His father, Gordy Gronkowski, told a radio station in Western New York that he believed Rob would play, but that he'd suffered a high-ankle sprain an injury that's more severeandpainful than a typical sprain and hinders the ability to cut quickly.
Sufferers of bad backs, sore elbows, severe heartburn andpainful prostates have historically faced two main options: drugs and, if those fail, surgery.