SEA RB Kenneth Walker III has inguinal hernia surgery, Carroll says return for Week 1

[Broncofan]

 

 

[Broncofan]

3 points:

1. If the above is true, and it's an inguinal hernia, most likely it was repaired with a smaller incision and a scope.

2. It means this was unavoidable, had nothing to do with him playing on the field.

3. The Week 1 timeframe is incredibly optimistic.  Generally restarting strenuous activity isn't recommended until the 3rd-4th week. 

He probably won't go on PUP, because worst case he misses 2-3 weeks of the regular season barring a complication - but week 1 seems Carroll-esque in its optimism.

[NudeTayne]

inguinal

[candyman93]

Random, but my father unfortunately had this happen to him and coincidentally had surgery yesterday for it. It absolutely hurts like heck and he’s described it as a stabbing pain after surgery. He can barely walk.

 

I don’t wish this on anybody.

[VigilantZombie]

Hope he recovers quickly. 

[///mcompact]

I “earned” one of those types of hernias while pushing like…aircraft pallet #11,463 for the USAF. 

Super Athlete or not, that’s an abdominal lining tear around the immediate area of “the boys”, that his intestines are trying to push through, and it takes a good 4-6 weeks for the scar tissue to finally form over the mesh repair. It’s painful when it keeps tearing that scar tissue when you push yourself too fast.  You learn quickly exactly how much of your core is relied on for any type of movement.   He’ll be sliding out of bed for the first few days.  
 

Week 1 is optimistic as heck.  Can you physically go full tilt just a few weeks after that repair without re-injuring it? 100%. The mesh isn’t going anywhere.  You could run a marathon the next day in theory. Will you be in folded over in 100/10 pain due to the location of the pain? 100% Guaranteed!

But football players can put up with pain, so who knows..

Edited August 18, 2022 by ///mcompact

[sammymvpknight]

Gotta love Pom Pom Pete’s prognostications 

[AFlaccoSeagulls]

Name a more iconic duo than Seahawks rookies and injuring themselves before the season starts.

[evilpimp972]

1 hour ago, AFlaccoSeagulls said:

Name a more iconic duo than Seahawks rookies and injuring themselves before the season starts.

And Pete having an unrealistic timetable for a return😂

[MWil23]

According to sources, Walker got it having to carry the entire offense on his back.

[minutemancl]

15 hours ago, Broncofan said:

3 points:

1. If the above is true, and it's an inguinal hernia, most likely it was repaired with a smaller incision and a scope.

2. It means this was unavoidable, had nothing to do with him playing on the field.

3. The Week 1 timeframe is incredibly optimistic.  Generally restarting strenuous activity isn't recommended until the 3rd-4th week. 

He probably won't go on PUP, because worst case he misses 2-3 weeks of the regular season barring a complication - but week 1 seems Carroll-esque in its optimism.

Yup. I couldn't even walk more than 10 feet at a time until week 2. I started stretching again at week 4, and running again at week 6. Obviously this is a professional athlete who will have more eyes on him and resources than I did when I had mine done in high school, but that is still a super optimistic timeframe.

[brownie man]

Sit the man till he’s ready. You’re not going anywhere anyway.