Harrison Wind
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And yeah, I mean, do guys kind of deal with it and pain control?
Yeah.
I mean, I deal with this in the NFL all the time.
The things I do for players pregame and leading up to the game to help these guys play.
Yeah.
A lot of them probably wouldn't play if we didn't intervene now, 82 games versus 17 games, right.
That's a big difference.
So yeah,
You can empathize with these guys, but at some point, they have shared decision making.
In other words, there could have been a doc saying something, and Christian may be like, I don't want it, because there are solutions for unstable ankles.
Yeah.
painful ankles from a ligament sprain that just hasn't gotten better.
I mean, my partner, Dr. Aaron Mates, who helps me with the Broncos, he's a superstar at that.
I mean, he would fix that up and no problem.
But again, shared decision, you know, with the player.
No.
Look, I looked at my data years ago.
85% of the patients that walk into my clinic don't need surgery from me.
I can figure out a way to treat them.
So 15% end up with surgery.