[Craig Sager] McGrady's Back

If it's Structrual, then it is renderd as a choronic issue, which means it wont improve alot. i allways thought it was thought it was a soft tissue injury?

 

That would NOT be a good thing if it's the case.

If it's structural, he might be heading off to surgery in the off season if not before.

 

Sugery dosent allways gurantee a fix to the problem. infact sometimes it can make it worse. if it's " STRUCTUAL" , then were in reall trouble.

 

I wouldn't worry about it, Mcgrady was saying to Doug Collins he has some gal come along with him on road trips who gives him back massages and this is the best he's ever felt.

 

I read somewhere surgery fixes any amount of pain.

There's even surgery to prevent death.

 

Damn it's good to be tracy. you have a hot babe rubbing you in all the right places whenever you choose.

 

Does she give him massages? or "massages"

 

Exactly.

 

You're the Doctor. You tell us

 

I thought that this thread is about McGrady being back in form anyway, if it's structural, massages could aggravate the problem. But I'm also not a doctor

 

If you have a disc injury, so long as it is not herniated, then it can be managed through chiropractic, massage therapy, pain meds etc.... If the disc herniates, then surgery is about the only fix.

Tracy likes to use a Vax-D machine which aids with bulging discs. When a disc bulges it puts pressure on the nerves coming out of the spinal cord, which irritates the muscles. You can then massage the muscles to get them to relax, and you can use disc therapy tehcniques such as the Vax-D or simpler stuff like McKenzie techniques to help with the bulging in the disc.

Hope this helps

 

I had an MRI and was diagnosed with two herniated discs in my lower back about 7 years ago, and never had to have surgery. For a while I was getting epidural injections every few months, and that along with ibuprofen helped quite a bit with the pain. As the years have gone by it's gotten better, and now it rarely even bothers me.

My pain was always in my left leg, not my back so it took them a while to finally figure out the problem.

 

I had a compressed disk (L4-L5) and a herniated disk (L5-S1) that broke and the piece that broke off and the herniated part squeezed the sciatic nerve causing pain and numbness in my leg. I went through a few months of PT that turns out just made things worse and toards the end the PT just resorted to traction and ice/heat/electro stim treatments. Finally the docs did an MRI and saw the extent of the damage and scheduled me for immediate surgery (laminectomy). I still have pain and a bit of instability so they continue to consider fusion but I have been doing my best to avoid that.

From my experience, disk never get better and the best you can do is to protect the damage as best as possible (posture, exercise to strengthen the abdomen and keep weight off), and avoid worsening the condition as best as possible. But Bobby Sura's condition is more indicative of what NBA players face with back issues...

 

When McGrady went down a few weeks ago, the talk centered around "inflammation". It was as though he just came down funny and strained his back. Shortly after, however, I heard CD allude to a little "disk" problem that Tracy would just have to manage. Considering that his back problems have been ongoing for years, I would suspect that the source of the inflammation is from a structural problem. It also may (or may not) be worth noting that the latest episode occurred following the problems with his knees. That could mean that his back is more vulnerable when the muscles are compensating for injuries in other areas. I don't like the thought of it, but it looks like one of those things that you just cope with as you continually hope for the best.