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Upper Body Injury: A Case Study

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During his team’s January 10 win over the Edmonton Oilers, San Jose Sharks' defenseman Dylan DeMelo suffered a broken wrist. DeMelo underwent surgery to repair his broken wrist and is expected to be unable to return to play for eight weeks. DeMelo entered the Sharks' injured reserve just as fellow Shark defenseman, David Shlemko, returned to play after being out for several games with an upper body injury. Unfortunately for DeMelo, he was just starting to see significant playing time when he injured his wrist. After not dressing for the first 19 games of the season, DeMelo had played in his first game of the 2016-2017 season on November 23. Since then he had played in 13 of the team's 21 games, including five straight games before suffering

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