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nickerjones · 01-31-2013, 05:47 PM

Zulu... i feel ya bud...

there is a study somewhere that showed the avg time for Pro/olympic athletes to return to their sport after a lumbar micro-discectomy. I think it was an 10 yr old study.. 2003 or so There were 60 athletes ,7 of which were hockey players. All 7 returned to the previous level of the sport. The average time from surgery to return was 6.3 months.

edit: http://www.watkinsspine.com/pubs/7.A...Discectomy.pdf

01-31-2013, 05:47 PM	#5
nickerjones Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oklahoma - Where they call a puck a ball... Exp:	Zulu... i feel ya bud... there is a study somewhere that showed the avg time for Pro/olympic athletes to return to their sport after a lumbar micro-discectomy. I think it was an 10 yr old study.. 2003 or so There were 60 athletes ,7 of which were hockey players. All 7 returned to the previous level of the sport. The average time from surgery to return was 6.3 months. edit: http://www.watkinsspine.com/pubs/7.A...Discectomy.pdf __________________ Beer League Players Association - Home of the adult "athlete"