As the Kookaburra’s commence their Olympic preparations over in Perth, Russell Ford, last weekend received an early set back on his road to Beijing. During a training session over the weekend Rusty rolled his ankle, which he’d previously injured during the AHL series.
As Rusty said, “it was the same ankle as I did in National League. I’ve got the MRI results back and it’s a tear to one of the ligaments, partial tear in another and a bit of fluid and bone bruising at the back of the ankle. Probably have to get another cortisone shot and keep monitoring it…”
A seemingly innocuous injury – rolling your ankle – can result in quite a long lay-off and recovery period. Although, when Rusty spoke with THS yesterday he was quite optimistic about the prognosis.
“Went for a jog last night and pulled up pretty well so that’s good. Will do some light stick and ball work tonight and get back into it slightly. So hopefully fingers crossed could be back in full training within a week. Will just have to tape and brace etc from now on…”
All the crew at THS wish Rusty well with his recovery. And wish his fellow Victorian team mates, Smitty, Trav Brooks, Luke Doerner and The Gimp well in their pursuit for Olympic selection!
Keep checking back at THS Online for updates and news on our Aussie boys.
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