FORMER co-captain Jack Trengove has received some positive news about his foot injury, with a scan revealing it is healing well and he is set to move into the next phase of his training program.
Elite performance manager Dave Misson said Trengove was delighted to hear the good news after meeting the surgeon early in the week.
“Jack had a CT scan yesterday (Monday) and a review with his surgeon and both of those were really positive,” he told Dee TV.
“The scan showed that his bone is continuing to heal and the surgeon was very positive about him moving into a running phase of his program over the next few weeks, and then progressing it over the next couple of months.
“Jack’s pretty pleased and we’ll sit down this week and have a look at what his program is structured like. But it’s real positive news for him. He’s a reasonably happy boy this morning.”
Classy young Demon Christian Salem is also set to resume this weekend via the VFL, after being sidelined since round seven, due to a hamstring injury.
“Christian’s due to train tomorrow (Wednesday) and Friday, and then play in the VFL on Sunday,” Misson said.
“He’s completed a reasonably significant rehab and has trained well the last couple of weeks, so we’re looking forward to seeing him out there.”
Powerful forward Dean Kent, who played in the AFL Victoria Development League last weekend – his first match since injuring his hamstring in round four against Richmond – suffered some tightness and will now be a test.
“He had a little bit of tightness after half an hour of playing,” Misson said.
“He was going to keep playing, but we were pretty conservative in our approach there.
“Scans don’t really show anything significant, so we’re going to treat it clinically and conservatively, and we’ll just see how he looks over the next couple of days. Whether we get him up to play this week or just give him another week – we’ll let it settle and [might] look for another couple of weeks’ time.”
Big man Sam Frost (toe) remains sidelined for another five weeks.
“His running is progressing and for a bloke who’s been off his legs for a significant period of time, he’s always going to have a few little niggles, as he starts to run again,” Misson said.
“He’s starting to work through that and he’s getting some decent running sessions in.”
Tall utility Cam Pedersen (wrist) and last year’s No.2 pick in the NAB AFL Draft Christian Petracca (knee), who are out for the rest of the season, continue to work diligently on their rehab programs.
“Pedo’s smashing the running. He’s doing a pre-season in July, so he’s going really well and he sees his surgeon next week to potentially get the wires out of that wrist. Then he’ll be able to start working on increasing the range, the wrist and the strength as well,” Misson said.
“Christian Petracca is working through his rehab running program and he’s doing some faster run throughs and he’ll look to move into some agility work in the next few weeks, so he’s going very well.”
Melbourne injury list: round 17
Sam Frost (toe) - 5 weeks
Dean Kent (hamstring tightness) - test
Cam Pedersen (wrist) - season
Christian Petracca (knee) - season
Christian Salem (hamstring) - available
Jack Trengove (foot) - season
