Was Riewoldt truly concussed?

[Ricmel]

P.S. No self-respecting neurosurgeon would spend more than 3 seconds thinking about whether or not Nick Riewoldt was concussed. Oh, and no self-respecting neurosurgeon would use the term "concussion" -- it is a lay term, only still used in sports medicine.

Add to that no self respecting neurosurgeon would hang out on the couch with a person who gets his t***ies off by having a username Phil McCreviss.

Phil's crevice is filled in all right but that butt plug should really be in the hole at the top of his head.

 

[King Elvis]

Thought he was having a seizure/had a back injury. Looked freaky and serious.

Riewoldt was trying to pull his body up but it wasn't doing what he wanted it to. That's a little different to the systematic neural shut down of a head trauma.

My brief exposure to Neuroscience says that the worst thing in terms of concussion is your head going forward, as it crushes the brainstem (That's was causes you to lose consciousness.) ALthough Riewoldt was hit in the back of the head, his head didn't flip forward violently (as it would in a car crash if you weren't expecting impact) so he didn't get the big KO. He was braced for impact and so spared himself the worst possible.

Pretty sure it did when he hit the ground.

 

[FootscrayDogs]

I think the fact that someone who posts on BF has a mate thats a neurosurgeon is unbelievable in its self, let alone what happened to Riewoldt

 

[mediumsizered]

Sounds serious, wonder if the Saints medicos get him tested thoroughly, and what happens if the head doctor says no play next week?

I think one would be safe in suggesting your posts on this thread are those of someone who has invested a lot of their 'hard-earned' on the Magpies to win the GF. Your safest bet might be to take matters into your own hands & do a 'Tonya Harding' on Riewoldt.

 

[rose jam]

It looked like he was trying to put a hex on Kosi

 

[aflcliche]

He could have died.

 

[Yidaki]

I was truly amazed at what had happened to Reiwoldt. Honestly thought he would have been dragged off the field. It honestly looked like a serious concussion, yet he managed as was evident to stroll for the next two quarters without any sign of impairment. Just remarkable and kinda wierd to.

 

[ultimate hater]

HAHAHAHA

A guy starts a thread based on the comments of his "friend who's been studying the brain for 30 years" and then tells people they have to supply medical facts when rebutting his post????

I highly doubt someone as smart as a neurosurgeon would hang around a muppet with an IQ of about 92.

Or maybe this neurosurgeon friend of his is actually doing a study on the stupidity of the common football fan?

I've seen exactly what happened to Riewoldt 2 other times in my life first hand and each time the person was able to get up straight away with no visible balance issues.
On the other hand, I've seen guys cop a knock and fall over with no convulsing or evidence being "knocked out" but not be able to stand on their own two feet without falling over.

I can't believe I'm writing in this thread, I wonder if I'll be included in this neurosurgeon's study....

 

[ManUp]

All I know is it happened RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME and I was the one having the fit.

 

[St 07]

He was thinking about Lovett bashing his missus.

 

[King Elvis]

He had a flashback to naked Stephanie McIntosh.

 

[ommot]

I hit my head on the ground last year and blacked out or knocked myself out briefly and convulsed according to witness. Had no idea what happened, came to very shortly after and body was acting fine again. Just a headache, maybe reewolt was similar to that.

 

[Black Falcon]

All I know is it happened RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME and I was the one having the fit.

It seemed Riewoldt was starting to have an epileptic fit - his eyes were in lala land. The urgency that his teammates got to him, could suggest that he has a medical condition known about by his teammates.

It has to be mentioned that the NRL legend Wally Lewis had a seizure whilst reading the Sportsnews, so possibly he was having them during his playing career, just not on the field.

I don't know how Riewoldt got up from a fit/convulsion/concussion and ran unaided immediately. Kryptonite?

 

[Kickin_Goals]

Dazed/stunned, ran into the extended upper arm of Kosi managed to protect himself when he fell which would of been face first into the turf. Blacked out players generally fail to do this. The vision of the incident was not something close enough that you could even conclude the comments made from it.
Completely overanalyzed moronic commentater beat up.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

I've watched it many times, and I still can't see what or who he made contact with.

The fact that he got up and played like that right after confirmed my suspicion.

 

[Ricmel]

I've watched it many times, and I still can't see what or who he made contact with.

The fact that he got up and played like that right after confirmed my suspicion.

The head contact was with the ground. What you did not see on TV was he ran back toward CHF, stopped, vomited ran down toward the forward pocket, stopped and vomited, then ran back to FF. He wasn't feeling to good there for a while.

 

[PrideOf]

Loving the fact we have so many neurosurgeons who take the time to post on BigFooty.

Now all we need are some rocket scientists.

 

[Ricmel]

Now all we need are some rocket scientists.

See KissStephanie.

 

[I'm the Juggernaut]

Now bear with me on this one. A close friend of mine is a nuerosurgeon and understands the intricacies of the brain of which I readily admit have no idea about.

His summary of Riewoldt's concussion was severe resulting in involuntary convulsion which is the brains way of shutting down because of the trauma to the head.

Anyway, the end result is this. No human/player who reacts this way to a concussion can run around and have any sense of balance or middle ear alignment. Yet he got up, ran a perfectly straight line and played an amazing 3rd quarter.

Now I know some Saints supporters will get on here claiming he is superhuman but he also cries when he breaks his collarbone so I can only go off the medical assessment. In the end, it has worked a treat because I reckon Lake looked at Riewoldt and relaxed a bit thinking he was gone.

Well played Saints.

Who cares, he is a great player and played a great game