Originally posted by: ZeaLitY
If Rock Lee and Gai are truly representational of Bruce Lee, then Rock Lee shall recover. Bruce Lee damaged a sacral nerve in his back while doing a Good Morning lift without properly stretching; these caused unbearable pain and a judgment from his doctor that he would never kick again.

But, you know the story. Bruce Lee still had pain, but he became even better than he was before.
I was thinking the same thing. And it's anime, which means that it's held less to reality than reality. So if Bruce can recover to kick more ass than ever, why can't Rock?

I don't know what the manga holds in store for our friend Lee (I don't want to start reading the manga past the anime), so I can't say what will happen, and I'm not so sure of myself to say what should happen in a story that is not my own. I will say that I hope that we will see Rock Lee in action again. I didn't like him at first, but his abilities and his spirit made him one of my favorite characters in the series, up there with Gamabunta (did I get that right?), Kakashi, and Naruto. I don't think that he's completely out of commission as we are still seeing him in the opening and ending credits. I hope this also means that the rest of the Konoha genin are going to continue to be shown fighting the good fight for Konoha as they are all in the credit sequences.