Editor’s note: The above video is from June 28.
The Giants officially placed Joe Panik about the 7-day concussion disabled list last Wednesday.
On Tuesday morning, he gone some light about his circumstance along with 95.7 The Game‘s “Haberman and Middlekauff.”
“So as soon as I got hit, merely going with it, you have actually your headaches and just what not. merely type of felt a minor from it at times. However with me, as soon as you get hold of strike in the head, that’s normal. In merely talking along with the trainers, I told them that I’m fine. And I was going with the protocol — the easy stuff, easy protocol. They’re asking me ‘Exactly how you feeling?’ This and that. Asking me every one of these questions.
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“And at the time, my adrenaline is type of pumping. I told them, ‘Listen. I’m fine. I’m good.’ I passed specific examinations that I possessed to do. The following day I woke up, the problem was still there, specific points were still there. I merely believed I was gonna pass. I was playing with specific points which I truly should not have.
“The whole time, I was having some concentration issues, particularly along with my vision. However I was able to get hold of a couple of crucial hits right here and there throughout the week. I was type of merely playing about it, figuring the cobwebs would certainly type of shake. It never ever went away. By the moment we got spine from Pittsburgh, the symptoms type of got worse. The vision started obtaining worse, headaches started obtaining a minor even worse … every little thing truly started to specified in…
“I type of possessed to throw in the white flag. I was playing with some points — merely stupid about my end, However at the time, you believe you’re gonna be great … obviously it merely got to the point where I possessed to point out something.”
Are these concussion examinations dependent about the gamer being honest along with the trainer?
“Yeah, there are specific points that you have actually to be honest along with … a great deal of it has actually to do along with being honest along with them. with a person adore me, it was foolish. I must have actually been a minor a lot more honest.”
Panik additionally claimed that there is no genuine schedule with his return, However earned it certain that he is improving.
The 2015 All-Star was hit in the helmet by a pitch about June 18 in Tampa Bay, However started 8 of the Giants’ following 9 games.
He was scratched about June 28.