Dr. Alexis Colvin talks impact of Alex Smith’s leg injury

Posted by on Dec 4, 2018 in Dr. Alexis C. Colvin, Football | No Comments
Dr. Alexis Colvin talks impact of Alex Smith’s leg injury

Alexis Colvin, orthopedic sports medicine surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, said a compound break is the more problematic of the two issues.

“It’s now, really, two injuries that he’s recovering from,” Colvin said, speaking generally about those types of injuries. “The broken bone, but also the muscle and the skin being injured around the leg.

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