October 31, 2025 • 5 mins
Dr. Matthew Grunkemeyer from OrthoCincy joined us to discuss Joe Flacco's shoulder and Trey Hendrickson's hip.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's talk about Joe Flacco and Trey Hendrickson. We do
this every single week. We chat with one of the
experts from Orthos Sincy Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. I say
this every week as well that the great thing about
Ortho Sinsey is they have specialist locations and services all
over the Tri State. This includes walk in orthopedic urgent
(00:20):
care at five locations, and this includes extended evening and
weekend hours in Edgewood and Anderson. You can learn more
at orthossinc dot com. That's Ortho ci n Cy dot com.
Doctor Matthew Grunkeemeier from Orthosincy is with us. All right,
so Joe Flacco is dealing with a sprained ac joint.
What is an ac joint?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Sure, the ac joint is that may knuckle that on
the front of your shoulder where the shoulder blade meets
up against the collar bone. You can cott and feel
it on most people when you land on your shoulder
typically is when you sprain it. And yeah, it can
be pretty painful.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So what's done to determine the extent of the injury?
Are there different grades that sort of thing?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeah, they sure are. Yeah, hopefully it's just a grade
one sprain. That's where there's no separation between the two
bone pieces on the knuckle. If the grades go higher,
they go all the way up to six. That just
is an increasing amount of movement of the bones away
from each other, which obviously as the grades get higher,
the injuries get more severe and take longer to heal
(01:28):
and sometimes even necessitate surgical repair.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
All right, so the recovery process, the timeline could be
all over the place. What is the typical recovery timeline
if there is one for an injury like this.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
You know, if it's you or I and we sprain
it and we rest it for a couple of weeks,
and it's a low grade injury, we might recover in
a week or two. But when you're talking to an
NFL caliber athlete, the mount force that's going across that
shoulder when for example, they're tackled, it could be tremendous,
So it could take a little bit longer. But these
(02:00):
guys are so tough they sometimes play through injuries like this,
not uncommonly, so we'll have to see.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
And when you do that, you obviously run the risk
often of making the injury worse. How much of that
is in play here.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Yeah, I mean that's a big concern, and I think
that's why the trainers are gonna That's why they say
it's kind of a touch and go situation. It might
be even up towards the game time. They kind of
see after he's warmed up and he's able to move around,
how it feels and how stable the shoulder is, and
it feels like he can go, he may go.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
All right, Let's talk about Trey Hendrickson, who is being
sidelined with a hip injury. Didn't practice. This was originally
reported as a back issue, now it's a hip problem.
Didn't play against Pittsburgh, played against the Jets, reaggravated the
injury in the second quarter, then didn't come back and
play the rest of the game. He's also considered day
(02:48):
to day. Does the fact that he was able to
play through the pain for a while against New York
give us some idea of what the specific injury might be.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah, it's probably more in the order of the sprain. Think,
you know, if there was a tearing or more significant injury,
probably unlikely he'd be able to get back. But nonetheless,
just like with the shoulder, situation. Strains can vary in
their degree of severity, So a more severe injury obviously
(03:18):
than wouldn't assess it a little more time off, so
hopefully he's going to be able to rehab this and
get back.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
You hear all the time about like hipplex or strains
and hit pointers, and then there's you know, injuries that
are more severe. Walk me through the process of making
the distinction.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, more severe injury would cause them some mechanical symptoms,
maybe some more clicking or locking catching and probably have
to get an MRI to diagnose that, see such as
a label care or something more significant. Even the stress structure.
Hopefully it's more just you know, soft tissue injury that
you know, he took the joint too far through arrange
(03:58):
of motion and injured it. But hopefully they'll come back sooner.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
What do you do with somebody during the week between
games if they're trying to play through something like this.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Yeah, you know, the trainers are going to be able
to assess their strengths, their balance, their ability to move
both you know, in a sprint and lateral and see
if they're safety to get it back out there in
the field. You know, you obviously don't want to say
him one thing. You don't want to see them, you know,
guarding the joint, because then something else could get injured
or they could injure that further.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yeah, it makes total sense. Doctor Matthew Grugemeier from Ortho Sincy.
I appreciate the time and the insight. We say it
every week because I believe it, and if I believe it,
it's true. The great thing about Orthos Sincy is they
have specialists in locations all over the Tri State. This
includes walk in orthopedic urgent care weekdays from nine a m.
To nine pm and on Saturdays nine a m. To
(04:51):
one pm at both Edgewood and Anderson. It's easy because
you do not need an appointment, and it's definitely cheaper
than going to an er. Whenever you have an urgent
orthopedic injury. Good orthosinc. Dot com. That's Ortho c I
n C Y
Let's talk about Joe Flacco and Trey Hendrickson. We do
this every single week. We chat with one of the
experts from Orthos Sincy Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. I say
this every week as well that the great thing about
Ortho Sinsey is they have specialist locations and services all
over the Tri State. This includes walk in orthopedic urgent
(00:20):
care at five locations, and this includes extended evening and
weekend hours in Edgewood and Anderson. You can learn more
at orthossinc dot com. That's Ortho ci n Cy dot com.
Doctor Matthew Grunkeemeier from Orthosincy is with us. All right,
so Joe Flacco is dealing with a sprained ac joint.
What is an ac joint?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Sure, the ac joint is that may knuckle that on
the front of your shoulder where the shoulder blade meets
up against the collar bone. You can cott and feel
it on most people when you land on your shoulder
typically is when you sprain it. And yeah, it can
be pretty painful.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So what's done to determine the extent of the injury?
Are there different grades that sort of thing?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeah, they sure are. Yeah, hopefully it's just a grade
one sprain. That's where there's no separation between the two
bone pieces on the knuckle. If the grades go higher,
they go all the way up to six. That just
is an increasing amount of movement of the bones away
from each other, which obviously as the grades get higher,
the injuries get more severe and take longer to heal
(01:28):
and sometimes even necessitate surgical repair.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
All right, so the recovery process, the timeline could be
all over the place. What is the typical recovery timeline
if there is one for an injury like this.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
You know, if it's you or I and we sprain
it and we rest it for a couple of weeks,
and it's a low grade injury, we might recover in
a week or two. But when you're talking to an
NFL caliber athlete, the mount force that's going across that
shoulder when for example, they're tackled, it could be tremendous,
So it could take a little bit longer. But these
(02:00):
guys are so tough they sometimes play through injuries like this,
not uncommonly, so we'll have to see.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
And when you do that, you obviously run the risk
often of making the injury worse. How much of that
is in play here.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Yeah, I mean that's a big concern, and I think
that's why the trainers are gonna That's why they say
it's kind of a touch and go situation. It might
be even up towards the game time. They kind of
see after he's warmed up and he's able to move around,
how it feels and how stable the shoulder is, and
it feels like he can go, he may go.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
All right, Let's talk about Trey Hendrickson, who is being
sidelined with a hip injury. Didn't practice. This was originally
reported as a back issue, now it's a hip problem.
Didn't play against Pittsburgh, played against the Jets, reaggravated the
injury in the second quarter, then didn't come back and
play the rest of the game. He's also considered day
(02:48):
to day. Does the fact that he was able to
play through the pain for a while against New York
give us some idea of what the specific injury might be.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah, it's probably more in the order of the sprain. Think,
you know, if there was a tearing or more significant injury,
probably unlikely he'd be able to get back. But nonetheless,
just like with the shoulder, situation. Strains can vary in
their degree of severity, So a more severe injury obviously
(03:18):
than wouldn't assess it a little more time off, so
hopefully he's going to be able to rehab this and
get back.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
You hear all the time about like hipplex or strains
and hit pointers, and then there's you know, injuries that
are more severe. Walk me through the process of making
the distinction.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yeah, more severe injury would cause them some mechanical symptoms,
maybe some more clicking or locking catching and probably have
to get an MRI to diagnose that, see such as
a label care or something more significant. Even the stress structure.
Hopefully it's more just you know, soft tissue injury that
you know, he took the joint too far through arrange
(03:58):
of motion and injured it. But hopefully they'll come back sooner.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
What do you do with somebody during the week between
games if they're trying to play through something like this.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Yeah, you know, the trainers are going to be able
to assess their strengths, their balance, their ability to move
both you know, in a sprint and lateral and see
if they're safety to get it back out there in
the field. You know, you obviously don't want to say
him one thing. You don't want to see them, you know,
guarding the joint, because then something else could get injured
or they could injure that further.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yeah, it makes total sense. Doctor Matthew Grugemeier from Ortho Sincy.
I appreciate the time and the insight. We say it
every week because I believe it, and if I believe it,
it's true. The great thing about Orthos Sincy is they
have specialists in locations all over the Tri State. This
includes walk in orthopedic urgent care weekdays from nine a m.
To nine pm and on Saturdays nine a m. To
(04:51):
one pm at both Edgewood and Anderson. It's easy because
you do not need an appointment, and it's definitely cheaper
than going to an er. Whenever you have an urgent
orthopedic injury. Good orthosinc. Dot com. That's Ortho c I
n C Y
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