The reason for waiting for the swelling to go down is because two MRI's showed no tear of the ACL. Has nothing to do with swelling which as I said, does not conflate the MRI but instead gives contrast.
The reason for waiting is to test the structural integrity of the knee which the trainers have a battery of tests for.
If the PCL is torn, which could be, then he's out six months. Season is still over.
But from all accounts, it literally could be a bone bruise and he's back in 4-6 weeks.
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