Report: LJ Out For The Season?

There is a report out of Denver saying Chiefs Running Back Larry Johnson is out for the season. That report from myfoxcolorado.com cites sources inside the Chiefs organization, saying Johnson has a broken bone in his foot and is done for the year.

Johnson injured his right foot Sunday against Green Bay when AJ Hawk tackled LJ and his right foot got tangled up underneath their bodies. The report out of Denver said it was a broken bone in his left foot, but it was his right foot that was injured. MyFoxColorado.com said that was inadvertent and it's his right foot that is broken.

The Chiefs completely deny this story, saying their medical staff hasn't told them anything about a broken bone in the foot.

Source: http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=4852465&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1

Phelps confirms right wrist is broken

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, by his own admission, has never been particularly graceful when walking on dry land. In the water, there is no one faster or sleeker. But on solid ground, he's a self-described klutz.

That clumsiness seems to have caught up with him. Yesterday, during a promotional event in Southern California, Phelps confirmed that he broke a small bone in his right wrist two weeks ago while trying to enter a car in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he is training for the Beijing Olympics.

"I'm a fish out of water. I'm a clumsy person," Phelps told the Associated Press. "I fell and went to catch myself and I just tweaked it the wrong way."

He said the injury isn't serious and shouldn't affect his preparation for the 2008 Olympics. He continued to do dry-land training after the injury, but after he experienced some swelling, doctors ordered a magnetic resonance imaging and found a small crack. They decided to insert a small pin in his wrist to accelerate healing.

"It's fine. Everything's going as we planned," said Phelps, who is from Rodgers Forge. "We were taking it very, very cautiously and just trying to get it to heal as fast as we could so we could get back to swimming."

Full article: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/olympics/bal-sp.phelps06nov06,0,3073573.story

English has broken bone in ankle

Stoops says defensive end shouldn't be out more than a week or two
Oklahoma defensive end Auston English suffered a hairline fracture on a non-weight-bearing bone in his right ankle Saturday night, Sooners coach Bob Stoops said. There is no timetable for his return, but Stoops said he shouldn't be out more than a week or two.

Stoops compared the injury to one suffered by Rocky Calmus in 1999, though not as serious. Calmus played on the injured ankle and did not miss a game.

English's second-quarter injury led to a slight change of plans for defensive coordinator Brent Venables.

Source: http://newsok.com/article/3163857/

Brittle Bone Syndrome

A baby of about four weeks who was crying incessantly was found to have a broken leg after an x-ray was done. His parents were accused of child abuse because the broken leg was through a non-accident incident. Simply put, his parents were suspected of shaking the baby so hard that his leg bone got broken in two.

Further tests concluded that the baby was hurt because of physical abuse. About two weeks later, his father coughed while carrying the baby. The baby stretched out his arm in surprise and his father heard it crack. X-rays once again confirmed that the baby broke his arm this time.

To cut it short, the parents were fortunately proven innocent after a couple more tests were done. Unfortunately though, the baby was diagnosed with brittle bone syndrome or Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

WHAT IS OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA?

Osteogenesis Imperfecta or brittle bone syndrome is a genetic disease that results in the abnormalities of protein in the bones causing them to become easily breakable. In some cases, this disease causes the child to be stillborn or to die soon after birth. A parent with this disease has a 50% chance of passing it on to his child.

The levels of the effect of this disease to the baby differ in such a way that although genetically, the baby has the disease, his bones don’t break as easily as the other babies with the same disease.

X-rays and tests don’t usually detect this disease at first glance. A more thorough examination of the baby is required to find out if he has been afflicted with this debilitating illness. Observation of the child is also crucial since most cases of brittle bone disease manifest babies fracturing their bones frequently for no apparent reason.

A baby with this disease can easily fracture his bone by merely reaching out to his parent to be carried or sneezing.

WHAT YOU SHOULD CHECK

1. If your baby has broken a bone which you find odd considering he’s been handled with care since birth, don’t wait for another broken bone to occur. Have him checked for this disease right away. It is better to be safe than sorry.
2. Check if the whites of his eyes are more bluish or grayish than white.
3. He bruises easily.
4. His teeth are discolored.

Even if you notice that his bone fracture hasn’t occurred in several months and you don’t see a pattern such as him not breaking his bone twice over the same incident, this is all the more why you should have him checked for Osteogenesis Imperfecta because fractures when you have this disease do not usually occur in a pattern.

So before you go blaming yourself or any other person for hurting your child, it is best to have him checked for every possible reason why he got hurt in the first place. In some cases, babies are fortunate enough to have this kind of disease temporarily. This temporary brittle bone syndrome usually comes in the first year of the child and disappears soon after.

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