Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Knee Injuries - Dave's Midwestern Ohio Memories

Series of Guest Blogs by an out-of-state Fish Report reader originally from this area about fond memories of growing up in Midwestern Ohio during the 50’s & 60’s

Knee Injuries


While watching the Journey on the Big Ten Network this week, I learned more about the inspirational story of Buckeye receiver Kamryn Babb, who successfully recovered from 4 ACL tears, two in each knee, over the course of his football career. Babb was elected team captain for his fifth year and was honored with the Block O jersey number. He caught this touchdown pass during Ohio State’s 56-14 win over Indiana in mid-November. He knelt down and said a prayer of thanks after the big catch as shown on this photo.


That brace on his knee brought back memories of similar braces I wear due to knee surgery on both of my knees. The first was in 1968 after tearing my cartilage while playing basketball. A 4” scar on my right knee reminds me every day of the surgery to repair the meniscus. It took forever to heal primarily because there was no such thing as physical therapy back then. The only doctor's order was to use crutches for two weeks after the surgery to avoid putting any weight on the knee, but it took years before the knee really felt ok. To this day, it’s the weaker knee. Here’s a past blog about that not-so-memorable year of 1968.


The other knee surgery was out-patient minimally-invasive arthroscopic surgery to fix a torn cartilage in my left knee from a tennis injury in 2018. What a difference in surgical techniques over the course of those 50 years!


Back to the Buckeyes, my prediction in this recent blog came to fruition regarding the college football playoffs, with OSU getting in after USC lost. Also, glad to see Alabama got snuffed! Good luck to both Big 10 teams and I hope they meet in the finals.

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