I don't even think that's a rumor in the comments, if you're talking about the "torn pec. out for season" thing. Sounds more like some anti-Steeler fan's wish.
Steelers beat writer for the PG(Bouchette. Has basically been embedded w/the team for around 25+ years) twatted earlier that "Steelers feel Jones should be okay." and that the hospital visit "was precautionary only."
Not seeing anyone else blurbing much else, including what the injury actually is/was. If his pec was torn, Bouchette would have reported it by now most likely.
Finkle,
I think Donny is reffering to this comment.
cowboyhater says:Aug 25, 2013 2:22 PM
I was diagnosed with cervical spinal stenosis about 10 years ago, and am not sure how any athlete can compete at the pro level with that condition. Every sudden jolt to the body makes everything tingle and can often experience some numbness. As a NFL GM, these are athletes that should never be touched in the draft, and the NFL should never allow any athlete to compete in this league with any type of spinal condition, even if they sign a waiver. This is the area of the NFL that I have an issue with concerning a players health. Even though Peyton Manning is thriving, he should have never been allowed to step a foot back into the NFL with that condition. No matter how healthy he looks, all it will take is one hit that will do some serious damage to him. The spinal cord is nothing to take lightly once you injure it.
Anytime a player is taken to the hospital for evaluation it is not something to shrug off.
I had forgotten that sudden jolts could cause numbness but if that was the cause for Jarvis going to the hospital then it would make sense for a player like Jones who came into the league with cervical spinal stenosis.
Teams rarely give out medical information but this does not seem good.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1552191-understanding-jarvis-jones-case-of-cervical-spinal-stenosis
Jones' saga started in 2009 when he played for USC (h/t Jordan Conn,
ESPN The Magazine). Following a tackle during a game against the Oregon Ducks, Jones felt his shoulders go numb. He sat out the rest of the game and later received a diagnosis of a neck sprain.
Shoulder and arm numbness following a hit that forces the neck to bend sharply—called a "stinger"—is extremely common in football. In fact, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons estimates that
up to 70 percent of collegiate football players will suffer the injury at least once. However, the two-sided nature of Jones' symptoms concerned doctors, as stingers are generally limited to one side of the body.
Those concerns were later confirmed.
As Conn's story discusses, doctors discovered Jones' cervical spinal stenosis during their evaluation of his neck sprain. After initially being told he would likely play again, USC physicians did not feel comfortable clearing him to return. Later on, however, re-evaluation by other medical staffs led to his reinstatement into the sport, demonstrating the uncertainty that currently exists in the medical community regarding how to handle the condition.
... Rather, when you bump the inside of your elbow against, say, a table, you are actually pinching the ulnar nerve between the table and the humerus, or the bone of the upper arm.
Now, apply that sensation
to the entire body, but instead of that "funny" feeling, make it paralysis instead. Scary, right? Unfortunately, that is what Jarvis Jones risks—theoretically, at least.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1568305-how-jarvis-jones-went-from-top-5-lock-to-first-round-hopeful
... What is spinal stenosis, you ask? To answer, I sought out the help of B/R's featured medical columnist, David Siebert:
"Jarvis Jones suffers from a case of cervical spinal stenosis—narrowing of the spinal canal at the level of the neck. In other words, there is less buffer room between the spinal cord and the vertebrae that encase and protect it. Players with cervical spinal stenosis are at higher risk of developing "stingers," a neurological injury defined as temporary numbness, tingling or weakness of the arm following a hit that sharply bends the neck."
As you can imagine, it's not the kind of injury that lends very well to someone who is involved in multiple high-speed collisions per game.
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.."Jones is a fast, high-flying linebacker, and as such, he will certainly be involved in many high-speed tackles and collisions. If and when those collisions involve his head and neck, we could see another episode of his 2009 shoulder numbness. He is also at higher risk of "cervical cord neuraplaxia," or temporary paralysis of up to all four limbs that usually resolves within 48 hours."
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Personally, I'm rooting for Jones. I hope he can have a long, successful, healthy career at the NFL level. It's certainly encouraging that he's checked out medically.
But, every time he flies at terminal velocity into an opposing running back or tight end, I'll cringe and hope for the best.
