Lloyd Perris to miss the rest of the season

[churry]

Poor bloke has done his ACL. Hopefully he recovers well and has a big pre season.

[CJK]

That's wack man.

[Ludwig]

At least AJ will have a rehap mate.

[royboy42]

Anyone got a source?

[erica]

Anyone got a source?

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Shout out to rookie @LloydPerris who will miss the rest of the season after doing his ACL. Best of luck in recovery.

[aardvark]

Anyone got a source?

SwansTV: HCF Injury Update R15 - sydneyswans.com.au

[Melb Blood Bro]

Terrible news. Not the start to his career that he or the club would have wanted. Hopefully they'll take their time with him and make sure they get it right. Our injury list is starting to grow now.

[Conor_Dillon]

Did I read somewhere in the match-day tweets that he went off injured then came back on? I'd assume and hope this is unrelated...hate to think they'd send him back out on the field with a potential ACL injury

[RogueSwan]

Poor buggar. At least he has a few other guys to talk to about it.

[liz]

That's his second ACL. He did one (same knee or other knee?) in the year before his final U18 year.

[Ludwig]

That's his second ACL. He did one (same knee or other knee?) in the year before his final U18 year.

The multiple ACL club is pretty large at the Swans: Perris, AJ, Mal and Shaw. Have I left anyone out?

[Auntie.Gerald]

hence maybe why the Physio mentioned he will have it assessed to determine next steps ??

[liz]

The multiple ACL club is pretty large at the Swans: Perris, AJ, Mal and Shaw. Have I left anyone out?

Campbell Heath too, albeit no longer a Swan. I suspect it is not atypical of the competition wide experience. I read somewhere that the single biggest predictor for a player doing an ACL is the fact they've already done one. It can't just be put down to a rupturing of the replacement ligament because it predicts them rupturing their other knee too. Suggests some people are particularly prone, maybe due to structural issues in their knees, running style, or something else of this ilk.

[Matt80]

I was speaking to a female athlete who had experienced multiple ACLs and she said that ACLs can be traced to hereditary factors. Her father had also experienced multiple ACLs. I'm not sure of the total truth of this but I'm sure there will come a time when the parents of young AFL talent will also face medicals to predict the potential risk of injury to AFL players.

[aguy]

Campbell Heath too, albeit no longer a Swan. I suspect it is not atypical of the competition wide experience. I read somewhere that the single biggest predictor for a player doing an ACL is the fact they've already done one. It can't just be put down to a rupturing of the replacement ligament because it predicts them rupturing their other knee too. Suggests some people are particularly prone, maybe due to structural issues in their knees, running style, or something else of this ilk.

You're right. They is definitely a big genetic predisposition to rupturing acl. And once you have ruptured once you are much more likely to rerupture the same side OR rupture the other side than the general population average