The Body Explained | Hockey Injuries

Brock Faber has been reportedly cleared to begin skating again in a couple of days after this play left him with a fractured skull about a month ago Him being cleared to skate tells us this was likely an uncomplicated fracture and concussion symptoms may have resolved which is fantastic news There is still a long road for Faber to return to fully playing, likely at the very least a couple more months to begin ramping up any sort of contact Will be interesting to see other potential precautions taken for Faber such as equipment modifications The skull heals well and the reinjury risk lies more in brain injury versus fracturing it again. It is important to note that feeling better does NOT always equal fully recovered, especially in this case

Another angle of Cooley that leads to more knee speculation versus groin Ankle could even be involved but it didn’t seem to get trapped too

Couldn’t have gotten through school without this method

Devin Cooley of the Flames left the game with a LBI after the collision seen below His left leg extends out and gets caught in an awkward position and he collapses on top of it First glance had me thinking more adductor strain but the way he falls on the leg could mean more knee ligament (MCL/ACL) or meniscus injury It does seem to get too stuck underneath him but it hard to tell Could be looking at a more than a day-to-day situation but hoping that is wrong

Noel Acciari left the game after this collision but later returned which is good news It seems the injury came from the knee to the head in what we call an axial loading pattern injury This mechanism in general is concerning for a cervical (neck bone) fracture of spinal cord injury; this definitely did not happen as he returned but is just a general tidbit It can also cause concussions very easily which is likely why Acciari got checked out Wonder if he will deal with some stiffness or neck strain symptoms later on

30-50% of concussions have associated neck pain or injury as well, wonder if he just goes through protocol anyway

Fits a lower grade MCL sprain

Fits a suspected MCL sprain

30-50% of concussions have associated neck pain/injury so interested to see if he goes through the protocol anyway

Up to 54% of concussions have associated neck pain/injury so wonder if he will go through the protocol anyway

Up to 54% of concussions have neck pain too so could go through protocol still Otherwise good news no major concussion

Could still just go through concussion protocol and be treated as such with an associated next injury

Likely still treating and precautioning as a concussion in protocol

Hoping for a quick recovery

Warren Foegele left the game with assistance last night after knee on knee contact Lauzon’s knee seemed to strike Foegele’s knee on the outside more and causing that valgus stress that is seen very commonly in MCL sprains/tears The knee did not seem to give as much as guys like Marchenko the other day which is promising but cannot rule out any ligament or meniscus injury of the knee Any time there is a big blow like this it is important to rule out a tibial plateau fracture (pictured below) among other fractures, so X-Rays were likely taken A simple contusion is a diagnosis of exclusion so we will wait to see Foegele’s timeline

Zach Hyman placed on IR from this hit and reportedly has a “stiff neck” It still could be likely that this is treated as a concussion with a neck injury of some sorts involved I am sure they looked for signs of unstable neck injury and red flag concussion The neck may have undergone a strain of some sorts that has been causing the stiffness mentioned Hyman could just go through concussion protocol at the same time he is healing the neck up