His answer turned to Rhea Ripley and her injury history as she’s out with a knee injury, and the treatment he credits with saving his own leg. If you’re coming off an injury, there’s a lot of intangibles.” On Ripley’s Injury Record:“Right now, Rhea — I love Rhea to death, but she’s hurt a lot.” When my left leg shut down, everybody said, ‘Cut, cut, cut, cut,’ including the guy from Emory, who’s one of the best back surgeons in the country. And I’m talking about not hoisting them, I’m talking about slowly contracting the muscle.