VOL. 50 ISSUE 34 AUGUST 27, 2013
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ramac Ducati's Ben Spies
had surgery on Thursday, August 22 on not just one but both
of his shoulders after it turned
out that his left-shoulder injury
from the Red Bull Indy Grand
Prix was worse than the gradethree separation that was originally diagnosed after his crash in
Free Practice on Saturday morning at Indy.
After seeing his doctor in Dallas - Dallas Cowboy head physician Dr. Daniel Cooper - it was
determined that the injury was
a grade-five separation, according to Ben's mother Mary. Since
it was already agreed upon by
both Cooper and Ducati's doctors that he should have the
right shoulder – which has kept
him out of racing for the majority of the 2013 MotoGP season
- scoped for debris and/or scar
tissue, they opted to go in and
do it all at once.
After two hours of surgery,
the former World Superbike
and three-time AMA Superbike Champion was awake
and sitting up in the North
Central Surgical Hospital in
Dallas with ice on both shoulders.
His recovery time is unknown at this point but, according to a medical expert,
the time frame for recovery
from such a surgery is six to
12 weeks. Most believe that
considering the year he's had
so far, it's likely that Spies
won't return until he's 100 percent healthy.
Spies also suffered a ligament sprain in his hand in the
Indy crash.
Andrea Wilson
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
SPIES UNDERGOES SURGERY
More bad luck for Ben Spies as he
looks to possibly be out for the rest
of the season while recovering from
surgery on both shoulders.
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NEW TECH 10 BOOT AND
NEW FLUID KNEE BRACE
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