The Crippler
05-18-2006, 07:37 PM
Credit: PWInsider
TNA X-Division champion Samoa Joe will be undergoing physical therapy on his knee for at least the next three months. Joe has already started therapy under famous sports therapist Tommy Chao in California and is starting to be able to put some weight back on his leg. He is expected to take time off from his independent and international bookings in order to help rest the knee, but not miss any ring time for TNA events.
The major injury was to Joe's posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), which suffered a major tear. The PCL prevents the tibia (shinbone) from sliding too far backwards in order to protect the knee from bending in the wrong direction. Joe also suffered a minor tear of the medial collateral ligament (MCL), which prevents widening of the inside of the knee joint. That tear caused Joe's knee to buckle and also was the source of swelling and pain.
As long as all goes well with physical therapy, the tears are expected to heal. Surgery could become a future possibility if healing of the ligament tears do not go as well as predicted.
Joe was initially injured several weeks ago while working for Ring of Honor in Cleveland, Ohio. He had been resting the knee in order to insure he could gave the type of performance expected at the TNA PPV this past Sunday. His appearances at Ring of Honor this past weekend were set up around protecting the knee. After four straight nights (5 in-ring appearances total) of bookings, however, his knee locked up while wrestling David Young.
TNA X-Division champion Samoa Joe will be undergoing physical therapy on his knee for at least the next three months. Joe has already started therapy under famous sports therapist Tommy Chao in California and is starting to be able to put some weight back on his leg. He is expected to take time off from his independent and international bookings in order to help rest the knee, but not miss any ring time for TNA events.
The major injury was to Joe's posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), which suffered a major tear. The PCL prevents the tibia (shinbone) from sliding too far backwards in order to protect the knee from bending in the wrong direction. Joe also suffered a minor tear of the medial collateral ligament (MCL), which prevents widening of the inside of the knee joint. That tear caused Joe's knee to buckle and also was the source of swelling and pain.
As long as all goes well with physical therapy, the tears are expected to heal. Surgery could become a future possibility if healing of the ligament tears do not go as well as predicted.
Joe was initially injured several weeks ago while working for Ring of Honor in Cleveland, Ohio. He had been resting the knee in order to insure he could gave the type of performance expected at the TNA PPV this past Sunday. His appearances at Ring of Honor this past weekend were set up around protecting the knee. After four straight nights (5 in-ring appearances total) of bookings, however, his knee locked up while wrestling David Young.