Injury Report: Joel Farabee has disc replacement surgery out 3-4 months

[dragonoffrost]

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[Flyer lurker]

Our top 9 forwards are looking sweeter by the minute.

Batsh** bad for Bedard should be our motto.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Jfc

Our top 9 forwards are looking sweeter by the minute.

Batsh** bad for Bedard should be our motto.

Pray Hard for Connor Bedard™

 

[GapToothedWonder]

Time to start digging under the Wells Fargo for old Indian burial grounds.

 

[Lord Defect]

With zero medical knowledge; this does not seem like something someone so young should be going through, and that it will not allow him to play at the same level after recovery.

 

[dats81]

Disc replacement for a Teenager? That kind of surgery should be a last resort.
Lots of folks on Twitter complaining now that it wasn't done earlier. What a weird world.

 

[Ironmanrulez]

another thing the flyers will point to, when the team is underperforming. It isnt the fault of the Roster managment. We have too many injuries. Its not our fault!

 

[deadhead]

Four months gets him back in November.

Since it's an upper body injury, he should be able resume skating fairly quickly, not as quick as with a shoulder, but early enough to regain his conditioning - upper body strength will take longer since he'd have to be cleared to lift.

 

[Curufinwe]

Disc replacement for a Teenager? That kind of surgery should be a last resort.
Lots of folks on Twitter complaining now that it wasn't done earlier. What a weird world.

Should also be last resort for a 22 year old like Farabee, or a 40 something like me.

 

[Rebels57]

Should also be last resort for a 22 year old like Farabee.

I'd really love to know how the hell he blew the disc out to that extent at his age.

 

[Curufinwe]

With zero medical knowledge; this does not seem like something someone so young should be going through, and that it will not allow him to play at the same level after recovery.

If you want to know more about it just look at stories about Eichel’s surgery and return. Eichel is only a few years older.

The reaction to this news on twitter was appalling. Instead of feeling bad for a 22 year old who just had major surgery that is not common in the NHL, it’s just fans whining about how Farabee maybe missing the first month of the season affects them.

 

[Diaper Mask Bandits]

amazing how stuff like this repeatedly happens to this organization.... for like the entire 40 years I've been following the team

I guess their world class training staff and overall philosophy has nothing to do with it

 

[Lord Defect]

If you want to know more about it just look at stories about Eichel’s surgery and return. Eichel is only a few years older.

The reaction to this news on twitter was appalling. Instead of feeling bad for a 22 year old who just had major surgery that is not common in the NHL, it’s just fans whining about how Farabee maybe missing the first month of the season affects them.

I thought he had discs fused.

Yeah people are shit.

 

[FlyerNutter]

I thought he had discs fused.

Yeah people are shit.

Don’t be shocked if it’s fusion down the line in his life

Or so I was told anyway.

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Disc injuries\issues are no joke. I hope this works well for him

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Disc injuries\issues are no joke. I hope this works well for him

Yeah, in the disappointment of the news it's easy to lose sight of the fact that it's a tough injury for such a young kid. All the best to him.

 

[Curufinwe]

I thought he had discs fused.

Yeah people are shit.

Buffalo tried for force him to get disc fusion, but Eichel refused.

 

[Lord Defect]

Buffalo tried for force him to get disc fusion, but Eichel refused.

Thanks for clarifying

 

[freakydallas13]

You just know management is idling their "injury" excuse engine, ready to rev it into gear if (when) the team inivitably shits the bed.

 

[Hanover Fist]

I’ve had the anterior fusion done on c5-6.
I had no neck pain. It was in my shoulder and made my entire arm numb. The neck surgery wasn’t bad but the bone graft they took from my hip was quite unpleasant.

 

[Adam Warlock]

With zero medical knowledge; this does not seem like something someone so young should be going through, and that it will not allow him to play at the same level after recovery.

I think cervical disc issues are becoming more common. The strain we put on our necks from just looking down at our phones is just a lot...and joel is kinda in that first generation thats been doing stuff like that his whole life. Add in that he plays a contact sport...i could see bulging/herniated discs happening.

Surgery usually is a last resort... but I could see how it could really hinder a a pro athlete. There is a lot of buzz and confidence in this newer disc replacement surgery...i think the one knock on it is lack of long term studies.

He probably prefered to fix the problem rather than try to fight through it.

 

[DancingPanther]

I think cervical disc issues are becoming more common. The strain we put on our necks from just looking down at our phones is just a lot...and joel is kinda in that first generation thats been doing stuff like that his whole life.

Agreed, and video games cause violence

 

[Winston Wolf]

At least they preemptively signed him to a totally necessary long term deal.

 

[ajgoal]

Don’t be shocked if it’s fusion down the line in his life

Or so I was told anyway.

I'd have to go back and listen, but Marek and Friedman had an interesting interview with a doctor who was a proponent of Eichel getting the disc replacement on 31 thoughts last summer. IIRC, he said that the risk of future surgery was actually significantly lower for replacement than fusion. I believe the sentiment was that if you have one fusion, you are virtually guaranteed to have additional fusions at regular intervals for the rest of your life, whereas there is a good chance a replacement is one and done. Would have been July/August last year for that pod IIRC.

Edit: It's July 31, 2021 Pod. I can't seem to link to the sportsnet page for it. Here's one of the articles in the shownotes though: Comparison of cervical disc arthroplasty and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for the treatment of cervical disc degenerative diseases on the basis of more than 60 months of follow-up: a systematic review and meta-analysis - BMC Neurology

Very technical, but findings are generally (unless I'm misreading it completely): better range of motion, less incidence of re-operation, and less risk of adjacent segment disease in individuals receiving replacement vs. fusion surgery.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I'd have to go back and listen, but Marek and Friedman had an interesting interview with a doctor who was a proponent of Eichel getting the disc replacement on 31 thoughts last summer. IIRC, he said that the risk of future surgery was actually significantly lower for replacement than fusion. I believe the sentiment was that if you have one fusion, you are virtually guaranteed to have additional fusions at regular intervals for the rest of your life, whereas there is a good chance a replacement is one and done. Would have been July/August last year for that pod IIRC.

Edit: It's July 31, 2021 Pod. I can't seem to link to the sportsnet page for it. Here's one of the articles in the shownotes though: Comparison of cervical disc arthroplasty and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for the treatment of cervical disc degenerative diseases on the basis of more than 60 months of follow-up: a systematic review and meta-analysis - BMC Neurology

Very technical, but findings are generally (unless I'm misreading it completely): better range of motion, less incidence of re-operation, and less risk of adjacent segment disease in individuals receiving replacement vs. fusion surgery.

Let’s hope it works out that way.