Speaker 1: Welcome back to the first and ten podcast. Today, we
Speaker 1: have breaking news that quarterback Brock Purtty has undergone surgery
Speaker 1: on his right elbow. Lindsay, what have we heard from
Speaker 1: the doctors on the surgery, Heybrey. Yeah, it's a pretty
Speaker 1: short and sweet release from the team. But forty nine
Speaker 1: Ers quarterback Brock pretty was able to have the repair
Speaker 1: procedure on his right elbow that was delayed earlier in
Speaker 1: the off season. Doctor Keith Meister was the surgeon performing
Speaker 1: the repair surgery, and from what we know, they were
Speaker 1: able to go the route of the internal brace repair
Speaker 1: for his elbow and he is anticipated to be able
Speaker 1: to start a progressive throwing program in about three months.
Speaker 1: This was kind of the ideal best case scenario that
Speaker 1: both Brock Purty and the team were hoping to have,
Speaker 1: rather than the full Tommy John surgery and a few
Speaker 1: other alternate procedures that were on the table in terms
Speaker 1: of repair for his right elbow. I'm so glad to
Speaker 1: hear that the surgery was a success. Since Brock suffered
Speaker 1: the injury in the NFC Championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles,
Speaker 1: the timeline was moved around a bit. He was originally
Speaker 1: scheduled to have the surgery a few weeks ago. Can
Speaker 1: you explain why it was moved back. Yeah, we actually
Speaker 1: got the official update of the surgery delay at the
Speaker 1: Combine during General Manager John Lynch's press availability. Essentially, when
Speaker 1: doctor Keith Meister went in to look at the final
Speaker 1: evaluation before moving forward or not moving forward, there was
Speaker 1: some swelling and inflammation in Brock's arm that he really
Speaker 1: wanted to let go down and kind of let it
Speaker 1: be an ideal situation for surgery. From what John Lynch meant,
Speaker 1: shinned doctor Keith Meister, this is his area of expertise,
Speaker 1: and I did hear him say that he has had
Speaker 1: the most successful cases when the swelling and inflammation in
Speaker 1: the arm is more minimal. So I think that's what
Speaker 1: they were waiting for. And we are very happy to
Speaker 1: hear that the surgery was successful and now Brock Purty
Speaker 1: can finally move on to what he's been hoping for.
Speaker 1: Was just finally entering the healing and rehab process. And
Speaker 1: you know that three month throwing program timeline is very encouraging.
Speaker 1: And then you know, we'll probably get a later update
Speaker 1: to hear what the full recovery timeline will be great
Speaker 1: news that the doctors did not find any further unexpected
Speaker 1: damage to his elbow, a scenario in that case could
Speaker 1: have pushed the recovery timeline a bit further. Also, like
Speaker 1: he said, no Tommy John surgery was needed. It was
Speaker 1: only a UCL repair. They placed an internal brace in
Speaker 1: the surgery. With that being said, how does his recovery
Speaker 1: and the goal for in three months to start throwing
Speaker 1: program line up with the start of the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: three regular season. Yeah, so the three month throwing program
Speaker 1: will put him at starting to actually get to throw
Speaker 1: around the ball in early June. That's kind of I believe.
Speaker 1: The tail end of OTAs and then the total timeline
Speaker 1: as projected, and again so many things can change, is
Speaker 1: six months to full recovery, and that would pretty much
Speaker 1: line up with the start of the twenty twenty three
Speaker 1: regular season. We'll see once he gets into that throwing
Speaker 1: program what exactly he can or cannot participate in in
Speaker 1: terms of training camp. I think it's very much going
Speaker 1: to see how it goes and see how he progresses
Speaker 1: type thing. But right now, the full recovery projected timeline
Speaker 1: six months and then three months for the start of
Speaker 1: that throwing program. All good news. I know that again,
Speaker 1: this was kind of the ideal, best case scenario for
Speaker 1: the San Francis before forty nine ers and for brock Berty.
Speaker 1: We'll keep you updated on all of the latest information
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