Jetta undergoes minor surgery

[Ricochet]

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2014-01-17/jetta-undergoes-itb-release

Lewis Jetta has experienced a minor pre-season setback with the Sydney Swans midfielder undergoing minor surgery to release the iliotibial band (ITB) in his right knee.

After completing the majority of the pre and post-Christmas schedule, Jetta experienced soreness during training and underwent an ITB release earlier this week.

Coach John Longmire said while the setback was disappointing for Jetta, who missed three months with a shin issue last year, he did not expect this injury would affect his preparations for the upcoming home and away season.

[Ziplock]

that's a bizarre injury.

[Grazz]

Never heard of that before.  ???

[CrowsFan]

Clearly neither of you are physios then ;)

[Grazz]

Clearly neither of you are physios then ;)

Ummmmm yeh you caught us.  :-[

[Ziplock]

Clearly neither of you are physios then ;)

Ummmmm yeh you caught us.  :-[

haha.

Yeah, I'm not a physio, I've done anatomy though, so I know what the illiotibial tract is (although, I am assuming it's the same thing as the illiotibial band, so if I'm wrong then I look stupid :P ), but the actual process of it getting like caught makes me feel sick for some reason :P

I haven't heard of many afl players getting this type of injury though :S

[CrowsFan]

Doesn't mention it getting caught zip, just that it was a bit tight, which would cause trouble trying to extend the knee. But I'm guessing it was actually a case of ITB friction syndrome, which is where the band starts rubbing against the epicondyle of your knee, which causes pain and irritation at about 30 degrees of flexion. Can be quite a common condition for endurance runners and cyclists, since they have that constant flexing and extending motion in the knee.

Interesting that they went with surgery, because it can be treated conservatively via stretching and soft tissue therapy.

[Ziplock]

Doesn't mention it getting caught zip, just that it was a bit tight, which would cause trouble trying to extend the knee. But I'm guessing it was actually a case of ITB friction syndrome, which is where the band starts rubbing against the epicondyle of your knee, which causes pain and irritation at about 30 degrees of flexion. Can be quite a common condition for endurance runners and cyclists, since they have that constant flexing and extending motion in the knee.

Interesting that they went with surgery, because it can be treated conservatively via stretching and soft tissue therapy.

haha, that makes way more sense.

I'm still freaking over the prospective of the illiotibial tract getting caught though :P