Richard Sherman's Elbow Sprain Won't Sideline Him at Super Bowl

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Sprains, generally speaking, involve the tearing or stretching of the ligaments.

“Normally with a sprain of the elbow, the first thing is to rest the injured player and give it a chance to calm down,” says Randy Cohn, MD, orthopedic surgeon at the North Shore-LIJ Health System. “We use ice and anti-inflammatory medications to help with that and we get them started moving their elbow relatively quickly. Elbows get stiff pretty much in a couple of days if they’re immobilized.”

Dr. Cohn thinks Mr. Sherman is likely to play in the Super Bowl because he continued to play after he was injured on Sunday.

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