GIANTS captain Chris Thorman has been spending the week in a hyperbaric chamber in a last desperate bid to be fit for Saturday’s clash against Warrington at the Millennium Stadium (3.00).
The goalkicking utility back missed the 28-20 weekend Super League defeat at Hull with a dead leg and is a major doubt for the trip to Cardiff.
Thorman knows time is against him.
But he is determined to play if at all possible in a bid to help Huddersfield return to winning League ways.
“Watching last week was absolute agony,” said Thorman.
“We obviously need to start picking up the wins again to help us climb back up the League table, and not being able to help probably hurts more than the injury itself.
“But there’s no way I could have played at Hull at the weekend.
“I’ve been trying to play with the injury for a couple of weeks now, and all it’s doing is making it worse.
“It’s now a case that every hit I’m taking to the quad muscle is making it worse and the muscle is starting to turn to bone.
“That’s the worse thing that could happen. It restricts you so much.
“So all I can do is rest up and wait for the injury to clear.
“And the most effective way of doing that is spending some time in a hyperbaric chamber, which is exactly what I’m doing now.
“It may be pretty tedious just sitting in the chamber getting as much extra oxygen as possible into the muscle tissue to help it repair.
“But if it means I can get back in action a bit quicker, I’m more than prepared to do it. It’s touch and go as to whether it’ll get me right for Saturday at the Millennium Stadium, but I’m afraid the odds are against it.
“That would be a massive blow because it’s a fantastic venue, but it wouldn’t be right for me to play if I’m not fit. We need everyone at 100% if we’re going to stand a chance of winning.”
