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Peyton Manning out for year w 2nd neck surgery

 
If it was- Colts could get into the Luck sweepstakes. He could back up payton for a few years much like Favre and Rodgers.
 
this is apparently fake according to a few different reports.


And it actually would have been his 3rd neck surgery this offseason. He's already had 2.
 
I think it holds some water. I honestly think he is done, done, forever. Just like his older brother with a spine issue.
 
Bob Crane, errr, Brian Billick was saying this a.m. that he thought Manning would be, and should be, out for the year.
 
He has nerve damage in the neck, normally takes 6 -8 weeks; one day he will wake up and it will be normal.
 
Chris Mortensen at ESPN. Manning had a 3rd surgery on his neck this morning and will miss a minimum of 2 to 3 months. I say much longer he will probably go on IR.
Feel sorry for those who drafted him.
 
Sucks to hear about Manning being out for a while, but taking time off is really what is best for him and the Colts. Sure, Indy has the potential to be pretty bad this year without him at QB, so this year may be lost, but this is probably best for the organization in the long run.
 
Not that pro wrestling equates to pro football but this is the exact same surgery that Stone Cold Steve Austin had and it pretty much ended his career.
 
How come every doctor that has commented has said "this is the type of surgery that could save his career, not end it" but like 5 different people on here have commented that they think his career is over? What am I missing?
 
bearcatfan said:
How come every doctor that has commented has said "this is the type of surgery that could save his career, not end it" but like 5 different people on here have commented that they think his career is over? What am I missing?
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Colts say he'll be out 3 months, this Dr. says a year.

The surgery was explained to me by Dr. Ty Thaiyananthan, the co-medical director of the Chapman Neurosurgical and Spine Institute at Chapman Medical Center in Orange, Calif. The procedure removes the damaged spinal disc -- in this case, the disc between the sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae (C6-7) -- and replaces it with a plate and a spacer. The spacer is made of a medical plastic or of a cadaverous bone graft. The surgeon goes through a small incision at the front of the neck, removes the disc, puts the plate and spacer in place, and makes sure that the nerves are given plenty of room to release.
"The common healing time is about a year," said Thaiyananthan. "At two to three months, most patients are just getting out of the collar." All patients who have had this type of procedure will lose movement in all planes -- flexion, extension, and rotation. "It's a chain and one of those is now locked in."


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Supposedly Coy Wire had the same surgery and he was out for over a year.
He is a safety though and takes alot more contact so they may have been more cautious with him. He did come back and has played 3 season since the surgery.
Here is why I think Manning is done at least for the year.
Wire had 1 surgery the same as Peyton's third, Manning has had 3.
He is Peyton Manning he wants to play I am sure, but why rush him back and risk losing him for the rest of his career?
You also have to wonder what the doctors are really saying to Manning. He has enough money that he will never have to worry about anything, but does he want to risk being paralyzed or ending up in a wheelchair? Neck injuries are serious issues ask Sterling Sharpe.
 
There are several things to consider, his recovery is dependent on bone growth; then regaining strength and feeling in his arm/hand.
I went the metal plate route instead of the disc surgery, I did not use a neck collar, only 2 discs involved; but it took me 3 months before the bone grafted. It took me 5 months to regain strength and 2 years before I got feeling in my hand.
Of course, I am not a pro athlete with all the resources available for physical therapy.
 
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