“This is not something that you want to rush him back from,” Kennelly said. “The top cause of injury, or in this case a re-tear, is returning to play too early. That’s always a risk you want to avoid. Because in any injury, a re-injury to the same patellar tendon is going to set an athlete back even further.” 

Moody helped his recovery by undergoing surgery soon after the initial injury, Kennelly explained, as the timely procedure meant that the torn tendon “doesn’t retract and shorten more than it already does after being torn.”

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