Injury Update: Panthers RB Stewart Will Be Ready for Training Camp

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Published: June 16, 2009

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... back Jonathan Stewart said that while a sore left Achilles caused him to miss all of the Panthers' organized team activities (OTAs), he should be ready to practice when training camp arrives in August.

The injury was spawned from Stewart overcompensating for a toe problem that slowed him down before his first season in Carolina.

"It just kind of flared up," he said. "I'm pretty much staying off of it, to just kind of let it heal."

Stewart, who ran for 836 yards and 10 touchdowns last season has not participated in any practices for the last four weeks, but did take part in in the conditioning sprints Tuesday that marked the conclusion of this year's OTAs. He appeared to be close to 100 percent, considering the fast pace at which he ran.

The Panthers are off until they report for training camp on August second.

"Oh yeah, I’m going to be up and running when camp starts," Stewart said. "Unfortunately I missed out on minicamp. But I’ll be rea...

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