Jasprit Bumrah, who has been struggling with a recurring back injury, recently underwest succesful surgery in new Zealand,s christcrunch and is expected to be out of action for six months.
Back pain is one of the most prevalent complaints of athletes at all levels of competition. Dr Pradeep Kocheeppan, sports medicine specialist at Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore who has also been associated with the Indian Hockey Team for the last eight years, said that there are two groups of back pain – with nerve deficits and without nerve deficits. “When it comes to the treatment, pain with nerve deficits need surgery but without nerve deficits, largely to the extent of 99 per cent, does not require surgery,” Dr Kocheeppan told
Sport-specific injury patterns exist and some components of the spine and paraspinal musculature are more susceptible to injury and degeneration than others, depending on the sport.
Dr S Vidyadhara, HOD and consultant, spine surgery, Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bangalore said that fast bowlers, like Bumrah, are prone to get pars interarticularis fracture due to repetitive flexion-rotation-hyperextension injury, or intervertebral disc prolapse which can again be treated conservatively for up to 3 months.
“Pars repair surgery is undertaken when bony injuries do not heal with rest, immobilisation and activity restriction in three months. Like any other fracture, the broken bones are fixed internally and immobilised for 6-12 weeks. Following this, the athlete can start stretching exercises and be ready to play contact sports six months following surgery. Resuming aggressive sports earlier can cause the failure of fracture fixation and implant-related issues,” said Dr Vidyadhara.
He explained that one can opt for microscopic or endoscopic discectomy surgery in case of a slipped disc. “After surgery, the recovery is faster and patients can get back to contact sports in 3 months’ time,” he mentioned.
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