EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota (AP) - when E.J. Henderson (notes) was wheeled trauma unit at a hospital in Arizona, a titanium rod in his left leg when his thigh bone used, the Minnesota Vikings really knew what to do next.
In their research, they could find an instance of an NFL player who broke his femur in a game, not to mention one who returned to play after the injury.
Vikings head Athletic Trainer, "You do not see these injuries in professional football," said Eric Sugarman. "See you in a car accident." "We really couldn't find any documented in the NFL when we watched".
Kurtis Foster Minnesota Wild player went through it, but hockey is so different from what it requires of its athletes football, it is difficult to determine if the plan it would operate at middle linebacker Viking back on the field.
So Sugarman and Assistant Athletic Trainer, Tom Hunkele is set to work to develop a rehabilitation program that began in the most basic movements - Henderson, it is sufficient to obtain the amplitude of movements in the leg - and took him to the point where he was ready to chase the tight ends in the open field and colliding with the back of the race in the hole.
"Perhaps not a medicine Marvel," Henderson said Friday. "I think that we have done a good job of rehabilitation of the femur fracture." There is no one there before. I am really proud of the work we have done.
On 6 December 2009, Henderson, collided with the Vikings safety Jamarca Sanford (notes) in a game of Arizona and its left femur essentially broken in half and settled grotesque, as he fell to the ground.
This is an extremely rare, said Sugarman orthopedic emergency and Henderson has quickly in the shock of pain. Personal medical could not give an oral pain killer because he was going to have surgery immediately. His leg was placed in a splint and rushed to a local hospital, where a trauma surgeon was going to work.
"You could see just pain in her face," said Sugarman. "It was not to say anything."
Henderson remained in Arizona for a few days before he could be transported in homepage. Once arrived in Minnesota, he went to work determined to come back on the ground by the opening of the 2010 season.
"E.J. was really one of those where I remember telling the staff at the end of the year, ' this could be an injury threatening career for this guy." We're not really sure. "We are not sure if it will be able to return to the function and level that he needs to do its job" ' Sugarman said.
Long, lonely days began with the slightest of movements, leg little upwellings mechanical to get the blood flowing and made a very gradual progression included simple taps its toes in the pool at base-building exercises.
"We have created all these cue points and it exceeded all the" Sugarman said. "Some point benchmark we define, it just blew right by it."
Full winter, while his teammates were absorb sunlight in their homes in the NHL, Henderson was at the headquarters of the team, to engage in the grueling rehabilitation process.
"The first few weeks were ridiculous." … It is a pretty lonely feeling come February or March here you try fight your way back, and everyone is missing "Sugarman said." "" You have enough strong mentally to be able to capture that. It just never wavered. It was never a day where there was no doubt that it would be ready for our first game this year. This was the goal. »
Incredibly, Henderson, directed by linebacker average season to opens in New Orleans. He has not missed a game since. It is the second part of the 110-plated team and led all NFL linebackers with three interceptions.
It eradicates it as if it had a sprained ankle.
"My job was just to point out how I felt." "Never be afraid to say that today ' today I am a little painful, say back", said Henderson. "But all the x and O, they have done." Medical staff and I simply followed the routine and reported what I felt and it worked great.
Nobody in Minnesota can really believe.
"He comes along and I cannot believe not it tries to do what he does, said acting coach Leslie Frazier, Henderson defensive coordinator of the past three years." None of us do, even now, it would be there. »
Quarterback Michael Vick (notes) Eagles received the press for his return from prison, but it would be difficult to find a story far better than Henderson, when it comes to appoint the player back in the year.
"It would definitely be a nice reward", Henderson said the stock. "It is difficult to consider these things when you have 5-7 and going through what we've been through." But it would certainly be a sweet reward and a small step on the back for all the hard work.
Vikings training and medical staff presented the revolutionary cases of Henderson and rehabilitation, both locally and nationally. It is written reviews medical and studied for future reference, providing a roadmap for how to handle this this injury.
And they have given a nickname - Henderson Protocol.
"This is our joke but I think this is what it is," said Sugarman. "I challenge anyone to name." I think that the medical staff in General, we are very proud. This is a remarkable return. »
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