00:00He's been out for about a month and two days. He is hitting and he is doing some plyometric
00:05exercises, but he hasn't been cleared to run just yet. Where is he in the recovery and what are they
00:11looking for when he undergoes the imaging? He's probably about midway through the recovery.
00:17It's reassuring that he's hitting and that he's doing some exercises like plyometrics.
00:22The next step is running and jogging and that's when it can allow him to get around the bases.
00:28What they're looking for on imaging is really the muscle organization and see if there's any signs
00:34of healing. Is it still disrupted? Is there ongoing healing? And what part of the recovery is he at?
00:41And that will help dictate how much they can push him. Your patients who come into your office who
00:46don't play professional sports, do they usually take this long to heal? And would you be as careful
00:52with them as the Yankees are with Big G? It's really patient or athlete specific.
00:57So lower-grade injuries can be one to two weeks. Higher-grade calf injuries can take up to six
01:03weeks. It's almost like a day-by-day. So if they're doing well, we progress them. But if they're
01:08having difficulties, then we kind of hold them back a little bit. Either way, though, we do do early
01:13rehab and that's been shown to decrease the overall recovery rates. And we also have other options like
01:18different injection options, different more intense rehab therapies. And overall, they probably are
01:24being a little bit more cautious with him, given that we're early in the season and they really
01:28want to prevent re-injury for such an important play.
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