Jamie Dwyer to stay off the hockey field for 3-4 months due to a knee injury
The four times title holder of World’s player of the year, Jamie Dwyer, will stay off the hockey field for 3-4 months on account of knee injury.
With just 15 months left for the 2012 London Olympics, these months had vital importance for the Kookaburras' squad member.
Undoubtedly, it was a huge misfortune for the Australian hockey men to find the world’s best player on crutches with severe medical issues.
Dwyer suffered the injury on his left knee, while playing for his club, Bloemendaal in Netherlands last week.
He received an MRI in Netherlands before returning home and then later had another MRI after returning home to Perth over the weekend. The report disclosed a tear and damage to his articular cartilage. It was a relief to find out that he had made no damages
to his ACL or meniscus.
The Kookaburras' gold medal hero of 2004 Athens Olympics underwent an arthroscopy on April 14, in Perth. It was disclosed that he will have an operation to sew back the torn cartilage.
Till that time, the hockey star will be on crutches, would not go through any form of weight exercises for the next 5-6 weeks and will get back to training after 3-4 months time.
The clear understanding of how severe his condition is can only be seen after his surgery. Furthermore, a better idea of actually when he would get back to training could be estimated.
A similar injury was found to have occurred to him before the 2004 Athens Olympics was about to start, but he stood firm and helped the team win their first ever Olympic gold medal.
Dwyer said, “I’m obviously disappointed with the setback but now all I can do is look forward to getting my body 100%. My biggest priority now is to get my knee right and have no issues with it over the next few years so that there is no issue with selection
heading towards the London Olympics.”
The 32-year-old is scheduled to have his surgery on April 14. According to him, he will be out for about four months due to tearing holes in his left knee cartilage, with a hope to get it back to 100 percent, as soon as possible.
Disappointingly, Dwyer would not be able to represent his team in the European Tour, in the middle of the year. However, the midfielder hopes to be useful for the Kookaburras in the 2012 London Olympics.
The Kookaburras are expected to be one of the world’s favourite teams to appear in the 2012 London Olympics.
Since Ric Charlesworth took over the squad as the new coach for Kookaburras in 2009. The team showed a huge development in its international performances.
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