Injury Report: Zach Parise (Jan 23: Playing Tonight!)

[Randy BoBandy]

I have a feeling that this is the start of our epic slide. Losing our best goal scorer going into this stretch of games is going to be a horrible combination.

 

[JackHughes86]

parise was just starting to tear it up

 

[Ban Hammered]

That's what I was thinking, if it really is just a bruise there's no way it should take 3 weeks.

Yeah, it can. I thought I broke my hand in rec basketball and ended up with a grade three sprain and a deep bone bruise and it took 6 weeks to completely heal and I couldn't grip the ball without pain for about 3 weeks.

 

[Northland Wild Man]

Good to hear it's not broken. We'll have to see how the team responds in the meantime.

 

[Sportsfan1]

First thought was it could have been a lot worse. Hope Zach is back soon BUT, when he is absolutely ready to go.

 

[Jaykay]

If a contusion is bad enough with surrounding muscle and possible tendon damage, it could keep someone out for two weeks [one week no work on it, one week rehab). Still this is rare. Even rarer, internal bleeding that seeps into the surrounding tissue can also cause a condition called compartment syndrome [I'm in my last year to become a D.C., just took multiple musculoskeletal and physical diagnosis boards (part II boards)]. Now, we probably would know if he had this, because it basically always requires a surgical intervention. Precautions?

Maybe. It's still fishy.


Yet three weeks is suspicious. Hockey players can many times play almost a month after a fracture to one of the foot bones because the boot of a hockey skate provides much stability in addition to some sort of wrap. I believe Jeff Carter is playing again, and it wasn't all that long ago he suffered a fracture foot structure.

Carter was out about three and a half weeks

 

[Jaykay]

Yeah, it can. I thought I broke my hand in rec basketball and ended up with a grade three sprain and a deep bone bruise and it took 6 weeks to completely heal and I couldn't grip the ball without pain for about 3 weeks.

It's hard to generalize across different sports, body parts, and severity of injuries though. I've broken four fingers and when I did it in football I was out about a week but basketball was closer to 3 weeks.

I guess I shouldn't be claiming that he should absolutely be able to play in less than three weeks, it just seemed a little long to me.

 

[TheeNorthStar]

Thank God! Sucks still but whatever. I'll take it

 

[Grover]

Zack was just on the 93x morning show and he said that he's wearing a walking boot and 3 weeks is the worst case scenario for time he will be out. He said he thinks ihe should be back much sooner than that. This is great news!

 

[Lapa]

Zack was just on the 93x morning show and he said that he's wearing a walking boot and 3 weeks is the worst case scenario for time he will be out. He said he thinks ihe should be back much sooner than that. This is great news!

That's great. Thanks for the info!

 

[BigT2002]

Zack was just on the 93x morning show and he said that he's wearing a walking boot and 3 weeks is the worst case scenario for time he will be out. He said he thinks ihe should be back much sooner than that. This is great news!

Yeo was on KFAN and said he doubts he won't be back in 10 days.

 

[Nharris31]

He is skating.

 

[Lapa]

He is skating.

Skated for five minutes. Was testing his foot.

 

[mkoivu9*]

Still out there. Expect to see him back next week if not sooner/

 

[Lapa]

Michael Russo ‏@Russostrib 33 s

#mnwild line rushes: Zach Parise on the first line with Mikko Koivu and Charlie Coyle. Unreal

Wow.

 

[Avder]

Michael Russo ‏@Russostrib 33 s

#mnwild line rushes: Zach Parise on the first line with Mikko Koivu and Charlie Coyle. Unreal

Wow.

He's a real-life Wolverine. incredible.

 

[Caior89]

WOW! About that wolverine thing...

 

[Lapa]

If Parise plays, it's clear Jason Zucker will be adiosed and Mike Rupp, Nate Prosser and Matt Dumba scratched. Harding/Kuemper only ?

Poll: Is Parise a human?

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Not even human, my god.

 

[Ban Hammered]

Wow. I get he likely has a very high pain tolerance, but I hope he doesn't try to play and then ends up with something worse

 

[Puhis]

Dear God.

 

[Jarick]

Guarantee he wouldn't be out there if there was a risk of making it worse.

Unbelievable. And for the rest of the team too, all the guys that are hurt are pushing to come back. Good attitude for the club.

 

[BigT2002]

Honestly, I'm 1000000% fine with him taking tonight off and letting that thing heal for 3 days before Colorado.

Still absolutely amazing

 

[jedisports]

What? He's playing today? LOL

 

[BigT2002]

What? He's playing today? LOL

The man has Tiger Blood