repair to Tiger's leg - he is allowing his doctor to report out

[Demovictory9]

Surgeons say the 45-year-old suffered 'comminuted open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula bones' in the crash - meaning his shin and calf bones splintered into more than two pieces each and were left sticking through the skin.

Woods also sustained 'additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle', his doctors said, which had to be stabilized with screws and pins.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9294903/Tiger-Woods-crash-Golf-legends-injuries-career-doubt.html

[ChazII]

1. My leg gets sore

just looking at this.

[drray23]

2. whoaa thats bad.

its going to take him years to fully recover. My wife broke her tibia in two places. She had extensive surgery like him. It took her over a year before she was back to almost normal. One of the issues being that you often end up with a shorter leg. She had to learn to walk again and get the rest of her body to adjust to her new gait.

[SergeStorms]

15. Golf, at least as he once knew it...

is a thing of the past. The amount of torque a professional golfer places on their body is tremendous. They say there are two types of golfers; those with back problems, and those who are going to have back problems. Throw in a leg that mangled and he'll have trouble walking 18 holes again. There were very well documented rumors that Woods used steroids and HGH during his best playing years, and steroids will turn your bones to dust with prolonged use. I say well documented rumors instead of facts because Woods never admitted this. Let's put it this way, people saw such substances in his home. I say this because Woods is such a hero to some they'd be hopping mad at such talk.

[COL Mustard]

52. Personally, I Don't Care One Way Or Another

About what he may have done with his life. As a human being, I hope he recovers and can get back to his life. I’m really agnostic about him, but he’s not in politics so I don’t have any ill feelings for him.

[SergeStorms]

55. He received...

The Presidential Medal of Freedom from DJT, who considers Woods his "good friend". Just sayin'.

[COL Mustard]

58. I Did Not Know That

Thank you for pointing that out. I still hope he will make a full recovery.

[SergeStorms]

60. I wish no ill will to him...

but the hero worship by some seems a bit misplaced. Some people go absolutely batshit crazy if you say anything negative about Woods. He's a man. A very rich, politically connected, right-wing man.

[Irish_Dem]

16. Right, the gait is off and it takes months to learn to walk correctly again.

And walking incorrectly puts pressure on the hips and back.
Which begin to hurt as well.

I had similar injuries but less severe that Tiger's.

Tiger may have to wear special inserts in his shoes from now on if one leg is shorter than the other.
Or because of the broken ankle, which I had as well as the leg fracture, and I have to have inserts because of the broken ankle.

[handmade34]

44. I just posted down thread

my experience... compound fracture to right tibia... the Doctor eventually went in and cut out a slice of my fibula so there would be more pressure on the tibia bone... took me a number of years to be normal(?) again ...hugs to your wife

[murielm99]

59. My brother was in a head-on collision with a drunk driver

when he was eighteen. His legs were badly broken. It took him two years to walk again. One leg is shorter than the other.

I need to talk to him soon. He is probably feeling Tiger's pain for him and reliving this terrible time.

I have seen what this kind of rehab is like. Tiger will need fortitude and then some.

[blue neen]

3. That's really pretty awful looking.

He has got to be in a terrible amount of pain.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Yes he is. He is taking narcotics right now, I would assume.

[bigtree]

4. good lord

...he'll be lucky to walk on that leg again.

[MerryBlooms]

22. He'll always feel pain, but he'll walk.

I was in a car accident in 2006. I was cut out of the truck I was riding in with the jaws of life. I was compacted into about a two foot space in the cab. I had severe injuries, including back and neck fractures. I have rods and plates in my L2 and am fused from my L2 all the way into my pelvis. I was in really good physical strength and health, so that made all the difference in my recovery. I don't walk as upright as I used to, and there is always pain, but I work part time and do okay. Tiger will do well in his recovery because he is in top physical health. He won't be the same, but he's got a lot going for him and he's a fighter.

[bigtree]

42. how awful

...glad they were able to rod and plate you to recovery.

I'm guessing there were a lot of follow-up surgeries, as well.

Tiger likely has rehab facilities at home, so it's a good bet he'll recover, but steel inside is a challenge, and look at the size of that rod. Amazing what doctors can do.

[MerryBlooms]

47. Yes, many surgeries. I'm not exactly sure how many, but my son

kept a journal. I've been too chicken to read his journal, even after all these years. I know some of the details of what I went through, but I was in the hospital for 5 months that first time... I don't remember most of it because of the medical induced comas, and I'm okay with that. lol

I wouldn't be surprised if Tiger has several surgeries in his future. But, like you said, he has the best of rehab, so he's going to be okay. Not sure if he'll be able to golf in the same way, but he'll golf. Maybe move into a coaching position with his son. I watched some of the Father-Son tournament they were in. They seemed so happy and his son is super talented. It seemed Tiger was bursting with pride and joy of his son. It was fun to watch.

The medical technology of today amazes me. I have several friends recently go through heart procedures. In for a couple days, and then home. All done through the groin! Crazy!

[Scottie Mom]

63. OMG, what a horrible accident!

I cannot imagine what you have gone through.

[SergeStorms]

5. And what can we learn from all this?

Don't drive like a maniac, and don't buy a Genesis SUV.

[nolabear]

8. This is just mean.

[SergeStorms]

18. That's mean?

Your definition of "mean" and mine are two completely different things. Whatever. Yeah, I'm a real meanie.

[Budi]

38. K & R

[Kingofalldems]

9. I suspect there was some texting going on.

[ZonkerHarris]

21. You blame two things. Was it his driving or the car? Please give us your eyewitness expertise.

You speak with such authority. You must have been there.

[SergeStorms]

27. Or try reading the police and medical reports.

There's quite a bit of information contained within.

[Demovictory9]

24. Poor Genesis SUV manufacturer... not a good way to introduce the vehicle to the public

[SergeStorms]

29. It's Hyundai's high end vehicle.

nt.

[localroger]

34. The crumple zones crumpled and the cabin stayed intact

Leg injuries are common in severe crashes because your legs stick out of the cabin safe zone. It's likely the vehicle safety design saved his life.

[33taw]

62. From what I have read - everything on the vehicle performed correctly.

The airbags deployed, he had a seat belt on. He easily could have died without the safety features working correctly. I’m not sure that is a bad advertisement. I am not sure how fast he was driving, that is the most likely problem.

[TwilightZone]

49. Several of Hyundai's vehicles have five-star crash ratings.

They're some of the safest vehicles on the road.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2020/GENESIS/G80/4%252520DR/AWD

The NHTSA hasn't tested the SUV yet, but it's not likely to be much different from the other vehicles built on the same platform.

But, hey, feel free to keep providing your expertise built on nothing other than the name.

[mcar]

6. Crikey!

[flyingfysh]

7. whoever created this picture doesn't know his bone names

The correct names for the bones are the tibia and the fibula. There is no bone named the tibula.

[Jilly_in_VA]

20. Thank you

I was about to correct that for our viewers. It annoys me no end when people do such great pics with poor research. But holy crap, that's a bad break...or set of breaks! His tibia was literally destroyed and the surgeon had to put it back together again. And it's not only the bone, but you have to consider veins, arteries, muscle, skin, the whole megillah. No wonder it took 6 hours! Holy shamoley! That is one rock star surgical team! (I'm a nurse, so you have to understand that's where my admiration goes.) It almost makes Alex Smith's leg reconstruction look penny-ante by comparison, and that one was heroic. So the next worry is infection, I gather. Tiger has a long road back. Very long.

[TheRickles]

51. The correct names are the tibula and the fibia, IIRC. :-) (snark)

[Azathoth]

10. Ugh. His career as a power squatter is over

Fortunately, he plays golf.

But he's got a *long* rehab ahead of him.

[Irish_Dem]

25. If he has to squat at all, ankle or knee, it is going to hurt.

Don't golfers have to squat?

[Azathoth]

36. I wouldn't know. I just swing wildly and dig divots

But yeah, as a serious golfer, he's probably going to have issues squatting to line up his shots.

[Irish_Dem]

39. I had similar injures to Tiger, not as bad. I just squatted pretending to line up a shot.

And it hurt and I could not hold the pose very long.

It is hard to make the ankle move up and down, and carry the weight of the body.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Geez, the Tibia is broken in three places.

One of the broken bone pieces pierced the skin.
The rod is holding it all together.

There are three very big screws holding his ankle together.
Often when you break your ankle, bones in the foot are broken as well.
Those bones are smaller, and break more easily.

They did not pin together the Fibula. They were able to reposition the broken bones there and it will heal on its own.

I broke my fibula, tibia, ankle and foot bones falling down the stairs.
However not as bad as Tiger however, not nearly as bad.

There is a lot of pain and rehab with this kind of injury.
And my injuries were not as bad as Tiger's.

[Bettie]

12. He's lucky to be famous and wealthy

he will be able to get it fixed, take whatever amount of time healing requires, get the best physical therapy and after care, and not be bankrupt when it is all done.

[Irish_Dem]

28. He is also going to need help at home with tasks of daily living.

But I suppose he has a housekeeper already.

He will need PT, OT, and some nursing care for the wound caused by the bone going thru the skin.

Yes all of this will be very expensive.

[Bettie]

30. He can afford all of those things

an average person would have to do them himself or hope that they had a relative(s) or friend(s) who could help.

[Irish_Dem]

32. Yes exactly.

With that set of injuries and surgery, he would not be able to take care of himself for at least two weeks. I had a similar set of bone beaks, not as bad as Tiger's, and the first two weeks after the surgery you cannot move much at all. Going to the bathroom is a major undertaking.

[Bettie]

37. Oh, I am sorry

I can't imagine!

Hope you recovered completely!

[Irish_Dem]

41. I had a pretty rough time. I do not envy Tiger.

But yes I am in pretty good shape now.
I can walk quite well now.
But still have some pain.

[Bettie]

56. My 18 year old son is having

"invasive" knee surgery this summer. Hurt it cleaning up from the Derecho. First surgery didn't fix it.

I feel sorry for the kid. And me, he's going to be really cranky when he cant' get up and do stuff.

[Irish_Dem]

65. Younger people are going to heal much faster than older folks.

And they will let the young ones use crutches.

But even still, an 18 yr old is not going to want to be kept down for any period of time.

Maybe you can line up online games and Netflix, etc....
He can also chat online with his friends.

But yes it will be lots of fun for mom.

[handmade34]

45. I was working at a College

when I had my accident... one of my RA's helped with wound care and another (Sports Medicine major)planned my physical therapy in the pool... I was fortunate to have so many good people around me and the Percocet was awesome

[Irish_Dem]

46. I had a good friend who helped me. And great PTs.

Yes without the narcotics it was unbearable.

[Demovictory9]

31. he is a gazillionaire

[Irish_Dem]

33. Good, the rehab is expensive.

Also he will need a wheel chair, walker, cane, boots, etc....
Shower chair, scooter, etc....

I could go on and on, but you get the drift.

[MerryBlooms]

13. Man, oh man.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. Ouch

[whopis01]

19. It is odd that the diagram is labeled "tibula" & "fibula"

Shouldn't it be the tibia & fibula?

[Demovictory9]

23. dailymail - often has typos

[whopis01]

26. Sure - I had assumed it was from the hospital

But it makes much more sense that the news agency would have been the one to put together the graphic.

[csziggy]

57. It's not a British thing?

[a kennedy]

35. Oh my, so good of you to catch that......I thought it was different, just thought I read it to fast.

[handmade34]

40. Wow! that makes me cringe

I suffered a compound fracture to my right leg years ago (motorcycle accident)... not quite as severe as Tiger Woods'

I was very fortunate... the new (to Northern Vermont) doctor that treated me had previously worked with the medical team for the Detroit Lions and loved the challenge... later told me his first inclination was to cut it off... but... started with an external fixator with lots of screws and then a rod in my leg, then a cast and in between a cut taken out of my tibia and marrow transplants

seven surgeries and and therapy later I was, and am, able to walk pretty normal

Good Luck Tiger!!

[Disaffected]

43. I recently broke my left fibula

just above the ankle joint and it was bad enough (bicycle spill).

Luckily all I had was to wear a "boot" for a couple of weeks. Can't imagine what he is going through now.

Looks like his professional golfing may be over....

[Klaralven]

48. Compressed, twisted or bent?

Apparently the left leg is OK.

So how did the right lower leg get mangled this badly, since it is next to the console? Did the drive train move up and back and clamp the leg against the steering wheel shaft?

I had a resident assistant my freshman year who had a skiing accident the previous winter. Caught an edge and twisted the tibia and fibula around each other. He was still on crutches about 8 months later. Of course treatment has advanced in the many decades since.

[BigmanPigman]

50. Ashley Judd broke the bones in her leg while in Africa.

She had to get carried in a hammock for hours and had to bite on a stick since she was in such pain. Good thing Tiger was close to a good hopsital.
https://www.insider.com/ashley-judd-shares-photos-rescue-broken-leg-in-congo-2021-2

[JCMach1]

53. Having had reconstruction after an accident when I was 19: OUCH

IF you know, you know

[Cozmo]

54. Who died from the virus today and yesterday?

Who encountered racial injustice at the hands of law enforcement today and yesterday?
Whose healthcare was in jeopardy today and yesterday? Oh, I get it.

[SergeStorms]

61. All good questions, Cozmo.

Woods and his legions of supporters do seem to suck all the air out of the universe, don't they?

[ChubbyStar]

67. Celebrities are a fucking weird construct

I have a few in my family and guess what, they all suck balls.

[ms liberty]

64. I broke my tibia and fibula at the ankle with a dislocation on Jan 25th

A dislocation means the bones were offset at the break. Basically, my fibula was about sitting on my ankle. I had surgery on 2/2 and now I have about 10 screws total, and a plate in my ankle. I have to spend most of my time with my leg elevated ("the tips of your toes above the top of your nose" the doctor said cheerfully) I can't put any weight on it and I have one of those scooters for my right leg when I have to get up and move around. Until at least March 16th.

[uncle ray]

66. that metal rod is called a "nail". i'm involved in the manufacture of them.

and yes, they install them with an appropriate sized hammer.

for perspective, we crank out a few hundred of these on a good day, every day. and there are other manufacturers, too. that's how many tibia fractures there are. most are, of course, more simple fractures, but generally nails will go in people who have serious breaks and good coverage.

[pansypoo53219]

68. considering the front end. hope it works. i saw a young woman at PT missing a foot + lower leg

and wondered if it was a car accident.