Tippett to Wear Neck Brace

[Drummond]

Tippett injured at training

Adelaide draftee Kurt Tippett has injured his neck and will be off the training track for at least six weeks.

Tippett, 19, was hurt in a collision at football training on Wednesday morning. He saw a spinal specialist on Thursday morning and will wear a neck brace for six weeks. No surgery was required and there is no neurological damage.

However, the extent of the injury is still being assessed.

Tippett was drafted in November from Southport, on Queensland’s Gold Coast, with the No 32 pick.

http://afc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=310146

 

[fryingpan]

Tippett in neck brace???

Reported on 10 news that Tippett must wear a neck brace for 6 weeks following a training accident. Horror start at his new club.

Any info on this??

 

[Douglas26]

******** ******** ******** ******** this ********

 

[bus24]

Not good, these ********ing injuries just get worse. At least it didnt happen to a senior player.

 

[Adam BK]

Damn, thats disappointing to hear.

 

[Dandy_GO]

Poor kid. 6 weeks in a neck brace sounds pretty serious.

 

[crowsarethebest]

Damn. Was looking forward to him starting off the season with a bang... he's going to have to work extra hard on his fitness now.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

wicked

Whats the deal with our new recruits always getting injured only weeks into pre season?

 

[Lynch drops a mark]

Re: Tippett in neck brace???

tried to take a hanger on Van Berlo and paid the consequences

 

[Mad Dog]

Re: Tippett in neck brace???

fek....

 

[Mad Dog]

another victim of a van Berlo tackle......

 

[Lightning_Rod]

they said it was in a training drill, who the feck has a training drill that involves speckies? or was he just over excited? no troll, hope the young lad gets well real soon, the crowies need some fresh blood.

 

[Mad Dog]

they said it was in a training drill, who the feck has a training drill that involves speckies? or was he just over excited? no troll, hope the young lad gets well real soon, the crowies need some fresh blood.

haven't seen any details yet

 

[macca23]

Fk!!


I'll be glad when we finally move out of the injury cursed 2006.

2007 just has to be better!!

 

[Southerntakeover]

As a positive (if there is one out of something like this) from a club point of view...

Atleast he will miss as little of the preseason as possible, since he'll be resting during the christmas break.

I guess his family would see it differently though.

 

[- PC -]

Ouch

Hope everything is ok. Luke Toia did his neck through landing awkwardly during a specky

 

[Sanguinarius]

a 200cm guy has ended up in a neckbrace?


Van Berlo!!!!

 

[-VC-]

Does anyone know what actually happened?

 

[Mad Dog]

Update: Tippett injury
12:32:28 PM Fri 15 December, 2006
afc.com.au
Injured Adelaide draftee Kurt Tippett should return to competitive training by mid-March.....

Tippett, 19, has an undisplaced fracture in a cervical vertebrae (in his neck) and must wear a neck brace for six weeks.

Club doctor Andrew Potter said Tippett was expected to make a full recovery.

"He should be able to return to competitive football by three months," Dr Potter said. "While he is wearing the brace he will be able to remain active on the bikes."


Tippet was hurt in a collision at football training on Wednesday morning. No surgery was required and there is no neurological damage.

He was drafted in November from Southport, on Queensland’s Gold Coast, with the No 32 pick.

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This is bad news for the boy.........he was never going to line up for Round 1......but to miss an entire preseason from a weights and bonding point of view is a real waste......

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

Is this Josh Krueger the second?

Kruegs hurt his back taking a massive hanger and never regained 100% fitness

 

[Drummond]

"He should be able to return to competitive football by three months," Dr Potter said.

This is a freaking nightmare.

 

[Druid]

Despite any media spin from Crow officials, you always have to be fearful of career threatening problems when a lad has any sort of neck or spinal injury.

There have been several instances where a neck injury has happened to players, and despite early positive prognosis', said player has struggled to overcome, eventually sacrificing a stalled footy career for longer term lifestyle concerns, comfort and activity.

Remember, AFL players are at an elite level of fitness and professionalism. Any spinal cord suspicion, whilst fine for everyday pursuits, may not withstand the ultimate in stress and endurance required at the very uppermost of sporting endeavour. Hence the limits that the human body can withstand may not be broken by normal standards, but by no means is what an AFL footballer endures "normal".

I wish the lad luck and hope he makes a 100% recovery.

 

[Douglas26]

Despite any media spin from Crow officials, you always have to be fearful of career threatening problems when a lad has any sort of neck or spinal injury.

There have been several instances where a neck injury has happened to players, and despite early positive prognosis', said player has struggled to overcome, eventually sacrificing a stalled footy career for longer term lifestyle concerns, comfort and activity.

Remember, AFL players are at an elite level of fitness and professionalism. Any spinal cord suspicion, whilst fine for everyday pursuits, may not withstand the ultimate in stress and endurance required at the very uppermost of sporting endeavour. Hence the limits that the human body can withstand may not be broken by normal standards, but by no means is what an AFL footballer endures "normal".

I wish the lad luck and hope he makes a 100% recovery.

Dude we don't want to hear that, ******** off.

 

[Tas]

It wont too serious if it did not require surgery, he just needs give it time to mend.

 

[- PC -]

It wont too serious if it did not require surgery, he just needs give it time to mend.

But its the hidden that concerns

Everytime he goes for a mark and lands awkwardly or gets sandwiched

I am old enough to recall Sachse getting paralysed and I hope I never see another player get it

The positive is he is young and admittedly no surgery was needed. I just hope the medicos err on the side of caution in this one