carlisle - myostitis ossificans

"Clarke Carlisle is undergoing medicatation and rehabilitation after suffering from myostitis ossificans - the ossification of muscle in his thigh. It is hoped that he will be back in training before Christmas."

What an earth is "myostitis ossificans"???

 

Basically it means when the bone forms within the muscle, very common in the mid thigh area and is a deep tissue bleeding! Nasty injury and very common in footballers!

 

What is Myositis Ossificans?

If you have a bad muscle strain or contusion (dead leg!) and it is neglected then you could be unlucky enough to get Myositis Ossificans. It is usually as a result of impact which causes damage to the sheath that surrounds a bone (periostium) as well as to the muscle. Bone will grow within the muscle (called calcification) which is painful. The bone will grow 2 to 4 weeks after the injury and be mature bone within 3 to 6 months.

What causes myositis ossificans?

Not applying R.I.C.E. (rest, ice, compression and elevation) immediately after the injury.
Having intensive physiotherapy or massage too soon after the injury. Use someone who is properly qualified and insured.
Returning too soon to training after exercise.

 

Ouch! hadn't realised how serious it was....

must of picked it up in training then???? was this mentioned at the fans forum?

 

There was a pretty long report from the physio explaining it on the main site in the last week. Should explain everything you wanna know.

 

My fiancee is a nurse and has explained it too me that it can be a very serious condition and if not caught early enough can develope in a bad way whereby any muscle damage will result in the healing muscle turning to bone.
So long as this has been found and treated quickly, which it appears to have been, then it should be ok for his long term future, if not it could mean he would have to sooner rather than later end his career.
There are some good drugs out there that can help this condition and if treatment was fast then there should be no problem in the future.
All we can do is hope and wish him luck.
From what was said on the club site from the physio it appears that this has been found very early and treatment has commenced so the prognosis is very good


EDIT: Myositis ossificans circumscripta can develop either in response to soft tissue injury (eg, blunt trauma, stab wound, fracture/dislocation, surgical incision) or can occur without known injury. Proposed mechanisms for atraumatic myositis ossificans include nondocumented trauma, repeated small mechanical injuries, and nonmechanical injuries caused by ischemia or inflammation.

 

Hope he's back in action soon, he is a quality centre half.

 

Hic

 

That's naughty! You'll get Kojack into trouble.

 

Yeah not particularly helpful whatever the circumstances.

 

Thanks people, just what we needed.

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