Wheating out of World Relays because of a Blister?

Wheating is a complete head case which has kept him from achieving his potential. It's a shame because he really is a gifted runner.

So glad I didn't run 3:30 in college. Ran 4:20 and still going 35 years later!

Good catch, and good point.

But, this sport is more secretive about injuries than the NFL. So, we don't have all the details. I does seem odd to get an infection, but again, who the heck knows.

Sometimes I wonder if UO doesn't have better trainers, medical support, physios etc., than OTC...

WiT wrote:

fdxxhmmgz wrote:

Apparently it was originally misdiagnosed by the Dr. And that's how it was allowed to get serious.

How is it no one has called the doctor a "quack," yet?

Anyway, here's to Wheating's health and realizing his potential.

classic case of hurt feelings....what a puss

Infections also frequently knock out NFL and NBA players (who have among the best medical care anywhere), in addition to killing literally hundreds of thousands of people in the United States every year. Remember also what happened to Ritz while being coached by Salazar when he had an unnecessary achilles sheath(?) surgery, got an infection, and was out the remainder of the year.

jjjjj wrote:

Infections also frequently knock out NFL and NBA players (who have among the best medical care anywhere).

Did you just make that up? An infection from surgery is one thing, an infection from a blister is another.

If the blister is the reason Wheating withdrew from World Relays, does anyone know why he's entered in the 800 at Stanford on Saturday?

http://www.rtspt.com/events/stanford/pjc15/pjc_running_prog.htm

fdxxhmmgz wrote:

Steve on a cell in Brooklyn wrote:

How does any medical facility "allow" any patient to have an infection after the fact with support staff, medical people, etc.?

Apparently it was originally misdiagnosed by the Dr. And that's how it was allowed to get serious.

It was an infected blister that more or less ended 3:35 1500 m runner Bryan Berryhill's career about 10 years ago. He got blood poisoning, which ended his season, and he never really came back after that.

722,000 health-care related infections every year, most of them non-surgical. Athletes very often get serious infections from locker rooms. So, just take this as what it is. He got an infected blister and will be back when it's better.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/lawrence-tynes-sues-bucs-20-million-mrsa-fiasco-article-1.2175881

Jonathan Gault wrote:

If the blister is the reason Wheating withdrew from World Relays, does anyone know why he's entered in the 800 at Stanford on Saturday?

http://www.rtspt.com/events/stanford/pjc15/pjc_running_prog.htm

Maybe he has not notified them or they just have not updated the start list?

My guess is that we'll soon find out that it's a blister on his baton hand and has nothing to do with his ability to run.

Jonathan Gault wrote:

If the blister is the reason Wheating withdrew from World Relays, does anyone know why he's entered in the 800 at Stanford on Saturday?

http://www.rtspt.com/events/stanford/pjc15/pjc_running_prog.htm

I would think with a little practice that he could learn to carry the baton with his non-baton hand.

self induced friction blister wrote:

My guess is that we'll soon find out that it's a blister on his baton hand and has nothing to do with his ability to run.

Once in awhile there is a good zinger here that makes you laugh a little. 9.85/10