TOM Curren is not one to dwell on the past and won’t be reflecting too much on his latest setback.

On Sunday, June 28, Curren fell awkwardly attempting to intercept a mark for Sandringham at Trevor Barker Beach Oval.

Although he did not feel any considerable pain initially, he heard a crack and knew something was wrong.

As he sat on the bench with an icepack wrapped around his ankle, Sandringham recorded a thrilling three-point victory against Footscray.

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It was not until after singing the song with his teammates that the full extent of Curren’s injury became apparent to him and the trainers.

“When I got to the bench the trainers did some tests and once it cooled down, it was pretty clear that there was a break. It was quite tender,” Curren told SAINTS.com.au this week.

“It wasn’t a compound fracture and wasn’t gruesome… The foot rolled out instead of the normal way. In some ways I was lucky I didn’t do my knee. The bottom of the fibula gave way as opposed to the knee. Instead of 12 months, it’s 12 weeks.”

This glass half full approach has allowed the 22-year-old to move on relatively quickly.

“You can stew or dwell on it, but I’m pretty upbeat because there isn’t much I can do about it now,” he said.

“I want to be out there with my mates so the quickest way to do that again is to get stuck into my rehab. Footy is what I love to do, but at the moment I just need to be disciplined in other areas.”

The morning after the match Curren was getting scans and by Tuesday lunchtime he was in surgery getting three screws and a plate put in the fibula. Three weeks on, he is still in a moon boot but has begun swimming and will tick his legs over on a bike next week.

Curren ices up his injured leg.

The injury was listed at 10-12 weeks, meaning a mid-September return is possible if everything falls into place.

“The way I’m looking at is that Sandringham will play finals and may even finish top four,” he said.

“Recent form would suggest that the Zebras will go relatively deep into finals and the deeper they go, the more chance I have to pinch a game or two at the end.

“I’ll be pushing to play finals for sure.”

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When St Kilda defeated Essendon by 110 points, Curren was five days post-op and lay in bed cheering his mates on.

In among episodes of Breaking Bad and True Detective, the on-baller, who has played 25 senior games since debuting in 2013, finds it difficult watching St Kilda games on television.

“When the team is winning you want to be out there with them,” he said.

“When they are losing you want to be out there helping turn things around. In the first two weeks I just tried to tune out and relax and not over-analyse things. I couldn’t control anything at that stage.”

Curren is not adverse to obstacles. Recruited at the end of 2010, he endured two-and-a-half seasons on the Saints rookie list before earning a senior game.

While not as lengthy, his current predicament is in some respects more challenging.

“I’m not someone that lacks motivation or drive,” he said.

“Obviously there will be tough times, but so far it has been ok. It’s nothing I can’t overcome and be better for it in the long run.” 

Curren is back in the gym lifting weights.