Recently, Dr. Rand McClain, an expert on reconstructed sports medicine, who treated professional athletes and was the medical director of LCR Health shared his expertise around the recent brutal broken leg that the former UFC champion, Conor McGregor suffered at the main event at UFC 264.
McClain is expressing the opinions of experts. He is not a doctor for McGregor. His answer should not be considered 100%authentic.
Exactly what happened to Conor McGregor's legs medical?
“This case is really a broken tibia and broken bone. They are both bones we call” lower legs “, meaning below the knee. The main bone below the knee is called the tibia, and on the side of that is the bone. Is a solid bone that is much smaller and performs different functions, but the bone is under weight is the baseball bone.”
Many people seem to believe that this is an ankle injury?
“That is not closed, this is not completely fracture of the ankles but just a fracture of the leg.
There are opinions about when Conor McGregor broke his leg. There is an opinion that Conor broke his leg when kicking the elbow or knee of Dustin Poirier, others said it was when he stepped back. In terms of medicine, is it more likely that one case happened more than the other?
“I think anyone who watches the video will believe that the first school is the main cause of the leg fracture, when Conor has entered the elbow and head of Poirier. However, it seems that they are not the cause. At the end of the feet rather than the tibia, it may cause damage but that is not what happened.
And then with the kick that is said to enter the elbows, if you look closely and again, you don't need to be an expert to have a clear view. It was a kick and it really did not hit the elbow, the contact point was inside the arm and it was not enough energy or force, you could see that there was no sudden stop.
It would be clear if you look at those two situations on the video, that's not what happened. He seemed to be overturned by his ankle because the fracture happened and he lost his balance. And of the basic physical natural, the outcome.
The next question you can ask me: So what is the cause of leg fracture? It is difficult to say but it can be accumulated. This is a professional fighter and a lot of contact with tibia to many body parts can lead to weakness. ”
The coach of Conor McGregor implies that Conor had an eye injury during training. Can that be a factor leading to his leg broken?
“Definitely possible. If you are weak in the ankles and you are more likely to flip it, then your position is that you are creating abnormal pressure on the tibia.
How is this injury treatment?
“It is an easy way to fix it. What they do is to put a metal bar through the center of the bones on both sides.
For the bones, what they do is really turning the metal band. Therefore, bones are really good at developing together when they are placed next to each other and that is all they are doing. This is a injury that many boxers have. “
How will Conor McGregor recover?
“We have a very well trained athlete, who will probably take care of ourselves very well, he may soon use the foot for light movements within three weeks. Within six weeks, his foot can be stable enough to walk, he will not be able to perform the skipping rope. After 12 weeks, he can completely do anything he wants.”
If the doctor must treat a athlete like this, the doctor thinks when they are okay to return to the competition?
“Because Conor is an outstanding athlete, I will be more likely to let him agree to return to the ring earlier than normal people. He is young, he may heal. I can say that he can continue to practice as long as he does not jump up and down, he can start punching sandbags as soon as three weeks. Smoothly, he will have the right to decide.