But the Power star says he expects to be fully fit by round 1.<\/p>\n
Rozee sustained a significant hamstring injury in the Power\u2019s round 2 win over Essendon, with an initial timeline slating him for a mid-season return.<\/p>\n
But complications relating to the nerves in the injured area meant a decision was made to end his year early. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a frustrating one for sure,\u201d he said on SEN.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think with the initial injury they thought it was just a hamstring coming off the bone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich would have been roughly 14 to 15 weeks, so I should have been back for a month or two now.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd probably after nine to 10 weeks it started to plateau a bit so we went back in there to find out what was happening and found that the nerve wasn\u2019t letting the muscles fire as much.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo my rehab was slowing down a bit, and with nerves they quite a long time to regrow and repair if they are damaged.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it is quite a long process but I am taking little steps and it is probably going to take a lot longer than what we thought the initial injury would be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rozee said while he felt no pain in the hamstring and the related area, he just couldn\u2019t get past 90 per cent sprint speed right now.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be back for round 1,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey just can\u2019t really put a timeline on when your nerve starts to fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat could be in the next couple of days, that could be in the next couple of weeks, it could be a month or two.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the good thing is that I have a long time before round 1 \u2026 so we have such a long time to make sure it is good to go.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a bit of strange one, I have no pain whatsoever.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I can run at high speed, I just can\u2019t get to 90 per cent plus.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way to describe it is I have a weight on my left leg, it feels a bit more tired than my right one.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there is no pain.\u201d <\/p>\n
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<\/a>Simeon Thomas-Wilson<\/a>AFL reporter<\/p>\n