Rockstar Energy Suzuki CANIDAE Pet Foods’ Ryan Morais Update

Rockstar Energy Suzuki CANIDAE Pet Foods’ Ryan Morais, after seeing a specialist yesterday, is expected to return to the AMA Western Regional Lites class by Anaheim 3, on February 13th. Morais was injured during his heat race on Saturday night
in Anaheim, when another rider landed on top of him after tripling part
of a rhythm section. Morais was running second in the heat until the
incident. According to Team Manager Bill Keefe the doctor concluded
that Morais doesn’t have any broken bones. “Ryan will be put into an
aggressive rehab program with the hopes of being on the gate for
Anaheim 3 on February 13,”
Keefe said. “He’ll probably be off the bike for 10 days. He’s getting
better everyday, and his body is recovering, so it’s going the right
way.” Doctors expect that Morais will respond well to therapy and make
a full recovery.

After seeing a specialist on Monday,
Morais got the full report on his injuries. “I got some X-rays and an
MRI done on my back and hips. Everything looks pretty good,
considering,” Morais said from his home where he’s resting. “They’re
saying the reason my back hurts so much is because I bruised my
kidneys, I have a lot of muscle bruising, I bruised my hip joints and
the muscles in my hips, my lungs, and my bladder. I’m sore from all
that. But I got lucky, it could’ve been a lot worse. I’ll be back on
the bike soon enough and be back for Anaheim 3. For now, I’m going to
take it day by day. I have to give it a few weeks to heal up.”

Morais was taken off the track Saturday night
and put in the Asterisk Mobile Medical Unit and then later transferred
to UCI Medical Center for further evaluation. He was released from the
hospital by approximately 2:30 am and has been recovering at home since
then. Rockstar Energy Suzuki CANIDAE Pet Foods would like to thank the Asterisk Medical Team for their expert care and treatment of Ryan at the track.