I have a herniated disc.. at C7 old Rugby injury... It can be managed but when it flairs up the nerve swells and it is aggravated causing pain in the path of the nerve . It can take a while to settle down but it lurks beneath the surface when it does . I would not think trying to manage it in his position would be the course of action. Surgery to me back in the day was kind of scary and I went the manage it route but .. its tricky and I don't have the rigors of an NHL player. I don't know his circumstances re when the injury occurred but at this point there is not many options and its a little suspect it wasn't addressed sooner.
If its this article, it just says Ullmark is out 2 to 4 weeks. It doesn’t provide details on the injury itself e.g., someone mentioned herniated disk.
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I was referring to Dr Sense disclosing it publicly on here. haIf its this article, it just says Ullmark is out 2 to 4 weeks. It doesn’t provide details on the injury itself e.g., someone mentioned herniated disk.
They called his injury in October as a muscle strain.
Ullmark week to week for Senators with back injury | NHL.com
Goalie hasn’t played since Dec. 22; Hamonic out 2-4 weeks for Ottawa
Ah, OK. I’m just trying to find info on the nature of the injury …… if it exists.
As far as I know nothing has been officially disclosed by Ullmark or the team.
He's actually only making 4.5 this season, but to Burrow's point, he has indeed secured a contract that will pay him 33 mil over the following 4 years. He has no reason to fight through injuries right now for his next contract, it's already signed and locked in.
No, your original reply was one above that Sensfactor post, to Burrows
I am quite sure if he could play he would play. We don't know the injury, we don't know the level of pain. I don't think this is about not having to play for his next contract
That may be the case, if it were playoffs, maybe he's playing, lalime apparently did when he really shouldn't have, while Hasek didn't when teammates thought he could, so who knows.
So almost doubling down on he could play but he has a comfy contract so why bother , but not quite
Pro athletes want to play. You don't get to this level by slacking off when you can.
If that's what you get from it so be it, I'd frame it as he doesn't have the worry about his long security being on the line if he doesn't play (next contract), so he might be more likely to opt not to put his health on the line by putting himself in a situation where he potentially could end his career due to health (career ending aggrivation of his current injury).
I'd agree, players however have a tendency to play through things they shouldn't, particularly when there is more on the line than a few reg season games.
