PITTSBURGH – Sidney Crosby isn’t just dealing with the lingering effects of a concussion. A California doctor says the Pittsburgh Penguins’ star also is recovering from a neck injury.
And Crosby’s agent, Pat Brisson, said he can’t rule out the possibility that the injury could be to his vertebrae.
“There’s been speculation that I really can’t comment on at this point,” Brisson said Saturday night at the All-Star game skills competition in Ottawa. “I can’t rule it out. I don’t know. I’m not a radiologist.”
Brisson also said he didn’t consider the findings to be a setback.
Crosby visited with neurological spine specialist Dr. Robert S. Bray in Los Angeles this week as he continues treatment for symptoms that resurfaced during a loss to Boston on Dec. 5.
The 2009 league MVP missed more than 10 months after sustaining head shots in consecutive games in early January 2011. He returned on Nov. 21 and had 12 points in eight games before the symptoms resurfaced following a physical game against the Bruins.
The team says Bray found Crosby did have a concussion after taking shots to the head in successive games last January. Bray also discovered an unspecified neck injury, though Bray told the team the
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