Player Watch: Micky van de Ven

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

So what you're saying is that he has a grade 2.5 tear but not a tear

From my understanding (and again I'm just passing on some of the knowledge I've gained, I'm no expert), think of it like this:

2-4 weeks: Grade 1 is a strain of the muscle (pulled hamstring) where it's overstretched but doesn't tear.
4-8 weeks: Grade 2 is a partial tear of the muscle.
8-12 weeks plus: Grade 3 is a full tear of the muscle and POTENTIALLY tear off the bone.

The timescale of these grades is approximate depending on the individual, the severity of the injury and there are obviously exceptions. Borderline Grade 3 as O'Keefe put it probably means Micky had more than a partial tear but not a full tear if that makes sense, blurring the lines between the grades.

All we can do as fans is hope Micky recovers really well and fully without rushing back to minimise the chance of it reoccurring.

 

[spursfan77]

So basically he'll be back in the new year as they said.

 

[thePessimist]

So basically he'll be back in the new year as they said.

Feels so long I’m getting a tear myself

 

[HodisGawd]

Tear-ible news!

 

[Trent Crimm]

Feels so long I’m getting a tear myself

I heard it pop mate.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

So basically he'll be back in the new year as they said.

Should be early January yeah although there is a chance his recovery goes well and he returns a week or 2 earlier if we are really lucky (which we aren't!)

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

I'm afraid this aggregator is spreading misinformation and I want to put it straight so people don't get their hopes up.

Grade 2 is not typically 3 weeks as this aggregator suggests. A Grade 2 recovery is anything from 4 weeks up to 8 weeks, in Micky's case more likely towards the latter given O'Keefe has said it's borderline 3 which means it was a severe 2.

Grade 3 would be 8-12 weeks or potentially more, depending on the complexity of the tear and surgery requirements.

Spot on, was going to say that aggregator is spreading shit.

Grade 3 or near 3 would likely mean surgery for a start.

 

[mil1lion]

I heard it pop mate.

From how far away?

 

[Trent Crimm]

From how far away?

5k miles.

 

[mil1lion]

5k miles.

That's grade 2 then, grade 3 can be heard from space

 

[Danny1]

That's grade 2 then, grade 3 can be heard from space

My mate who is a Celtic fan was on the moon when it happened and heard it from up there.
He only left Sidcup to go to the moon the day before aswell.

 

[funkycoldmedina]

My mate who is a Celtic fan was on the moon when it happened and heard it from up there.
He only left Sidcup to go to the moon the day before aswell.

This is the evidence for when you know you spend too much time on SC

 

[Trent Crimm]

My mate who is a Celtic fan was on the moon when it happened and heard it from up there.
He only left Sidcup to go to the moon the day before aswell.

Liar. There is no direct flight from London to the Moon.

 

[Trent Crimm]

That's grade 2 then, grade 3 can be heard from space

 

[mil1lion]

Liar. There is no direct flight from London to the Moon.

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[luRRka]

Glad he called them out

Obviously not glad he's injured though

 

[jurgen11]

I heard it pop mate.

that was my piles you heard - popping on the Shelf Side

 

[Mattspurs1982]

I'm afraid this aggregator is spreading misinformation and I want to put it straight so people don't get their hopes up.

Grade 2 is not typically 3 weeks as this aggregator suggests. A Grade 2 recovery is anything from 4 weeks up to 8 weeks, in Micky's case more likely towards the latter given O'Keefe has said it's borderline 3 which means it was a severe 2.

Grade 3 would be 8-12 weeks or potentially more, depending on the complexity of the tear and surgery requirements.

 

[Freddie]

Not your fault mate and to be fair to O'Keefe all he said was VdV has a grade 2, borderline 3.

The aggregator clearly went on google and just posted recovery times from what they saw there but got it wrong.

There is a PL physio in my family so I have learnt quite a bit about injuries over the past 10 years and received advice for my own hamstring injuries (among others!)

He's a grade 2 until he's a grade 3

 

[tevezito]

Liar. There is no direct flight from London to the Moon.

He flew from Pluton.