ICC Medical Advisory Committee Member Reveals Jasprit Bumrah's Back Stress Injury Is Not Career-threatening

While Jasprit Bumrah’s likely miss from the ICC T20 World Cup has disappointed every cricket fan, there is finally some good news on his injury front. Addressing the pacer’s injury, Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala who is on the ICC medical advisory committee assured stress fractures cannot derail the star bowler’s sparkling career, in interaction with TOI.

Pardiwala informed a stress fracture happens because of repetitive micro-injury as small injuries build up over weeks or months. “Any pacer is prone to stress fractures in the low back and this typically happens on the side opposite to the bowling arm.”

Pardiwala shares his insights on back-stress injury

“Stress fractures of the back are not career-threatening or career-ending. In most instances, once you rest and rehabilitate, you can return to complete normalcy.

“Although stress reactions heal quickly, stress fractures take a longer time and the recovery is frustratingly slow, because there’s not too much that you can do except for unloading the area and subsequently gradually reintroducing loads once healing is complete.”

“Stress fractures are unlike traumatic fractures and rest is a critical aspect of the treatment in these injuries. Once you do that, it recovers,” Pardiwala explained.

Painkillers are not always the best alternative, warns Pardiwala

When asked if India can risk taking Jasprit Bumrah to the World Cup with this injury, and hope that the quick turn up for a game after taking painkillers, Pardiwala, who has treated top athletes like Neeraj Chopra, Saina Nehwal and Ravindra Jadeja, cautioned against it.

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