Parker Meadows has been placed on the 10-day injured list after suffering a broken arm and a concussion following a violent collision with teammate Riley Greene. The two ran into each other while attempting to field a shallow fly to left center off the bat of Minnesota's Josh Bell in Thursday's 3-1 loss.
When you have an acute injury, your body is sending signals through the peripheral and central nervous systems and the immune system to say, hold on, I need to stop doing this so we can allow the tissue to heal, says Ericka Merriwether, a physical therapist and pain researcher at New York University. Rest, after all, is the first part of the familiar RICE therapy, which stands for rest, ice, compression and elevation.
📸: Alan Dobbins/RMNB The Washington Capitals' leading scorer made another major step in his rehab at practice on Wednesday. Tom Wilson was cleared for contact for the first time since suffering his lower-body injury per Monumental Sports Network's Tarik El-Bashir. The development comes as Wilson missed his fifth straight game on Tuesday night, a 3-2 overtime victory over the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to Wednesday morning's practice, the 31-year-old winger had been skating for several days but only in a light blue, no-contact jersey.
"A big blow but surgery is done so the comeback starts now," he posted. "It won't be for a little while but I already can't wait to get back playing for Liverpool and Northern Ireland. Thank you for all of the support."
The last eight seasons, eight years of my life, he's been through ups and downs of me as a player, as a person, he's seen me grow up in a sense, ... we've had a lot of success here and I'd be lying to you if I'm sitting here saying that I feel like I didn't have a part in it because if I make one more play that game in Denver, we're probably not having this press conference right now.