doesn't reduce them to shells of their former selves/knock down their ratings, I'm sure they'll be okay. Nick will miss most of his Sr year. and rankings usually drop for players who miss most of their Sr year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charhair 345 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Recently moved back to Navarre myself, haven't seen Nick since he was probably a freshman or sophomore in high school until today. Kid got really big, massive. Kind of body you love seeing for an o linemen. Not to mention his orange cast.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitopher 807 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 9 hours ago, Charhair said: Recently moved back to Navarre myself, haven't seen Nick since he was probably a freshman or sophomore in high school until today. Kid got really big, massive. Kind of body you love seeing for an o linemen. Not to mention his orange cast.... Hey..I spent the weekend in Navarre. Brother lives there. Great place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charhair 345 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 14 hours ago, thaitopher said: Hey..I spent the weekend in Navarre. Brother lives there. Great place. I've spent too much time in this town. It gets old quick, you gotta drive to 2 hours in either direction to find anything other than the beach and supermarkets haha. since I graduated from Navarre High School, they've really started to produced some good talent. i know we had one kid a few years older than me who was an invited walk on to one of Tubb's teams and a kid go to FSU. now they're really clicking. That RB they had is great (unc commit), a solid QB who will probably end up getting offers. Gotta keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabrasco 127 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Auburn OL commit Nick Brahms wins prestigious award at Army All-American Bowl https://www.seccountry.com/auburn/nick-brahms-award-army-american-bowl One of the Auburn Tigers’ incoming commits received a huge honor at the Army All-American Bowl awards banquet on Friday night. Auburn offensive line commit Nick Brahms received the Felix “Doc” Blanchard Award, which is given to the member of the East team that exhibits excellence in the classroom as well as on the field. Missouri quarterback Drew Lock won the award in 2015. View image on Twitter Follow #ArmyBowl @ArmyAllAmerican Salute to @nick_brahms for receiving the Felix "Doc" Blanchard Award #ArmyBowl 9:13 PM - 6 Jan 2017 4848 Retweets 134134 likes Brahms will enroll early at Auburn and according to SEC Country’s Benjamin Wolk, will study aviation. Follow Benjamin Wolk ✔@benjaminwolk Given out annually to the US Army participant who exhibits 5-star ability in the classroom and on the field. Brahms to study aviation at AU. https://twitter.com/armyallamerican/status/817569728516395008 … 9:17 PM - 6 Jan 2017 1111 Retweets 3333 likes Brahms is a 4-star guard and the No. 146 ranked player in the 2017 class. The Navarre, Fla., native is the No. 8 ranked offensive guard. He is one of the top ranked prospects in Auburn’s 2017 class, which ranks eighth in the country. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 He could start or get a lot of playing in 2017. We have some super incoming O-line men. He and Ashley have a chance to play early. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgufcm 4,096 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I like him as a prospect, but there is a zero percent chance he beats out both Horton and James for the Guard spot opposite Smith. No happening. He's going to be a stud though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,093 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 7 hours ago, doc4aday said: He could start or get a lot of playing in 2017. We have some super incoming O-line men. He and Ashley have a chance to play early. Doubt it barring injuries. He is a guard/ center for us and 2 of those positions are taken by Golson & Braden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronCrazy 1,062 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 First off, I'm excited to see what Brahms can do for our OL in years to come. But when it comes to the center position, I don't understand why we keep trying to teach OL that position when they have never played it before. We did that with Golson, Kim, and now Brahms. The C is the 2nd most important O-lineman behind LT. Why are we not recruiting more pure centers that grew up playing that position? Losing out on Cesar Ruiz really hurt IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,529 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 16 minutes ago, CameronCrazy said: Losing out on Cesar Ruiz really hurt IMO. Agreed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellitor 33,093 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 13 minutes ago, CameronCrazy said: First off, I'm excited to see what Brahms can do for our OL in years to come. But when it comes to the center position, I don't understand why we keep trying to teach OL that position when they have never played it before. We did that with Golson, Kim, and now Brahms. The C is the 2nd most important O-lineman behind LT. Why are we not recruiting more pure centers that grew up playing that position? News flash CC. Almost every school in the country does this. Most successful college centers didn't actually grow up playing the position in high school. Most were the best OLs on their high school teams and played LT in high school because LT is the most important OL position, especially in high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steeleagle 2,945 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 AND the center position requires a totally different mind set and ability. If you have the smarts to call out assignments and line needs then Brahms is the guy to continue that role for us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
au_bsci_04 407 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Sat near and talked to Nick at the SB. Great kid, but no way he is prepared to play next year from a physical standpoint. His listed measurements are accurate. He is tall and lean and will need to add 20lbs to be able to compete in the SEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kd4au 1,145 Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I'm just glad we have enough depth to be able to redshirt these freshmen and let them mature and not have to rely on them to start if they are not ready. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehighfan 1,240 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 On 8/11/2016 at 2:13 PM, passthebiscuits said: We are assuming it's the distal fibula (the part closest to the ankle) usually a fracture here means that there was over pronation of the foot against the ankle and the ligament at the end of the fibula tears. We've found in orthopedics that patients, particularly athletes, heal quicker with surgery than casting alone and that surgery is almost always required to repair the ligament in the distal ankle. The immediate recovery time is about 8 weeks, followed by PT to stretch and strengthen the ankle for cutting and more athletic strain on the ankle. As mentioned above, it's paramount that the ankle didn't dislocate, which is a much more arduous surgery, recovery, and prognosis. Hope that helps! I didn't go to medical school that day, damn it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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