Peyton Manning Fusion

Aaron · #1 (**permalink**) 11-21-2011, 02:28 PM

I agree retirement probably in future, but if the stories are true Peyton has a competative drive that rivals most. And this is why I think in terms of bad medical advice, we have to look at big picture. If the option to have ADR and retire or have fusion and possibly play were on the table, it would seem that Peyton would decide to have the fusion. The surgeon cannot make him do one of the other. I am not defending he doctor, even though he seems to be a pretty good one, but regardless of ADR or fusion with the best surgeon in the world, there will be failures. By that same token if he would have went and had ADR in england and not played, then had to get revision surgury it would have had the opposite effect on ADR and neodisc. IT is an unfortunate part of our spine lives.

Aaron · #2 (**permalink**) 11-21-2011, 02:48 PM

http://www.nuvasive.com/includes/pdf...estimonial.pdf

Tito Ortiz also had fusion and both fighters returned to fight in the UFC. I would assume these guys take more punishment than Peyton does and they made the comeback.

ADR seeker · #3 (**permalink**) 11-22-2011, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron

http://www.nuvasive.com/includes/pdf...estimonial.pdf

Tito Ortiz also had fusion and both fighters returned to fight in the UFC. I would assume these guys take more punishment than Peyton does and they made the comeback.

I don't think that MMA fighter suffer the neck trauma that football players do. Those helmets are a big part of the problem. Football is a collision sport with whiplash injuries occurring all the time. They should remove the face masks.

I read about Nate Quarry getting a new procedure but it was in his low back. I suspect that the Neo Disk would be safe for Manning after it fully fuses.

jchebert1979 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-23-2011, 01:55 AM

I didn't have a chance to read all of the replies to this thread so please forgive me if this has been posted but Peyton manning did go to Germany to receive treatment recently. It was of all things a discussion on whether the treatment would be considered performance enhancing since it's not offered here in the US.

I do want to say that in the discussion it was not clear as to what procedure would be done. Perhaps stem cells, but they were not clear. While I know what losing something you love to pain can do to a person, I doubt that, given his accomplishments in football, he would be wise to return. Then again, he may not have reached a level of pain (that I never thought possible) that I have.