Mark Levin, a famous Republican commentator, is not on the radio right now because he hurt himself very badly.
Levin told his friends and followers on Monday that he was taking a short break and that he would probably be back after his surgery soon.
A “very bad fall” over the weekend caused the radio host to tear a major muscle in his leg badly.
Levin wrote on the social media site X, “Unfortunately, I had a very bad fall and tore my quadricep between my right knee and leg.”
The wise man also said, “I’ll probably have surgery in the next day or two. I’ll be back on the air as soon as I can. May God bless you.”
Numerous supportive comments flooded Levin’s blog, boosting the conservative firebrand while he was nursing a painful and incapacitating injury.
Tendons can get weaker with age or from long-term illness.
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons says that a quadriceps tear usually happens when there is a big load on the leg with the foot flat on the ground and the knee partly bent. “Imagine falling badly from a basketball jump.”
“How hard you hit is too much for the muscle, and it tears.”
X-rays or MRIs can show that tears like this one can make it hard to move the leg, which is one of the main signs.
Even though treatment and rest can help with small tears, Levin’s injury is very bad. Thanks to current science, the radio host has a chance to get better.
According to the AAOS, most surgeries are simple and don’t require a stay in the hospital.
“Weakness and lack of knee motion are the most common problems that can happen after quadriceps tendon repair,” says the AAOS. “It is also possible for the muscle to tear again after it has been fixed. Besides that, your knees may not be in the same place after the surgery.”
“Other problems that could happen during surgery are an infection, a cut that doesn’t heal properly, a blood clot, or problems with the drugs.”
Most people can fully move their legs again in four months to a year.
Author: Steven Sinclaire
