Dedicated Thread on Yao Ming's Rehabilitation

This is not good news. Looks to me like there's a serious possibility, if not probability, that the Yao we see for the rest of this season will never be the Yao we saw earlier in the season. He'll need at least the offseason to recover.

The guys have put it all out there and made us all proud in his absence. But if you've been counting the days till we return to domination, prepare yourselves for severe disappointment.

 

Damn, I was so looking forward to his return and still am but Will's post scares me. Hopefully, we're in for a surprise.

 

sorry but i disagree 100%. signs seem to point to this being a speed bump and not a complete detour. if he is out for all of march gaining back his strength then that is fine. remember we are talking about the brace and not the actual injury. we still have 9 games in april for yao to get ready. i am not worried.

 

I think they are sand bagging, and Yao just doesn't want to wear the brace.

And, I wonder if he really needs to wear it.....

I expect Yao to come back strong and by the playoffs be his typical dominant self...WITHOUT the brace.

DD

 

Remember when JVG made a big deal about Yao's shoes in preseason? It turned out to be a non-issue...

This completely contradicts what Yao says. He still says he'll be back in 10 days. Right now I guess we can hope Yao is right.

 

Pryuen,
I hope you never have to start another Yao rehab thread in the future!

 

I would rather see him playing, but that's just me...

 

wow, yao's arms look massive. i don't know if it's the photos but that's definitely the biggest i've seen him at. hopefully this is a positive out of the injury.

 

pryuen, or anyone else who might know, has Yao been pumping iron more than in the past? His tris and bis look very big. Maybe it's just the photos.

 

So much for that Yao statement that he'll be back on the 3rd to play the Spurs.

 

Here was the report by "ritou" ...

Yao may attend the game with Spurs on March 4th. Here is a summary of the report from SINA (http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2007-02-16/15402760328.shtml)

A trainer of Yao/Houston: Yao's recovery is very fast and he is pretty sure that Yao will show in the game with Spurs on March 4th (3rd here).

 

330 pounds............so he should be to the point where even Shaq can be shoved around by him.

 

He reached that point at the end of last year.

 

You know...as traumatic and painful as his injury was...the sun has broken through the cloud cover and we can look forward to a return to good health and production.

We should be grateful that we are not dealing with injuries such as this from either Yao or TMac.....<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RDrA0bWPlhU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RDrA0bWPlhU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

The "good thing" was that they were able to pop it back into place on the first try. I am forvever scarred for seeing this...I am scared to even walk now.

 

Only if Shaq stay at equilibrium.

Imagine if Shaq counter that with his 450 lbs of bench pressing plus an extra 40+ lbs of weight on Yao. Who do you think would win?

Yao new strength would help him maintain his stability while absorbing contact from Shaq. But I don't see Yao backing down Shaq.