NFL Week 9 Injury Notebook

November 1, 2014   ·   Dave Siebert, M.D.   ·   Jump to comments

With the conclusion of Week 9's games, the 2014 NFL season will pass its halfway point. The ever-lengthening list of injured players throughout the league certainly reflects the toll of a long first two months.
Yet just as a team's injury list can grow longer with time, so can an individual athlete's.
Players like San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis already dealt with back and ankle injuries earlier this season. Elsewhere, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is now dealing with multiple ongoing back issues.
Some injuries, like multiple concussions, can even carry on from year to year—something former Buffalo Bills quarterback Kevin Kolb knows all too well.
Last week, Kolb penned a firsthand account of his ongoing struggles with post-concussive symptoms in retirement. The MMQB published the narrative Oct. 23:
The ringing is like someone shooting a shotgun right next to my ear, every second of every day. It doesn’t go away.
The sensitivi...

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