Docs Expect Full Recovery For Westbrook
The Eagles are reporting this evening that Brian Westbrook was evaluated today at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center by UPMC sports concussion specialists Dr. Joseph Maroon and Dr. Michael (Micky) Collins and that he is expected to fully recover.
Westbrook sustained a cerebral concussion on October 26th while playing against the Redskins. He was out for two weeks and was re-injured this past week against the Chargers – which sent him up the Turnpike to see the brainiacs.
“We are very encouraged by Brian’s progress, we believe that he has an excellent prognosis and we expect a full recovery,” reported Drs. Maroon and Collins. “We developed a comprehensive physical rehab plan for Brian, and we will repeat the detailed testing in the next two to three weeks.
“We commend the Eagles athletic training and medical staff for their diligent and conservative care in this particular case as well as their historical excellence in managing these types of injuries,” added Dr. Lovell.
Was there reason to suspect the Eagles did not act with Westbrook’s best interest and ruched him on the field? Is the Eagles’ training staff being exonerated before they are even blamed for anything?
Perhaps more importantly, does this mean Westbrook will again play for the Eagles this season? Should he even take that chance?
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DMan liked his score so much from last week he decided to go 0fer again, SSB and Terry both followed DMan’s lead by going 0fer, but they did have a push with Det, TFrey received 2 points from his LOTW win, EMoney pulled 3 points in with the GB and his LOTW Balt wins, and I got 1 point from the NE cover.
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Comment on November 19, 2009 10:33 amTFrey 24(7-2)
Dave 20(5-4)
EMoney 18(5-4)
DMan 15(4-5)
SSB 12(4-4)
Terry 11(3-3)
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