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49ers GM Lynch gives CMC injury update, explains Germany trip originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Christian McCaffrey is back from Germany, and now the star 49ers running back will see if he gets the desired effects from the Achilles treatment he received while there.
General manager John Lynch provided an update on McCaffrey’s Achilles tendinitis recovery during an appearance on KNBR’s “Murph and Markus” show on Friday morning.
“I think the bottom line, we kind of, once we put him to injured reserve, I think that was to kind of force a discipline for everyone that, when you have tendonitis that basically is inflammation and it was flared up,” Lynch told Brian Murphy and Markus Boucher. “Bilateral Achilles tendinitis. And so we needed to quiet it down.
“So the plan was to give it the time to do that. And then at some point in a thoughtful way, to ramp him back up. So what he does early and where he goes, he’s got people who work on his body and have for a long time. We work and consult with him on that and now Christian’s back here and at some point, we’ll get back, we’ll have to hit certain markers and we’ll try the ramp up and God willing the thing has quieted down and we can build him back up in a really smart and thoughtful way.”
McCaffrey has yet to play during the 2024 NFL season as he deals with calf tightness and Achilles tendinitis. The 49ers placed him on injured reserve before their season-opening win over the New York Jets.
While McCaffrey technically can return after Week 4, he’s expected to miss additional time.
As he tries to get a grasp on his injury, McCaffrey, in conjunction with Lynch and the 49ers, decided to fly to Germany to see a specialist.
“I think Christian knew of someone there,” Lynch told Murphy and Boucher. “He does a ton of research. Christian, he works as hard as anyone that I that I know and I think obviously he reaches out to us and we blessed it.”
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Author : NBC Sports BayArea
Publish date : 2024-09-27 17:00:35
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