Juan Garcia update

Published 4:33 pm Thursday, May 29, 2008

We received word today from the UW that Juan Garcia is progressing as expected and out of his cast.

Here’s the full statement sent by UW sports information director Richard Kilwien:

“Juan visited with a specialist on Tuesday and the doctors remain optimistic that the conservative approach toward recovery is progressing as expected. They are remaining with the rehabilitation schedule that was prescribed at the early stages of his injury. The cast on his foot has been removed and he will bear partial weight on the foot over the next four weeks. After that period, he will be able to put full weight on his foot. He will remain on crutches the next few weeks in order to keep his full weight off the injured foot.”

Garcia suffered a Lisfran sprain during spring practice, but elected to try rehabing the injury rather than have surgery.