Sheringham under the knife again

AFC Bournemouth striker Charlie Sheringham has had a further operation to attempt to cure his foot injury.

The Cherries striker sustained the foot injury scoring against Brentford on Boxing Day 2011. The initial x-ray was unclear but a later MRI scan revealed a fracture to the navicular.

In January he had an operation to insert two screws in to fix the bone and he spent three months in a protective boot, in May he had hoped that his recovery was on course for him to return to full training during pre-season, however when he stopped wearing the protective air boot he began to feel discomfort in one of his toes during light jogging.

To give the toe time to settle, Sheringham eased off on impact work and just continued light exercises. However whilst the problem with his toe then cleared, he then started experiencing discomfort in his heel and while the use of a specialised anti-gravity treadmill, helped with his rehab, in July he was set to go and have a biomechanical assessment review regarding his heel and he continued his rehabilitation programme with physio Steve Hard and received intensive treatment at the Football Association's recently opened new headquarters at St George`s Park.

Sheringham has now had a further operation on his ankle and is now back on crutches.

Howe told the Daily Echo...

"Charlie has had an operation recently to remove a bit of floating bone in his ankle, so he is on crutches at the moment.

"But, hopefully, that has got to the bottom of his problems. We are still expecting Charlie to be out for a couple of months but we are hopeful he will be back in good shape after this op.

"It is a delicate part of the foot that Charlie has, unfortunately, got the injury on. Hopefully, this will see Charlie back to 100 per cent fitness."

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