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Washington Post
6 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas is 'living my worst nightmare' as he embarks on injury rehab
BOSTON — Triston Casas isn't happy about having to watch the remainder of the Boston Red Sox's season following season-ending knee surgery . But he's ready to attack the rehab from his second major injury in two years head on. Casas spoke to reporters Tuesday for the first time since having the procedure last month to repair the ruptured left patellar tendon he injured running to first base after hitting a slow ground ball and then falling awkwardly during Boston's win over Minnesota on May 2. He was carted off the field and taken to a hospital for testing. He had surgery two days later. He was still using crutches Tuesday and said he will be off them soon. He will then head to the Red Sox's spring training facility in Fort Myers, Florida, where he'll spend most of this summer and the offseason undergoing rehab. The 25-year-old plans to be ready in time for opening day next season. 'I'm living my worst nightmare right now to go through a double-digit recovery that's months long,' Casas said Tuesday. 'But going through it now, I feel like I'm going to be better as a consequence of it. It's just part of the game. It's part of running hard down the line. Part of just playing the game how you feel like it should be. I wouldn't have changed anything about it. It's just a move that I've done a thousand times. ... It's just onward from here, I guess.' The first baseman batted just .182 with three homers and 11 RBIs prior to the injury, but the biggest void he left is on defense. The Red Sox have explored multiple options to replace him, including initially asking Rafael Devers to learn the position after he was replaced at third by offseason, free-agent acquisition Alex Bregman , and moved to DH. Since Casas' injury, Abraham Toro has split time at first along with Romy Gonzalez. Casas is attacking this latest injury setback just a year removed from missing a large portion of last season with torn cartilage in his rib cage. 'I'd rather be out there helping the team win games,' Casas said. 'But considering everything that's happened I'm in a good headspace. Just focused on making a healthy comeback and progressing every day in whatever fashion it is and trying to fill my time and get better any way that I can.' He said the recovery timeline he was given has varied in length, but hasn't been anything over a year. 'As of right now, our goal is opening day next year,' Casas said. 'So, I'm going to take it slow. Going to spend the winter in Fort Myers rehabbing and until then just try to stay in a positive mindset. I know there's a lot of healing that's done outside of the training table. So I think I'm trying to take it one day at a time, be positive and maintain a good headspace is going to be important as well.' ___ AP MLB:
Associated Press
7 days ago
- Health
- Associated Press
Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas is 'living my worst nightmare' as he embarks on injury rehab
BOSTON (AP) — Triston Casas isn't happy about having to watch the remainder of the Boston Red Sox's season following season-ending knee surgery. But he's ready to attack the rehab from his second major injury in two years head on. Casas spoke to reporters Tuesday for the first time since having the procedure last month to repair the ruptured left patellar tendon he injured running to first base after hitting a slow ground ball and then falling awkwardly during Boston's win over Minnesota on May 2. He was carted off the field and taken to a hospital for testing. He had surgery two days later. He was still using crutches Tuesday and said he will be off them soon. He will then head to the Red Sox's spring training facility in Fort Myers, Florida, where he'll spend most of this summer and the offseason undergoing rehab. The 25-year-old plans to be ready in time for opening day next season. 'I'm living my worst nightmare right now to go through a double-digit recovery that's months long,' Casas said Tuesday. 'But going through it now, I feel like I'm going to be better as a consequence of it. It's just part of the game. It's part of running hard down the line. Part of just playing the game how you feel like it should be. I wouldn't have changed anything about it. It's just a move that I've done a thousand times. ... It's just onward from here, I guess.' The first baseman batted just .182 with three homers and 11 RBIs prior to the injury, but the biggest void he left is on defense. The Red Sox have explored multiple options to replace him, including initially asking Rafael Devers to learn the position after he was replaced at third by offseason, free-agent acquisition Alex Bregman, and moved to DH. Since Casas' injury, Abraham Toro has split time at first along with Romy Gonzalez. Casas is attacking this latest injury setback just a year removed from missing a large portion of last season with torn cartilage in his rib cage. 'I'd rather be out there helping the team win games,' Casas said. 'But considering everything that's happened I'm in a good headspace. Just focused on making a healthy comeback and progressing every day in whatever fashion it is and trying to fill my time and get better any way that I can.' He said the recovery timeline he was given has varied in length, but hasn't been anything over a year. 'As of right now, our goal is opening day next year,' Casas said. 'So, I'm going to take it slow. Going to spend the winter in Fort Myers rehabbing and until then just try to stay in a positive mindset. I know there's a lot of healing that's done outside of the training table. So I think I'm trying to take it one day at a time, be positive and maintain a good headspace is going to be important as well.' ___ AP MLB:
The Guardian
26-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
James Milner opens up on nine-month absence: ‘I didn't know if I could walk properly again'
James Milner has opened up over the freak knee surgery complication that left him unable to move his foot for months and fearing he would not walk normally, let alone return to football. The 39-year-old Brighton midfielder made an emotional comeback as a late substitute at Tottenham on Sunday after nine months out – it took him to 638 Premier League appearances; Gareth Barry holds the competition record with 653. Milner has it in his sights because he is close to signing a one-year contract extension, with the Brighton manager, Fabian Hürzeler, making it clear that he values his experience and leadership. However, Milner was more keen to reflect on the journey he has taken since being forced off at Arsenal last August in the third game of the league season. He needed a knee reconstruction and the idea was for him to return in early December. That was before he sustained nerve damage to a tendon during the procedure. 'After the operation, I couldn't lift my foot or my toes,' Milner said. 'December 31 was the first time I saw any flicker of life. It [the complication] wasn't age-related. It was just a bit of bad luck – one in however many thousand. 'There was a chance I might not have come back at all. I didn't know whether I could walk properly again let alone play football. I don't think many people would have come back from this. The medical staff have been incredible, Sean Duggan [the Brighton physiotherapist] has been absolutely unbelievable. We worked hard and the hard work's paid off. To be part of it on the pitch again made it all worthwhile.' Milner was asked whether any medics had told him he might have to retire. 'Nobody said quit the game,' he replied. 'There were obviously doubts from some people that I would get back but nobody said quit it. Not many people have had this and with my age it was highly unlikely I would get back. But I think that was one of the things that drove me most.' Milner turns 40 in January and he is determined to have an impact next season in what would be his 24th in the Premier League. This time out, he became the first player to play in 23 seasons in the competition. He made his debut for Leeds as a 16-year-old at West Ham in November 2002. 'I would like to keep playing,' he said. 'I've definitely got another year left in me. We're in talks with the club and quite close so it will be nice to be here and be part of the team and help the boys.'
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
James Milner opens up on nine-month absence: ‘I didn't know if I could walk properly again'
James Milner has opened up over the freak knee surgery complication that left him unable to move his foot for months and fearing he would not walk normally, let alone return to football. The 39-year-old Brighton midfielder made an emotional comeback as a late substitute at Tottenham on Sunday after nine months out – it took him to 638 Premier League appearances; Gareth Barry holds the competition record with 653. Advertisement Related: Ange Postecoglou in the dark after Brighton deliver record-equalling defeat Milner has it in his sights because he is close to signing a one-year contract extension, with the Brighton manager, Fabian Hürzeler, making it clear that he values his experience and leadership. However, Milner was more keen to reflect on the journey he has taken since being forced off at Arsenal last August in the third game of the league season. He needed a knee reconstruction and the idea was for him to return in early December. That was before he sustained nerve damage to a tendon during the procedure. 'After the operation, I couldn't lift my foot or my toes,' Milner said. 'December 31 was the first time I saw any flicker of life. It [the complication] wasn't age-related. It was just a bit of bad luck – one in however many thousand. Advertisement 'There was a chance I might not have come back at all. I didn't know whether I could walk properly again let alone play football. I don't think many people would have come back from this. The medical staff have been incredible, Sean Duggan [the Brighton physiotherapist] has been absolutely unbelievable. We worked hard and the hard work's paid off. To be part of it on the pitch again made it all worthwhile.' Milner was asked whether any medics had told him he might have to retire. 'Nobody said quit the game,' he replied. 'There were obviously doubts from some people that I would get back but nobody said quit it. Not many people have had this and with my age it was highly unlikely I would get back. But I think that was one of the things that drove me most.' Milner turns 40 in January and he is determined to have an impact next season in what would be his 24th in the Premier League. This time out, he became the first player to play in 23 seasons in the competition. He made his debut for Leeds as a 16-year-old at West Ham in November 2002. 'I would like to keep playing,' he said. 'I've definitely got another year left in me. We're in talks with the club and quite close so it will be nice to be here and be part of the team and help the boys.'
The Independent
15-05-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Patient of suspended hospital surgeon says she wants answers
A university student whose knee was operated on by a since-suspended hospital surgeon when she was 15 years old said she feels sick looking at the joint as she does not know what is happening with it. Chloe Humphries, of Newmarket, Suffolk, has hypermobility and issues with her left kneecap which led to multiple painful dislocations – as often as twice a week since 2013. The 25-year-old, who is a psychology and criminology student at the University of Brighton, said that in 2015 surgeon Kuldeep Stohr operated on her for a reconstruction of the joint. Ms Stohr, who specialises in paediatric surgery, was suspended earlier this year from her role at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge amid concerns about care that was 'below the expected standard'. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) said the cases of almost 800 patients are being reviewed in relation to the practice of the consultant orthopaedic surgeon. Ms Humphries said she first learned that cases were being reviewed after her mother saw a television news report and called her. She said she was called in April of this year by an NHS family liaison worker and told that her case was being reviewed, and was later told it was 'going to take about a year'. 'I think of my knee right now and it's making me feel sick because I don't know what's going on down there at the moment,' she said. 'I thought the grinding noise and the fact I can't feel my leg and that I can't walk up stairs for long without getting pain, I thought that was normal. 'Now it's making me really think, oh my god, it's not. 'I feel (it's) almost like a betrayal due to how they've handled it, how I found out from the news rather than them.' Ms Humphries said her knee 'still dislocates to this day'. 'It's nowhere near as bad as it used to be, however, I would put that more down to I've now learned the movements that I can't do, specific turns,' she said. 'But also after the surgery I had a lot of pain afterwards and my knee would lock in place quite a lot. 'I went back to Ms Stohr and we later found out that there was a bit of bone that was left in there and it was underneath my kneecap so it kept kind of getting locked in place.' She said she had a second operation with Ms Stohr in 2018, aged 18, to remove the piece of bone. The first surgery with Ms Stohr, 'a left patella MPFL reconstruction and hamstring repair', meant she was off school for around six weeks during her GCSEs, she said. She said she felt things were 'worse' after the 2015 operation 'because I now don't have any feeling on a large portion of the left side of my leg and also I have been left with a grinding noise whenever I walk'. Ms Humphries said reports that concerns had been raised as early as 2015 were something she had not known about before. 'Me and my mum were never told anything about that ever and my mum, bless her heart, she's in bits,' said Ms Humphries. 'She's so regretful. It's so surreal having your mum apologise and get really upset that she's given consent, but without having informed consent. 'My mum even said to me that if she knew any of this she would never have said yes to it, never.' She said she 'would like answers … for what's happened, why they did what they did'. 'Being in the dark about it all, that's the worst bit,' said Ms Humphries. CUH chief medical officer Dr Susan Broster said: 'When concerns were raised last year, we commissioned an external expert clinical review into the care of a number of patients. 'After we received the report this January, we put in place a comprehensive external clinical review comprising several experienced paediatric orthopaedic surgeons from other trusts chaired by Andrew Kennedy KC. 'Separately, an external and independent investigation has been launched into how we as a trust handled concerns that were raised previously and whether the right actions were taken. 'The detailed external clinical review will take time to complete. 'To support patients, we have a dedicated patient and family liaison team and every patient has a named case worker to support them. 'We will also be writing to patients on a regular basis. 'Where harm is identified through the clinical review process, patients will be offered in-person meetings with a senior clinician as well as further treatment if needed. 'We apologise again to patients and we want to do everything we can to support them at what we know is distressing and anxious time for many.' Meanwhile, Cambridgeshire Police said it had received an online report and was 'in the process of reviewing the information sent to us'.
