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Old 09-15-2007, 12:10 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Journal article on microfracture surgery in high impact athletes

I'd love to read it, as I'm looking into the procedure myself.

BTW, one of the reasons being young helps has to do with the reproductive capacity of your bones. Remember, what we're looking for is for his femur to create scar tissue. The more scar tissue, the better his knee will be.

If anyone has broken a bone when they're young, you'll notice that area is actually STRONGER than the original bone. As you get older, your cell reproduction slows. The thing is, we're in uncharted territory. Getting microfracture at 19 is almost unheard of because at that age if you're not a pro athlete on a team that's willing to lose you for a year or two, they just do a simple arthroscopy.

Let's hope Greg is still a growing boy and his cells are reproducing like trolls on O-Live!
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