Rashad Jeanty's Agent Blasts Bengals Medical Staff

Why the flying f..k has nobody from the medical staff been fired?

Players are allowed to get 2nd opinions,the team doesnt say its our way or the highway,players and their agents also cant be as stupid and go on team doctors opinions only,so crying now after you got cut doesnt account for anything more than you cant make the team from the tub,period.

These doctors do seem to be rather incompetent. Makes you wonder just how many other players we’ve lost to injury for more games than we should have.

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Levi Jones complained about them, back in 2007 I think. And there were allegations regarding Peter Warrick’s deteriorating knee back in 2003 — though I don’t think it was from Peter or his agent, IIRC.

Remember back in late January Mike Brown and Marvin Lewis said that they were “concerned with the club-record list of players on injured reserve this past season and the team plans to examine the issue.”
http://www.cincyjungle.com/2009/1/29/739943/bengals-are-going-to-addre

1. Palmer busts his (knee?) and gets a second opinion. He’s bashed by the front office.
2. Cincy’s medical staff takes AB’s word. over a 26m contract. Look how that played out.
3. Jeanty obviously had a misdiagnosis and now keeps an A+ LB outta the game for who knows how long.

This seems to be an ongoing problem for you guys. The owner and GM need to clean house on your medical staff… BTW, DOESNT CINCY have a #1 rated Hospital in all of America? I mean TOP #1 HOSPITAL, over vanderbilt lol.

Bryant has a bone on bone issue…his career most likely is over, unless he can withstand the pain of playing with that condition. Speculation is his is he took a cortisone shot in he knee when the bengals worked him out…they were in desperate need for help in the passing game and took a chance. An MRI to detect the lack of tissue would have been a smart move…they made a mistake, which is water under the bridge at this point…so I believe outright releasing him was smart….now he won’t take a roster spot from Cosby or Simpson/Jones.

First of all, this post is not meant to condone the care that is present/available to Bengals’ players, but I will say as someone that has experience in high end health care that Cincinnati is a dismal market for health care in general. The hospital systems are all decentralized and of the “community hospital” type, which does not attract high end specialties. There is no academic market to speak of – only UC, which is not overwhelming – so there is no high end research that would attract academically-oriented specialists. And the extremely high cost of malpractice insurance coupled with abysmal insurance rate returns does not encourage people to set up shop in Cincinnati. And of course there is the de-centralization of the city itself, but that’s a different issue.

I do believe, however, it is a moot point. The staff on site may be under-qualified to provide high-end opinions, particularly involving more complicated sports injuries. They might not make referrals or the proper recommendations to seek further care, and that coupled with players’ desires to man up and get back on the field cause way too many problems.

If the Bengals encouraged a safety first, cautious approach to diagnosis and evaluation, they would probably save themselves loads on replacement players and disgruntlement, not to mention playing time.

Is everyone talking about Cincinnati’s hospital market when this is not the issue,a player can go anyplace in the world for that matter for a 2nd opinion,it doesnt matter where your at,its solely the responsibilty of the player,hey,its a business,the players health is his and his alone to take care of his business,if you had a business and you didnt like the opinion,do you just listen to one person or do whatever it takes to get the best opinion that you can get to decide what steps are next to be taken,its hard enough to get cut,but really,whos fault was it in the first place,surely you didnt say “Im hurt and the Bengals medical staff was the only opinion that I went by”?

For now on every player that gets hurt shall revert to a 2nd opinion. Easy solution.

It’s settled now…

Surely there is a “Duty of Care” on the Bengals to provide a high level of medical expertise for their employee’s in this case the players. Jeanty strikes me as a classy guy and doesnt sound like someone to have “sour grapes” after all the knocks he has been through.

There is too much of a correlation on the mismanagement of injuries;Chris Perry and Levi Jones spring to mind,but you also have to figure Carson going outside the organisation,Willie Andersons foot,Carson’s elbow, Kenny Irons failure to recover from the Knee injury etc. This will give players pause before signing with Cincy.

and if I were the “team doc”, I would have specialists lined up to see these guys for second and third opinions, multimillion dollar decisions like this should not be made by one doc or one group of docs alone, I bet if you would look at other teams with good ratings for healthcare, that is how they do it, “spread the wealth” as they say

I f you were injured at work, would you trust the company medical staff or go to your own doctor? I’m not letting el cheapo MB off the hook as his staff is a discrase to pro sports but as a high paid athlete who depends on their health, I would not just go with what the team docs say, especially when they already carry such a bad rep.

Just like any of us average folks keeping up with exams saves money by getting diagnoses early and doing preventive care, Mike needs to hire quality medical staffers and have specialists ready to see players. A misdiagnosis and lack of follow-through saves a little on the front end but costs a lot more later. Even if their expenses are high, the money is obviously not going to the right people.

(1) dampen a cloth in robitussin
(2) apply to affected area
(3) walk off the pain.

if pain persists longer than 4 weeks, release the player and recommend a real physician.