Team doctor steps down

[2006Coltsbestever]

He probably injured his spine slinging hay

[RockThatBlue]

16 hours ago, bravo4460 said:

Good luck on retirement..

 

Wish the whole training staff would step down. Can't blame the training staff for injuries but at some point you have to look at something when the Colts are consistently near the top of most injured players year in and year out.

 

Weather it is training staff, schedule, practices, or the water. Something has to change.

IIRC, the Colts did change the training staff a year or 2 ago.

[NewColtsFan]

3 hours ago, ColtsBlueFL said:

 

Whoah, you have some nerve riding in and blasting me for posting factual information  You said, and I repeat-

"Odds are he's not a surgeon. "

 

I called you out on that, just that.  Then if you look  further, I never said or implied Rettig did the surgery, or that he even specialized in that area. But he is qualified to exam it, triage it, and then actually do it if he and the patient wishes. I never said he did, or that he should have (somebody else actually did though...)

 

This is where I mention one ( of many excellent ) highly qualified physicians, who also happens to be quite well known.  (Dr. James Andrews) Then list a link to other top Sports orthopods. The Cincinnati Reds Dr. Tim Kremchek is highly lauded, as is those who were mentored at the Kerlan-Jobe  Orthopedic Clinic in L.A. (Frank Jobe, Tommy John procedure innovator), as are so many everywhere.  Many Baseball teams have great ones, as I also mentioned.

 

Look, I know specializing within a specialty. I know of cardiologist groups where some in the partnership seem more at home at the office (non-invasive) seeing and treating patients, and their partners prefer to be out of the office and in the lab (invasive procedures) at the hospital(s). But they all do some of both.  and are fully qualified as such. So yes, some like and specialize in different areas of their own specialty. I get that. I also said players will get 2nd opinions and possibly even treatment from physicians of their own choosing.  This makes your demand to answer your question moot.  Of all the qualified automobile mechanics out there, why do people choose a certain one? Same can be said for a myriad of items. 

 

So, to answer your question, ask Andrew (and maybe Oliver) Luck.  They know the answer.  I you want me to make an educated guess, I would say they already have ties to Orthopedists (possibly ties developed even as far back as when Oliver played) , and after seeking out opinions from many orthopods, the majority consensus was to have the surgery and they went with one from a group they already know (R&R, recommended and results!) and have a trusted relationship with.

 

The only time it took, was time to read your tripe, and type out this response. So I kindly ask you to get back on your high horse and ride off to another pasture ...

 

I have some nerve?

 

If you had simply bothered to read the VERY NEXT SENTENCE,  none of this back and forth would've been necessary....

 

Here:   I'll cut and paste it for you.

 

"Odds are he's not a surgeon.   And even if he is,  odds are he's not a specialist on shoulders."

 

If you had just noticed that.    Our conversation would've never happened.

 

[ColtsBlueFL]

26 minutes ago, NewColtsFan said:

 

 

Snip irrelevent content

 

If you had just noticed that.    Our conversation would've never happened.

 

 

I you had never said " Odds are he's not a surgeon" , our conversation would have never happened. Period. End.

[Bravo]

11 hours ago, a06cc said:

Whether* people do it to me lol

 

Oops. Promise I more smarter den dat  ;)

[BlueRedZone]

On 9/16/2017 at 9:03 PM, ReMeDy said:

I'm glad we're on the same page, then.

I think being on the same page is important. Good job ( Charles good job sound bit from Dan Dakich show)