Injury Report Flyers Confirm Ryan Ellis Will Not Play This Season; Facing Career-Ending Injuries

[Phil]

 

[Cash or Czech]

Poor guy only got 4 games in as a Flyer before all this shit went down. Hope he can heal and live well the rest of his life. Hockey would be a bonus.

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

32 thoughts had a podcast at some point before the season started where they were talking about his injuiry. cant remember the specifics but basically they talked about how at that point they were more worried about quality of life than anything to do with hockey. Sucks to see this happen to anyone

[Phil]

1 hour ago, Cash or Czech said:

Poor guy only got 4 games in as a Flyer before all this shit went down. Hope he can heal and live well the rest of his life. Hockey would be a bonus.

 

Don't count on it. The extent of his injuries are significant:

 

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"I know we've been probably vague with describing the injury. I think we called it multifaceted, which it is," Fletcher said. "There's a psoas (back muscle) component of this, there's a hip component, there's an adductor component. So I'm not sure if you go in and repair one part, it's going to fix everything.

 

"We're trying to work with trying to get everything back, rehab everything back. I've never heard of an injury like this, it's very complicated. A torn psoas is a very significant injury for a hockey player, a very rare injury. We're doing the best we can and we'll just leave it up to the medical experts."

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/flyers/flyers-ryan-ellis-expected-miss-2022-23-season-career-threatening-injury

[Cash or Czech]

Psoas? That’s fucked. That was my main muscular issue when I slipped a disc a few years ago. Just tightness and couldn’t get it loose. Still impacts me today. Tearing it? Walking is gonna suck, let alone skating. Sorry, Ellis. 

Edited December 1, 2022 by Cash or Czech

[Phil]

Yeah, I mean, I'm no doctor, but just reading about this, I'm struggling to see a path back for him. I remember the 32 Thoughts episode @BlairBettsBlocksEverything referenced and it read like a eulogy.

[jsm7302]

My buddy had disc issues with his back from age 32-37. Three back surgeries and a disc replacement later and he is living pretty normal with minor pain comparatively. He left law enforcement to preserve the rest of the quality of his life (wearing that duty belt and sitting in a car for a good portion of your day sucks for back injuries).

 

With that said, God speed Ryan Ellis; hockey is an awesome game to enjoy from the sidelines when the body can't take the beating anymore. Life is about resiliency and being able to flex. Find a new passion! Feel better sir!