[sherck]

[[MERGED from other thread. A bit more detail that Southpaw's summary.]]

Recap:

- Went to Netherlands to work with physical trainer he was familiar with.

- No injections. No drugs. No stem cells used.

- All PT. Soft tissue, muscle, stretching, strength training, range of motion.

- Why he went? Experiencing pain and it scared him. The whole reason he had gotten the surgery was because he had been experiencing pain in 2016.

- Asked and answered again that no medical procedures were done.

- He has not thrown a football recently but is progressing to start throwing "soon." (later characterized as probably in Jan)

- He does not think he needs another surgery.

- Asked in hindsight if he would have had surgery sooner (end of 2015 season) and Andrew said that he had not really thought about it. He does not dwell in the past.

- Last 12 months of not playing sucked. Part of the reason he needed to go away to rehab was to also "get away" from the feeling of not being a part of the team.

- No concern about not being ready for 2018 season. Very optimistic about being ready for Training Camp. Believes in the "process" right now.

- Rehab schedule was 8 hours a day when in Netherlands. Otherwise, lived a "normal" life. Girlfriend was apparently over there the whole time as well.

- Watched some NFL football on TV when over there. Pretty much said it sucked because it was all "out of his control." Characterized himself as a control freak.

- Said that he is 100% confident that he will be back to his "old" self or better going forward.

- Lots of props for Irsay as team owner and the Colts as a whole (no individual names except for Irsay).

- Said that dealing with the mental side of the injury was as hard as dealing with the physical side of the injury.

- Bluntly stated that he never had any thoughts of wanting to be out of Indy.

- Characterized that his pain level is the lowest it has been in years.

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Reading between the lines, I think that Andrew did not work as hard in rehab prior to coming back in Oct/Nov and was not ready. I feel like he was kicking himself a bit and really needed to change how he strengthened his shoulder and arm in a way that was different how he did it the first time. Conjecture on my part but....

Walk Worthy,