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00:00This is the Injury Report, presented by NYU Langone Health.

00:05When can the Jets expect to get Garrett Wilson back on the field?

00:08He's been ruled out for multiple weeks, as you guys know,

00:11due to a hyper-extended knee that he suffered in the loss

00:15at the end of the Broncos game out in London.

00:17So in today's Injury Report, we're talking G5's knee

00:21with Dr. Julia I. Afraidy, who specializes in sports medicine

00:25and rehabilitation, as well as orthopedics at NYU Langone Health,

00:29or should I say welcome back, Dr. Julia I. Afraidy.

00:35What's going on? How are you?

00:37It's been a long time. Good to see you again.

00:39Thanks for having me. Excited to talk about this injury.

00:42Okay, let's talk about it.

00:43Can we give the JETS Nation a little bit of good news?

00:47Because I think things possibly could have been a lot worse than expected.

00:51So what happens when a player hyper-extends the knee,

00:55and how is that different from, I guess, a ligament sprain or even a tear?

01:00Yeah. So it's more of an umbrella term for something that could happen, right?

01:06So when you hyper-extend the knee, basically, if this is the knee joint,

01:10it's bending backwards, not in the direction it's supposed to go by any means.

01:15And so when that happens, a lot of things can happen to the knee,

01:19both at the front of the knee where the tissues at the front,

01:22which is called a Haffa's fat pad, that fat pad can actually get impinged.

01:27And that hurts just underneath the kneecap.

01:29But deeper inside the knee, you can also get an injury to some of the ligaments.

01:33It's more of a stretch injury.

01:35You can also get bone bruising that happens to the femur, so the upper thigh bone,

01:42where it comes and attaches into the knee joints.

01:45That can get bruised and cause a lot of pain.

01:47There can be some laxity or some, you know, ligamentous stretching,

01:51but not necessarily a complete rupture with a hyper-extension.

01:55So that's Garrett Wilson.

01:56He's got top trainers at One Jets Drive.

01:59They're going to make sure that he is as good as new before he steps back on the field.

02:04But what about for our weekend warriors?

02:06Does that recovery and rehab process differ for the non-pro athletes?

02:10And how would you and the good, great doctors at NYU Langone treat a patient

02:16that doesn't play for the Jets?

02:18That's a great question and an important one,

02:20because we take care of a lot of weekend warriors.

02:22We take care of a lot of professional, semi-professional athletes.

02:25But I also take care of a lot of kids, right, that are little athletes.

02:29I think the important thing here is you have a continuum of options.

02:36So in a lot of people, sometimes just rest and some really good physical therapy

02:40will do the trick, okay?

02:43Yes, professional athletes have great physical therapists on hand.

02:46They have somebody that can pack their ice for them.

02:49They have somebody who can time when they get their next medication.

02:52They can have somebody do PRP, no problem, no questions asked.

02:56More importantly, though, a lot of these options are still available

02:59to the regular population as well.

03:02So, for example, I do PRP injections very commonly in my practice.

03:06Yes, there is an out-of-pocket cost with them.

03:08But for some people, it is worth it to them

03:10because it can help with the remodeling cascade.

03:12Especially, you know, we live in New York City.

03:14I mean, people walk everywhere.

03:15This is not a place where you can just sit in your car

03:17and just be okay with a little bit of a knee injury.

03:19So I think the option to have something like a PRP injection

03:23is certainly commonplace,

03:25but it's not necessary in a hyperextension injury in most cases.

03:30It's just, you know, the cherry on top.

03:32But the most important part is actually the physical therapy

03:35in this situation.

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