Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, center, is helped off the field after being injured while making the last out during the ninth inning of Game 5 of the National League division baseball series with the St. Louis Cardinals, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Philadelphia. Cardinals won 1-0. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
PHILADELPHIA – Multiple media outlets reported Saturday evening that an MRI showed that Ryan Howard has torn his Achilles tendon and will be out for at least 6-8 months.on Friday night, on the final play of the 2011 season, Howard suffered a significant left ankle injury when he attempted to run out a ground ball to second base.After being examined by the Phillies medical staff, he was led to believe that it was an Achilles injury and that it would require surgery.Soccer star David Beckham, who posed for a picture with Howard on Oct. 7, 2010, suffered a complete tear of his Achilles tendon and had surgery to correct it in March of that year. He returned in September, six months later.Howard, the second highest-paid player in baseball, might want to give his buddy Becks a call for a positive pick-me-up.But even it’s a worst-case-scenario injury – a complete Achilles tear – Howard could follow the path of Beckham, and others who have had the same surgery, and return to action sooner than most initially feared.“if it’s true that it’s a rupture it’s definitely surgery and a six-month recovery,” said Dr. David Rubenstein, who is head of sports medicine at Lankenau Hospital and the team orthopedic surgeon for both the 76ers and the Philadelphia Soul.if Howard had surgery this week, the six-month time table would lead to the second week of April. so, is it possible that Howard could be back in the lineup as soon as a week after Opening Day (April 5, 2012)?Dr. Rubenstein seems to think so.“Sports medicine has been so advanced that you can walk on it early, pretty much after the first post-op visit,” Rubenstein said Saturday afternoon. “After you repair it, we protect it with a boot or a cast for upwards of 12 weeks. and then you have months to rehab it.“so even if he’s not 100 percent in six months, he should be pretty good, and that’s encouraging.”
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