Sad Man wrote:
Jerry stuff aside, this is a devastating injury for Birnbaum. Things are different now with underwater treadmills and zero-g treadmills, but I had a teammate who got this sophomore year and he was basically out until he was a senior. Not only is this one that should be caught earlier, but it is also just so hard to heal from being such a high weight bearing area. Hard to keep weight off your femur, even with crutches. Does it mention if it is low on the femur or up near the femoral neck?
Gavin Sherry ran a 4:01 1600 as a junior, got a femoral stress fracture his senior year high school to miss the outdoor season, and couple years later at Stanford he's still not racing. Hopefully he can recover one day. And hopefully Birnbaum doesn't have as hard a go as that