Na Waooh for Super Eagles medical team

[Ezesportsworld]

Sadiq Umar breaks silence on injury saga.

Full statement reads: "I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the Super Eagles for their outstanding victory against Ivory Coast. It is imperative for me to address the messages I have received from fellow Nigerians, accusing me of pretending to be injured to depart the national team just before the AFCON and return to my club.

"Clarifying the situation and providing a detailed account of events is essential. I want to express my deep love for Africa and my unwavering affection for Nigeria. Representing our great nation is consistently both a privilege and an honour. Here is a comprehensive explanation of the situation:

"During the friendly match against Guinea, I experienced a significant impact from two Guinean defenders, leading to a penalty in favour of Nigeria. Despite the medical team recommending substitution for preventive measures, I insisted on continuing to play and completed the game. The following day, my knee swelled.

"The Super Eagles’ medical team conducted a thorough examination, revealing a meniscus injury. Consequently, the manager decided to replace me based on the medical assessment, considering uncertainties about my fitness for the AFCON.

"Upon returning to my club and undergoing thorough examinations, the medical team revealed that | had only suffered a bruise, and as a result, I was cleared to resume training.

"I give special thanks to my club, Real Sociedad, for supporting my swift recovery and return to play.

"Representing Nigeria is always my priority; I will never take it for granted. I would gladly accept it if I could return to the team. I am sad that I am not with my colleagues but happy they are winning. I extend my best wishes to the Super Eagles in the ongoing African Nations Cup

#TotalEnergiesAFCON2023 #SoarSuperEagles #AFCON23 #SadiqUmar

[packerland]

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

[1naija]

Uncle, where did you read the meniscus tear diagnosis?

Actually, Sadiq's statement is consistent with the statement from the NFF and the SE doctors, which was that he knee was swollen, and his injury appeared to be one that would take a few days to heal. The last day to replace an injured player for the AFCON was Jan 13, so the team made a decision to call a replacement player.

BTW, he played 15 minutes. That is no proof of full fitness.

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

[packerland]

Uncle, where did you read the meniscus tear diagnosis?

Actually, Sadiq's statement is consistent with the statement from the NFF and the SE doctors, which was that he knee was swollen, and his injury appeared to be one that would take a few days to heal. The last day to replace an injured player for the AFCON was Jan 13, so the team made a decision to call a replacement player.

BTW, he played 15 minutes. That is no proof of full fitness.

Senior uncle,

The article mentioned meniscus. The only damage to the meniscus that will keep him out based on their timeline is a tear. I’m not a medical doctor, so I googled it before I opened my mouth.
Our medical team fcked up.

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Can a bone bruise and meniscus tear appear similar in a scan? I believe the facility that performed the scan does the initial diagnosis before sending it to the doc. Unless the wrong scan was sent to the doctors, this is complete system failure that might even involve CAF. His scan in Spain and in Ivory Coast should be sent to an independent doctor for confirmation..

[ANC]

this is not a big deal. why are you people second guessing professionals that were on the "field"?
He should be grateful, some people just heal better in spain .

[ANC]

Can a bone bruise and meniscus tear appear similar in a scan? I believe the facility that performed the scan does the initial diagnosis before sending it to the doc. Unless the wrong scan was sent to the doctors, this is complete system failure that might even involve CAF. His scan in Spain and in Ivory Coast should be sent to an independent doctor for confirmation..

Again reading is fundamental. He made no mention of a scan.
They likely made a clinical diagnosis.
I know you are accustomed to being scanned in America, I believe it is not often the standard of care elsewhere.

[ANC]

Stagger Lee, wishing you a speedy recovery away from Afcon.

[deanotito]

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

He said our team said “meniscus injury”. Sociedad’s team said “bruise”. The meniscus can bruise too and not necessarily tear.

Honestly I just think our team and technical crew chose the least risky alternative with replacing Sadiq. That was the last day they had to make a choice

[wanaj0]

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

He said our team said “meniscus injury”. Sociedad’s team said “bruise”. The meniscus can bruise too and not necessarily tear.

Honestly I just think our team and technical crew chose the least risky alternative with replacing Sadiq. That was the last day they had to make a choice

Thank God we defeated CIV. Some would have attributed any loss to absence of Sadiq.

He had an injury. They had to make a decision and they chose to leave him out of the team. Not sure what the issue is. They felt he is not fit enough. He can go and regain full fitness in Spain.

[EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA]

Can a bone bruise and meniscus tear appear similar in a scan? I believe the facility that performed the scan does the initial diagnosis before sending it to the doc. Unless the wrong scan was sent to the doctors, this is complete system failure that might even involve CAF. His scan in Spain and in Ivory Coast should be sent to an independent doctor for confirmation..

Again reading is fundamental. He made no mention of a scan.
They likely made a clinical diagnosis.
I know you are accustomed to being scanned in America, I believe it is not often the standard of care elsewhere.

What kind of ignoramus are you? A meniscus diagnosis cannot be made without a scan to show the damage. If you don’t know then say nothing.

[donadoni]

Sounds like the smart thing would have been to pull him off immediately after the injury in the first place

[1naija]

Thank you. No where in the report did they report a tear. A tear is completely different from a bruise. And a bruise is an injury, just like he said. A tear would have required surgery or several months to heal by itself. The initial diagnosis was that he would be out for 15 days. You will need months for a tear that can heal by itself to heal.

I still think the SE doctors made the right call. And in my opinion, Real Sociedad rushed Sadiq back, that's why he played only 15 minutes.

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

He said our team said “meniscus injury”. Sociedad’s team said “bruise”. The meniscus can bruise too and not necessarily tear.

Honestly I just think our team and technical crew chose the least risky alternative with replacing Sadiq. That was the last day they had to make a choice

[Damunk]

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

He said our team said “meniscus injury”. Sociedad’s team said “bruise”. The meniscus can bruise too and not necessarily tear.

Honestly I just think our team and technical crew chose the least risky alternative with replacing Sadiq. That was the last day they had to make a choice

I agree totally.
If they’d had a few more days before the deadline, I believe they’d have waited a bit longer.

[anointed]

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

First, where did you get the word 'tear' from? How are you different from
the kind of doctors in your mindset you are fictionalizing? If you were his doctor,
you would have successfully failed in your diagnosis . In any case, misdiagnoses
happen all over the world. That's why even the medics always talk of a second
opinion.

Last year, I experienced abdominal pains, I did all the tests, which diagnosed
appendicitis. I successfully underwent an appendectomy in Akure Ondo State.
I didn't even have to look for cash because my health insurance paid for it.
Just know that there are success stories...in fact more success stories here
than there are regrettable
and avoidable failures.

[airwolex]

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

He said our team said “meniscus injury”. Sociedad’s team said “bruise”. The meniscus can bruise too and not necessarily tear.

Honestly I just think our team and technical crew chose the least risky alternative with replacing Sadiq. That was the last day they had to make a choice

They already had issues with Kelechi and Moffi wasn't in camp so they panicked. This is a classic mountain out of a molehill situation. Given that Onuachu has seen vital minutes it was the absolute right decision.

[waka-man]

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

He said our team said “meniscus injury”. Sociedad’s team said “bruise”. The meniscus can bruise too and not necessarily tear.

Honestly I just think our team and technical crew chose the least risky alternative with replacing Sadiq. That was the last day they had to make a choice

I agree. In those first few days when the knee is still full of fluids, it can be tough to be sure on the extent of the damage, ie tear or just bruising. They made the right call. Can you imagine if they’d gambled and then found out he was going to be out for a month. CE would have gone apoplectic, and rightly so.

[Lolly]

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

He said our team said “meniscus injury”. Sociedad’s team said “bruise”. The meniscus can bruise too and not necessarily tear.

Honestly I just think our team and technical crew chose the least risky alternative with replacing Sadiq. That was the last day they had to make a choice

Thank God we defeated CIV. Some would have attributed any loss to absence of Sadiq.

He had an injury. They had to make a decision and they chose to leave him out of the team. Not sure what the issue is. They felt he is not fit enough. He can go and regain full fitness in Spain.

[packerland]

Thank you. No where in the report did they report a tear. A tear is completely different from a bruise. And a bruise is an injury, just like he said. A qtear would have required surgery or several months to heal by itself. The initial diagnosis was that he would be out for 15 days. You will need months for a tear that can heal by itself to heal.

I still think the SE doctors made the right call. And in my opinion, Real Sociedad rushed Sadiq back, that's why he played only 15 minutes.

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

He said our team said “meniscus injury”. Sociedad’s team said “bruise”. The meniscus can bruise too and not necessarily tear.

Honestly I just think our team and technical crew chose the least risky alternative with replacing Sadiq. That was the last day they had to make a choice

A grade 1 & 2 does not require surgery. It’s only a grade 3 tear that needs surgery. The fact that this dude played within days after he was sent home doesn’t make sense. Either our doctors were way off with their diagnosis and are being laughed at or Real Sociedad’s medical team no get sense at all to allow him to play so soon, especially for a player that came back so soon from an ACL injury.

[Bigpokey24]

I think the coach didn't want to risk due to the deadline. This should be over. This is now a distraction

[DIMKA76]

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

this cracked me up

[1naija]

But there was no mention of the word "tear" in the statement, be it grade 1, 2, 3.

Thank you. No where in the report did they report a tear. A tear is completely different from a bruise. And a bruise is an injury, just like he said. A qtear would have required surgery or several months to heal by itself. The initial diagnosis was that he would be out for 15 days. You will need months for a tear that can heal by itself to heal.

I still think the SE doctors made the right call. And in my opinion, Real Sociedad rushed Sadiq back, that's why he played only 15 minutes.

Nawa for our medical team. How does a knee knock turn into a meniscus tear? The latter takes a month to heal. These are the type of doctors that cut you up looking for appendix rupture when you have just an acid reflux.

He said our team said “meniscus injury”. Sociedad’s team said “bruise”. The meniscus can bruise too and not necessarily tear.

Honestly I just think our team and technical crew chose the least risky alternative with replacing Sadiq. That was the last day they had to make a choice

A grade 1 & 2 does not require surgery. It’s only a grade 3 tear that needs surgery. The fact that this dude played within days after he was sent home doesn’t make sense. Either our doctors were way off with their diagnosis and are being laughed at or Real Sociedad’s medical team no get sense at all to allow him to play so soon, especially for a player that came back so soon from an ACL injury.

[ANC]

Can a bone bruise and meniscus tear appear similar in a scan? I believe the facility that performed the scan does the initial diagnosis before sending it to the doc. Unless the wrong scan was sent to the doctors, this is complete system failure that might even involve CAF. His scan in Spain and in Ivory Coast should be sent to an independent doctor for confirmation..

Again reading is fundamental. He made no mention of a scan.
They likely made a clinical diagnosis.
I know you are accustomed to being scanned in America, I believe it is not often the standard of care elsewhere.

What kind of ignoramus are you? A meniscus diagnosis cannot be made without a scan to show the damage. If you don’t know then say nothing.

FYI
you can make a clinical diagnosis without the use of a"scan". Scan can be used to ascertain the extent of the injury and/or confirm the clinical diagnosis made based on physical examination.