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Giansiracusa awaits report
21 December 2007 - Herald Sun - Jon Ralph
BULLDOGS midfielder Daniel Giansiracusa is hoping a positive report from his specialist today will clear him to play some role in next year's NAB Cup.
Giansiracusa is yet to get an exact diagnosis on his December 7 right knee ligament strain that is expected to keep him out for up to eight weeks.
He visits a specialist today aware that an improved scan will not only see him fit for the season proper, but with peace of mind.
The 25-year-old will marry long-time sweetheart Kelly in Elsternwick this Saturday, followed by a 10-day honeymoon in Thailand's Koh Samui.
Giansiracusa has been given permission to remove his cumbersome leg brace for the wedding, and hopes to be back running by late January.
"We haven't really set down when it will be," he said of a return to training.
"It's more once the brace comes off we will figure out what is going on. I go and see my specialist (today) and I will probably get it scanned again because last time they scanned it there was a lot of blood around. Hopefully it will be fine and I can get mobile again."
Before being hurt Giansiracusa had built a solid base of fitness which he hopes he can retain with some boxing and cross-training.
"It was just a drill and I went to change direction and I didn't go to ground or anything," he said of the injury.
"I have been doing some walking and standing boxing skills and plenty of swimming but there's nothing like running so hopefully after the break I can get back running.
"It's always frustrating to get injured in the pre-season, especially when you have got past the running and are about to get into the exciting bit with the games, but I was pretty fit before I got injured."
Giansiracusa this week joined his teammates on a three-day camp at Wilsons Promontory, and says after a taxing nine-week pre-Christmas block, the Dogs are fit and motivated.
Last season the likes of Mitch Hahn, Robert Murphy, Luke Darcy, Adam Cooney and Tim Walsh all missed plenty of the pre-season with injury complaints.
"We are really fit, which everyone is at this time of the year, but we have put some weight on and kept it on," Giansiracusa said.
"We have some niggles, but nothing that are set-backs. Last year there were guys with knees that take 18 months to recover from, and it's good to see those guys are going well.
"Mitch Hahn and Murph are the ones really leading the way on the training track."
21 December 2007 - Herald Sun - Jon Ralph
BULLDOGS midfielder Daniel Giansiracusa is hoping a positive report from his specialist today will clear him to play some role in next year's NAB Cup.
Giansiracusa is yet to get an exact diagnosis on his December 7 right knee ligament strain that is expected to keep him out for up to eight weeks.
He visits a specialist today aware that an improved scan will not only see him fit for the season proper, but with peace of mind.
The 25-year-old will marry long-time sweetheart Kelly in Elsternwick this Saturday, followed by a 10-day honeymoon in Thailand's Koh Samui.
Giansiracusa has been given permission to remove his cumbersome leg brace for the wedding, and hopes to be back running by late January.
"We haven't really set down when it will be," he said of a return to training.
"It's more once the brace comes off we will figure out what is going on. I go and see my specialist (today) and I will probably get it scanned again because last time they scanned it there was a lot of blood around. Hopefully it will be fine and I can get mobile again."
Before being hurt Giansiracusa had built a solid base of fitness which he hopes he can retain with some boxing and cross-training.
"It was just a drill and I went to change direction and I didn't go to ground or anything," he said of the injury.
"I have been doing some walking and standing boxing skills and plenty of swimming but there's nothing like running so hopefully after the break I can get back running.
"It's always frustrating to get injured in the pre-season, especially when you have got past the running and are about to get into the exciting bit with the games, but I was pretty fit before I got injured."
Giansiracusa this week joined his teammates on a three-day camp at Wilsons Promontory, and says after a taxing nine-week pre-Christmas block, the Dogs are fit and motivated.
Last season the likes of Mitch Hahn, Robert Murphy, Luke Darcy, Adam Cooney and Tim Walsh all missed plenty of the pre-season with injury complaints.
"We are really fit, which everyone is at this time of the year, but we have put some weight on and kept it on," Giansiracusa said.
"We have some niggles, but nothing that are set-backs. Last year there were guys with knees that take 18 months to recover from, and it's good to see those guys are going well.
"Mitch Hahn and Murph are the ones really leading the way on the training track."
. Good photos in the H Sun.
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