New York Giants running back David Wilson left practice early on Tuesday with a neck injury. Tom Coughlin called the injury a burner, according to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News. Generally when we hear the term "burner," it's being used to refer to a stinger, which is a nerve injury in the neck which causes pain. But "burner" itself is a wide term that can be used for any kind of neck injury that causes pain.
David Wilson leaves Giants practice with minor neck injury
New York Giants running back David Wilson left practice after sustaining a burner, which is typically used to describe a minor neck injury.
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Burners are a pretty frequent injury in the NFL, and they’re generally healed up with minimal missed time. The reason this is a big deal is the fact that Wilson was only recently medically cleared to return to action following neck surgery that ended his 2013 season.
Wilson suffered a herniated disc early last season, and hasn’t played since Week 5. Wilson ended up requiring surgery -- a vertebrae fusion -- back in January. He has a condition called spinal stenosis that narrows the spinal cord, which was an added complication to his surgery.
Any kind of injury that involves the spine and neck is something to worry about, and any injury that occurs after medical clearance -- to the same area -- should be treated with the same concern. Coughlin spoke to the media before getting all the details of Wilson’s test with the team doctors, so we’ll have to wait on further word before we know exactly what’s going on here.
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