"I was told that he didn't want metaline in his body for religious purposes"

[Nevilledog]

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Kevin Reynolds
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T.J. McDaniel chose an alternative recovery process after breaking his fibula and dislocating his ankle. No doctors gave approval. Team doctors didn't recommended it.

Nearly a year later, he's still not playing.

Story: https://smudailycampus.com/sports/i-have-no-clue-if-this-is-going-to-work-running-back-t-j-mcdaniel-chose-an-alternative-recovery-process-over-surgery-nearly-a-year-later-hes-still-not-playing…
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7:15 AM · Oct 1, 2021

https://www.smudailycampus.com/sports/i-have-no-clue-if-this-is-going-to-work-running-back-t-j-mcdaniel-chose-an-alternative-recovery-process-over-surgery-nearly-a-year-later-hes-still-not-playing

Lying on the turf of Gerald J. Ford Stadium, T.J. McDaniel saw his foot pointed in the wrong direction.

SMU’s starting running back had just fractured his fibula and dislocated his ankle on the first play of the Oct. 3 game against Memphis. He ripped the foot back into place before the medical team came out, trying to release the pressure built up in his leg.

By the time he was being carted off the field, McDaniel heard doctors talk about surgery. It is the standard protocol for a severe injury like this. And, for several days, he was resigned to that reality.

“People obviously look down at an injury like mine and think surgery,” McDaniel said.

But in the days after, McDaniel went all in on an alternative recovery path, at the urging of his brother. It was a decision that would ultimately change the direction of his collegiate football career. Instead of surgery, McDaniel decided to use an electrical machine made by his brother’s company to heal his injury. The device, normally used to stimulate muscles, was untested on severe injuries such as broken bones, and his brother had no medical background.

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[sakabatou]

1. *facepalm*

[Maru Kitteh]

2. Cool. I bet it cures the Rona too!

Stupid is as stupid does.

[ZonkerHarris]

3. At least he did his research.

[Skittles]

4. idiot

ridiculous

[Hav]

5. That's pretty sad

and also disgusting. Imagine using your brother as the guinea pig to try this unproven technique for this kind of injury. It endangered not only his potential carrier but also his health.

[Silent3]

6. "The human body just knows the human body. It's scientifically proven," he said.

No, you dimwit. No such thing is “scientifically proven”.

And how is having a machine pulsing electricity through your leg for a few hours every day considered a “natural” alternative to surgery?

I recently started reading a Facebook group called “Physics/Astronomy”. There turns out to be some very occasional real science news in there, but I mostly keep looking now the way one might gawk at a traffic accident. The group is filled with pseudoscience and wackadoodle horseshit, with plenty of self-assured comments about what science says and what science proves made by people who clearly have no clue what they’re talking about.