Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch to see specialist for abdominal injury

Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch will see a specialist in Philadelphia this week to determine the exact nature of and prognosis for the abdominal injury that kept him out.

BY BRADY HENDERSON

Nov 22, 2015, 7:02 PM Updated: 10:31 pm

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Marshawn Lynch will travel to Philadelphia Monday to have an abdominal injury checked out. (AP)

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Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch will see a specialist in Philadelphia this week to determine the exact nature of and prognosis for the abdominal injury that kept him from playing in Sunday’s game against San Francisco.

Coach Pete Carroll said the Seahawks haven’t ruled out anything at this point, including the possibilities that Lynch has a sport hernia or some other injury that could potentially require surgery and/or end his season. He said Lynch will make the trip on Monday and that the team should know more by Wednesday.

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“We’ll have to wait and see,” Carroll said. “This will be a really important couple of days for us.”

Carroll said Lynch first felt something in his abdomen toward the end of practice on the Thursday before Seattle’s Week-10 game against Arizona. Lynch was listed as questionable for that game but played and was on the field for his usual percentage of snaps. He didn’t practice at all last week and was again listed as questionable entering Sunday’s game against San Francisco. Carroll expressed confidence on Friday that Lynch would be able to play, which made it somewhat of a surprise when the team declared him inactive before kickoff.

“He tried,” Carroll said when asked how close Lynch was to playing. “We rested him all week and rehabbed him all week long and really the first time he took a real look at it was out in pregame, and he just couldn’t get going.”

Carroll said the team had planned before Sunday for Lynch to see the specialist, whom he referred to as Dr. Meyers. William C. Meyers of the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia is a renowned doctor who specializes in core-muscle injuries.

“These injuries have a way,” Carroll said. “We’ve been around a lot of them and they have a way of being really difficult to figure out from the outside. The surgery thing is always an option in there. There’s some other things that they’ll take a look at. It’s hard to detect what it is at this point. The specialist will let us know more. Otherwise, I can’t tell you anything.”

Lewis, Baldwin injure ankles

Center Patrick Lewis was one of several Seahawks who were injured toward the end of the game, limping off the field in the fourth quarter after a 49ers defender fell on his ankle. Carroll said Lewis was walking around after the game but that the team will need to wait a few days before knowing Lewis’ status.

Lewis missed two games earlier this season with an ankle injury. He was replaced by Lemuel Jeanpierre after leaving Sunday’s game.

Wide receiver Doug Baldwin also injured his ankle in the fourth quarter and did not return. Carroll called it a possible sprain but noted that Baldwin was also moving around well afterward. Baldwin said he expects to be fine.

“Ankle’s a little messed up but I’ll get treatment on it and I’ll be ready to go next week,” he said.

Guards J.R. Sweezy and Justin Britt both sustained stingers, Carroll said. Both players finished the game.