Kickoff week is here, and the injury report is already longer than anyone wants. Will Sanchez and Dr. Grant Garcia sit down, just the two of them this week, to break down everything you need to know before Week 1, from an orthopedic perspective as much as a football one. They start with the question every fantasy manager and every patient asks and can't quite answer on their own: what's the actual difference between the PUP list and Injured Reserve? From there, it's a full walk through the ACL wave hitting camps this preseason, why "ACL tear" can mean wildly different recoveries depending on what else got damaged, and the one injury a knee brace is actually proven to prevent (it's not the one you'd guess). Then the good news: the comeback trail. Patrick Mahomes returning from ACL/LCL reconstruction, Malik Nabers working back from a meniscal root tear, George Kittle's Achilles recovery, and Tua Tagovailoa's return after 21 months out with a multi ligament knee injury. As Dr. Garcia puts it: return to play is a date. Return to performance is a process. That distinction holds for any patient working back from a serious orthopedic injury, not just the players making headlines. Presented by The Recovery Shop. Full video breakdown on YouTube. New episodes every week at sportsdoctalk.com.

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