Florida Player Breaks Leg in Freak Injury

Micah Handlogten suffered a severe leg injury during the SEC basketball championship game. Many fans were reminded of the Kevin Ware injury from years ago.

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[willbrown]

I was one of the EMTs on the crew staged next to the court. Our crew was a Paramedic, another AEMT and I. We work for Vanderbilt LifeFlight and have our own Event Medicine division. We continually train for the very rare occasion where we have to go out in the spotlight and preform our job. We were staged right next to the court and we’re watching and waiting for our signal from the athletic trainers to come on to the court. Our stretcher is ready with all the pertinent equipment, including the vacuum splint you noticed. I would love to talk more.

[henaoerik]

I see the argument for not glorifying an injury by showing it. But in an educational setting, it’s hard to illustrate what you’re talking about by not showing it. If it’s a monetization thing than that’s another story.

[samruiw]

Broke my leg in a similar manner a few years ago. Fortunately it did not break the skin, though the mental trauma as briefly mentioned was easily the most difficult part of recovery. I'd always found it crazy how such a dramatic break could occur from such a relatively benign action, and this video was the first time I had ever considered the rotational forces at play -- my doctors were great don't get me wrong, but their focus was rightfully on treatment rather than explanation. I've long since gotten over the mental challenges of being able to push off that leg when running again, but I've never really gotten a clear explanation for how the injury occurred in the first place. Thank you for giving me one.

[dwyanewade]

As a gator fan, this hurt... Speedy recovery Micah 🙏

[mikhailboldt]

This kinda thing hits me really hard. When pros get hurt it’s tragic and terrible but they’re usually rich they have money fame success for the most part. When a young kid or a college student athlete gets injured it’s extra sad because they don’t have that security that stability so the effect can be so much worse; their career can be over and their life altered in a major way. Hope he’s ok and can get back to doing great things on and off the court really soon.

[cubbyvespers]

Hell, I had trouble over coming the mental trauma of Kevin Ware's injury.

[georgeellis]

florida fan i was hoping you’d make a video about this. i’m so sad. it hurts to watch a player have to leave a game only minutes into one of the biggest games he’s ever played in if not the biggest

[gothard]

As a Marshall guy, it really sucks to see Micah get injured like that. He was a son of Marshall before he was a Gator. Get well soon, Micah. The Herd misses you. Go Herd!!

[mikesannitti]

It's crazy that, infections notwithstanding, an injury like this can have a quicker and easier recovery than an ACL tear, which sometimes doesn't look like much of anything, and even doesn't really hurt sometimes.

[HuskyKMA]

I'll never forget when Texas A&M played at Washington in 2009, an A&M player broke his leg in the exact same way. The audible "crack" echoed throughout the arena. It was terrible.

[VTPSTTU]

Thanks for the video.

I was once in a caving accident where a guy had compound fractures of both forearms. The thought still makes me queasy.

[bradyallen]

Being a college basketball fan, I also remember the Kevin Ware injury. If i remember correctly, people were theorizing that he had a undiagnosed stress fracture from playing so much. Both injuries happened later in the year, is there any possibility that Micah may have had some sort of stress fracture or other pre-existing injury? The gators were playing something like their fourth or fifth game in a week. And then to follow that up, is there anything (short of reducing playing time/number of games) that a team can do to minimize these types of injuries? Cautionary X-rays? Pre-hab exercises? Great video, thanks!

[tomahawky]

If you just crack the tibia (like I did), it will really hurt for a few weeks, but the body does a great job of mending itself if you stay off it. A fractured tibia, much less a compound fracture, is more of where Brian comes in.

[thMandalorian]

Seeing this live truly made my stomach churn, the sound was sickening, wishing him a speedy recovery 🙏🏻

[jashanestone]

Thoughts and a speedy recovery to this young man. 💪🏽

[janwilliams]

There was no need to show it, you explained the injury & care as you always do. Thanks for having some decency.

[yvrgator]

Praying for a speedy recovery for Micah.

[williampaganucci]

Thank you Dr. That was very well explained. My search was to see how the injury happened. I pictured an opposing player crashing into his leg. Your video is the 1st video I clicked on and after your video I did not feel the need to look for any more videos. 🎹 👍

[rileymobley]

Man God bless him. Auburn guy here and man I was screaming at my tv stop the game!!! Wishing Micah a speedy healthy recovery

[ANGELINA]

Kudos to the on-court responders. I immediately recalled Louisville’s Kevin Ware.