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Published on 08/06/2008 at Wed Aug 06 09:42.
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Rookie RB Ryan Torain Carted Off the Field

Posted Wed Aug 6th by

Ryan Torain

Denver Broncos rookie running back Ryan Torain was carted off the practice field with an apparent elbow injury this morning, CBS4 reports. Torain was carrying the football during 9-on-7 drills when he reportedly put his left hand on the ground in an attempt to maintain his balance when the injury took place.

He immediately collapsed on the turf grasping his left shoulder. Broncos head trainer Steve Antonopolus helped Torain walk to the sideline and tended to him for about 10 minutes before calling a cart to ferry the tailback off the field.

FM 104.3 The Fan reports that Torain suffered a hyperextended elbow. The report was confirmed by Broncos trainers.

It’s never good to see the cart being brought out, but it looks like we dodged a bullet here. A hyperextended elbow is very painful, and requires plenty of rest, but is relatively low on the injury totem pole. This isn’t season-threatening by any means, and he could suit up probably as soon as next weekend’s game, but the Broncos will likely take it slow and make sure he can come back full strength.

Broncos RB Torain Injured During Blocking Drill [CBS4]

  • azbronco7

    HE was carted off for a elbow hyperextension? 10 minutes? Either he’s weaker than my 3 year old daughter or the trainers are full of crap.

  • http://broncotalk.net Kyle

    Ha. Well, the DPO is saying he stood for awhile, gave a fist pump, then was just driven off the field. So apparently he wasn’t just laying there the whole time.

    (If he had been, I would have tended to agree with you, lol).

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Jonathan Douglas

    Dude, that can be extremely painful. I remember when Romo hyperextended Shannon Sharpe’s elbow during a game… Shannon was no wuss and he was out for a week.

    As for the cart… It IS training camp — maybe they were trying to get those trainer cart drivers some reps before the season starts and Nate Webster starts laying those opponents out cold. :)

  • http://broncotalk.net Kyle

    Ha, yeah, I was interpreting his comment to be more about the “trainers are full of crap” part than the 3-year old girl comment.

    If he’s laying on the field for 10 minutes, then something else would have been wrong.

  • MIAbronco

    I hyperextended my elbow in high school and it was probably the most painful injury i had, because it feels like you elbow pops and then it’s like a knife in there.