"A lot of people don't know, but I got a peroneal nerve palsy," George told the media after Thursday's game. "For everyone who doesn't know what that is, it's a dead foot term.

Nercessian OA, Ugwonali OF, Park S. Peroneal nerve palsy after total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2005;20 (8):1068-1073. Poage C, Roth C, Scott B. Peroneal nerve palsy: evaluation and ...

In all nine patients of the study with peroneal nerve palsy, the peroneal nerve injuries and their degree were clearly identified and visualized by means of sonography, reports the study. The ...

Peroneal nerve palsy causes numbness in the foot and weakness in the ankles, feet and sometimes legs. It’s an extended feeling of the extremity “falling asleep.” ...

Complications including fracture, physeal injury, and posterior knee subluxation, as well as peroneal nerve injury, have been reported. [4, 5] Skeletal traction has been of benefit in severe cases ...

The medical term for the issue is peroneal nerve palsy. The result is George’s foot feels dead sometimes. George suffered a gruesome broken leg in 2014, but that injury was to his right leg.