Sheehan on the road to recovery

He was a 19 year-old All-Ireland Senior football medal winner in 2010 but he hasn’t been able to run five yards for the last three months of 2011. Ciaran Sheehan reflects on a year of contrasts with Fintan O’Toole

All you can think about is getting back playing. And wondering what level you’ll get back to.

IT was unmistakable. That clicking sound he heard as he fell to the turf in Fitzgerald Stadium and the searing pain that washed over him. He knew instantly what it meant. The Cork medical team, lead by Dr Con Murphy and physio Colin Lane, may have reassured him. The management may have spoken after the match that he’d be a part of their revival after that Munster final loss. His teammates may have urged him to think positively.