Was this genuinely a wonder? Probably not. Tiger's recuperation after his ill-cautioned journey to the Middle East in January hadn't long past in addition to was hoping, although his appearance at Big Cedar Lodge in advance this week raised our hopes a piece.
But it wasn't to be. Tiger had another back surgery, and the details are in this Golf Digest article. The most reasonable expectation is that, between rehab and reconditioning, he'll miss the rest of the season.
However, I was interested to note that Tiger had a different surgery this time -- not a microdiscectomy but a single-level fusion. The difference? The first removes herniated material from between discs, the second fuses two discs together. The fusion, according to Dr. Richard Guyer of the Center for Disc Replacement at the Texas Back Institute, who did the surgery, is that this is only a six-month recovery period.
That makes feel to me. For all realistic functions, they're completely disposing of the supply of the problem -- the gap among the discs that grinds out that "herniated material" is not there anymore.
So it seems the huge question is not whether Tiger will in the end be capable of feature normally in his everyday existence; it feels like this could do the task. But how will correctly having one much less vertebra have an effect on his golfing swing?
I guess it is going to be a while until we understand for positive. But within the period in-between, it is pleasant to recognize that Tiger likely might not be crippled with returned pain anymore.
And now we wait...
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