Dan Gleeson will be ruled out for a further 3-4 weeks with his back injury.

Following Wednesday's news that a knee ligament injury will probably rule midfielder Courtney Pitt out until Christmas, a scan of Gleeson's back has revealed that the defender has a disc-related problem

"Dan saw a sports medicine specialist today and the scan has confirmed that he has a lumbar disc protrusion, which is what we thought from the clinical evidence," physio Greg Reid told cambridgeunited.com.

"It shows that the disc bulge is starting to recede, which is why his condition is starting to improve with the exercises that we've been giving him.

"There's no indication that surgery is needed so basically we just have to continue along the same lines as we have, and hopefully within three to four weeks he'll be there or thereabouts.

"I've managed to get him into Lilleshall for a week next week, which will be good for him, and we'll take things from there."

Courtney Pitt's knee is immobilised in a splint so he will rest at home for the next two weeks, doing some exercises to maintain the muscle strength in the muscles that act on the knee, he will return for assessment and a follow-up appointment with specialist Mr Edwards in the third week, and a week has been provisionally booked for him at Lilleshall for intensive rehabilitation in the fourth week, before stepping up his rehab at the club.

Winger Dave Daniels is making good progress with his groin injury and is on target to return to training towards the end of next week.

We will bring you progress reports here in the regular 'From the Treatment Room' updates.

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