Notable sports medicine YouTuber and medical doctor Dr. Brian Sutterer has some questions about Anthony Edwards' knee injury rehab.
Following a stellar start to the season, Edwards underwent an arthroscopic debridement procedure on his right knee, which has him missing two months to recover. A recent video shared by The Athletic's Jon Krawczynski showed Edwards in good spirits in practice, talking with his Minnesota Timberwolves' teammates as he walked on crutches. That led Sutterer to take to his X account to ask questions about Edward's injury rehab.
Sutterer questioned whether Edwards’ recovery looks like what he’d expect from a routine procedure, based on the brace and how much weight Edwards appeared to be putting on the knee.
“So… Anthony Edwards is nearly two weeks out from a supposedly no big deal quick ‘clean up’ surgery and he still has that style of brace and looks like he’s putting minimal weight on the knee? Not typical for a simple scope.”
He explained what he says is standard after this kind of procedure.
“Most surgeons permit weight bearing as tolerated right away for these simple trims/debridements as nothing has been repaired or stitched. Crutches are just for safe and proper gait but usually not needed for more than a few days to a week if even that long.”
Sutterer then said he has questions and offered his theory that the surgery may have been bigger than the team let on.
“I’ve got some questions for sure. My thought is this was a more significant/bigger surgery than was implied and that would align with why they were so quick to say he needed surgery after an acute change and couldn’t give it ANY rehab time.”