'12 Fl LB Kenneth Bynum (UT commit 2/15)

[sanddune50]

Exactly. Apparently that is the best option for his long-term health, the consequence is a longer rehab period.

He's an 18 year old freshman with a long career. I think it was the right move.

 

[RhodesVol]

He's an 18 year old freshman with a long career. I think it was the right move.

Absolutely, without that cushioning, the life of his knee is decreased.

 

[Vols4us]

Good, accurate posts by many on the subject. He chose the long term fix, which is far better for his health and career. Being a true freshman he could benefit greatly from the extra year of S&C as well as film/playbook study.

I had the snip and clean out in my mid 40s. It reduces your overall longevity at the more physically active sports/activities due to the bone on bone thing that happens with lateral movements. Straight ahead - no problems. The arthritis kicks in. They scrapped out what they could with the surgery, but it comes back over time.

 

[Preds&Vols]

Exactly. Apparently that is the best option for his long-term health, the consequence is a longer rehab period.

A meniscal repair is a longer healing time than just a clean-up, but still not a year's worth. But hey, I'm all for giving a kid time to thoroughly heal and get stronger. Just keeping my fingers crossed that we don't have anymore serious injuries in the LB corps.

 

[Preds&Vols]

Absolutely, without that cushioning, the life of his knee is decreased.

But you can't just pick and choose whether to have a repair or a clean up. 75% of the meniscus doesn't have sufficient blood supply to support a repair. They just don't heal unless there is good blood flow to the repair site. There are very specific types of tears that allow for repair and those are mostly to the meniscus right along the edges of the bones. It's all just speculation at this point, but I'm assuming that it involves the more important articular cartilage also. Whatever it is, I hope he makes a full recovery.

 

[RhodesVol]

But you can't just pick and choose whether to have a repair or a clean up. 75% of the meniscus doesn't have sufficient blood supply to support a repair. They just don't heal unless there is good blood flow to the repair site. There are very specific types of tears that allow for repair and those are mostly to the meniscus right along the edges of the bones. It's all just speculation at this point, but I'm assuming that it involves the more important articular cartilage also. Whatever it is, I hope he makes a full recovery.

Doesn't the tear need to be somewhat clean in the meniscus to repair it? I know that they essentially said I had shredded my meniscus, and it was beyond repair. Aside from that I am just operating off the little I understood as a Junior in high school with a bad attitude after losing football.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

But you can't just pick and choose whether to have a repair or a clean up. 75% of the meniscus doesn't have sufficient blood supply to support a repair. They just don't heal unless there is good blood flow to the repair site. There are very specific types of tears that allow for repair and those are mostly to the meniscus right along the edges of the bones. It's all just speculation at this point, but I'm assuming that it involves the more important articular cartilage also. Whatever it is, I hope he makes a full recovery.

Beat me to the post

 

[Preds&Vols]

Doesn't the tear need to be somewhat clean in the meniscus to repair it? I know that they essentially said I had shredded my meniscus, and it was beyond repair. Aside from that I am just operating off the little I understood as a Junior in high school with a bad attitude after losing football.

It needs to be a fairly clean tear, but the most important part of making the decision between repair and clean up is where the tear is and the amount of blood supply to the area.

 

[VolsDoc81TX]

Any word of his knee?

 

[Ron Swanson]

Kenny Bynum - The late signee definitely has the size that defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri wants in an inside linebacker, but whether or not Bynum has the speed and instincts is still an unknown. The Jacksonville, Fla. native had his pre-season cut short due to torn menicus in his knee. Bynum had surgery to repair the tear and will miss the season.

-VQ

 

[005]

At least the injury occurred now when he can red shirt and be 100% next year not week 8

 

[jave36]

-VQ

Thanks for all the updates on our recruits, Ron.

 

[utvols16manning]

Ron is bringing the thunder in the recruiting forum right now.