Here's a horrific story about Dolphins trainers resetting Branden Albert's dislocated wrist
Whether it’s Ronnie Lott having part of his pinkie cut off so he can keep playing, Joe Theismann’s leg injury on “Monday Night Football, or any number of times you’ve seen a foot sticking the wrong way, the NFL has its share of gruesome injuries.
Thankfully there’s no video of the aftermath of Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Branden Albert’s dislocated wrist, which happened two weeks ago against the San Diego Chargers. Because the story he told Adam Beasley of the Miami Herald is awful. He said the medical staff tried for 40 minutes (!) to yank his wrist back into place without success. Then they finally figured out a way.
“It was like five, six people on me,” Albert told Beasley. “One was [on] my arm, the other one was holding my fingers, the other one was trying to mess with the wrist, trying to pop it back in. It was really like five people trying to do it.”
Well, if the thought of five trainers pulling on Albert’s arm trying to finally get the wrist back in place after 40 minutes of effort doesn’t make you squeamish, you’re way too desensitized.
And here’s the crazy thing: Once the wrist was finally back in place, Albert went back in the game. He hurt the wrist falling after being beaten by a San Diego Chargers pass rusher and didn’t want to end his day that way.
“It was more of a pride thing that got me back in the game,” Albert said.
After the game an MRI found ligament damage (oh, you think?) and Albert missed last weeks game due to surgery. Given what he went through when the wrist was out of place, I wouldn’t be surprised if he passed up anesthetics during the surgery.
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