NFL reciever Nicks may return to line up tonight.

One of the more prolific pass catchers for the NFL New York Football Giants will return to his number 88 jersey possibly tonight after recovering from his fifth metatarsal fracture ORIF surgery from May 2012. He likely had a Jones fracture, which in most cases with athletic players a percutaneous screw was utilized in order to fascilitate healing. At FFLC, you are not required to be an NFL player to get this state of the art procedure if necessary, as we have successfully treated numerous athletic patients with this traumatic injury using this specific technique with minimal to no complications.

The main reason why surgery is likely required in these individuals with the fractured fifth metatarsal, stems from the nature of the amount of weight applied to the area with each step, as well as where the tendons insert at the most proximal aspect of the main fracture fragment, with each step the tendon pulls away this fracture from the main portion of the bone.  Sometimes a below knee cast is applied to stop all motion, but even this may not fully accelerate healing. The screw fixation eliminates all motion to the site, and by placing the screw, the surgeon is able to drill through the scar tissue and promote healing with placement of demineralized bone matrix proteins and collagen to enhance liklihood of healing the fracture.

So if you happen to catch the Patriots and Giants tonight, keep your eyes on number 88, as his cutting and route running is still going to be at a high level after his injury, because he had state of the art surgery in order to heal his fracture.