How to prevent stress fracture from reoccurring to Yao

He needs to be like Shaq. Just play for half the season.

 

You are wrong, I am right. Like I said,

"A stress fracture is one type of incomplete fracture in bones. It is caused by "unusual or repeated stress"[1] This is in contrast to other types of fractures, which are usually characterized by a solitary, severe impact."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_fracture

 

I used to swim on my varsity high school team, so trust me when I say that being a swimmer/waterpolo player/life guard does NOT mean that you know about stress fractures. And honestly, why would you even bring up being a life guard???? Almost anyone can become a life guard.

As admirable as the intentions of this thread may be, this thread still does nothing but perpetuate frustration.

 

Do you think it would be necessary to play Yao 33 minutes against every team, including Memphis, who we are now leading by 20 points WITHOUT Yao? It is simply a waste. It is like using a sledgehammer to open a Pepsi can.

When I see the Adelman play Yao for 40 minute games every night against these crappy teams, it makes me want to scream! It is totally unnecessary. Yao should be using this time against the garbage teams to rest. Best thing to do in these situations, put yao on the bench, or put him in only if the game starts to get close.

 

What are you talking about? Go look at any all-star center from the past in the NBA. 35 minutes is the norm, it's not the max! Yao was playing 37 minutes. Perhpas that was too much. He should go down to 35 on most nights. You're saying 20 minutes? Backup centers play 20 minutes! You clearly don't know much about the NBA.

 

re-evaluate his shoes. Get him fitted for good orthotics.

 

I have some that my podiatrist made, they make a huge difference.

DD

 

Your understanding of what a stress fracture is, FAIL.
Your comphrension skills, FAIL.
Your use of Wikipedia to backup your arguement, FAIL.

Please try harder.

 

vitamin D deficiency.

wear orthodics

less, but more efficient, minutes

 

why dirk could not play 10 mins before yao's injury. he is quite a defensive screen.

 

Your understanding of English, fail.
Your understanding of a simple medical definition, fail.
Your failure to admit to mistake on the coach's part, fail.

 

It's simply r****ded to play Yao full minutes on a team like Memphis, Seattle, Washington, Miami, Atlanta, etc. It makes no sense whatsoever. There was no need to put him in that long against mediocre teams. The longer you put him in, the greater you risk injury to your greatest asset. The team didn't need Yao for any of those games, and certainly not for 37 freaking minutes. At the very least, Yao should have shared minutes with Mutumbo when Yao was still healthy. Now it is far too late. I respect Adelman as a coach, because he is certainly a factor in this team's chance to make the playoffs, he system is a factor in the 14 game winning streak. But Adelman has virtually killed any chance that we have to make it to the finals, by his abuse and mishandling of Yao Ming. I don't care what the average minutes for centers are. None of them are close to Yao's size. You don't play a 7'6" center the same way you play a 6'10" foot center, period.

 

Chris Kaman averaged more mpg then Yao Yao is 30th in mpg so it isn't that bad.

 

1) Chris Kaman is 7 feet, 260lbs compared to Yao at 7'6", 310 lbs. There is no comparison.

2) Chris Kaman does not have a well-known history of being prone to serious injury, as Yao Ming does. I'm not talking about sprained ankles or hamstring injury. Those are far from serious. When your most valued player has a record of being prone to serious injury, and yet you keep him on the court for full minutes against teams that can be easily defeated without him, there is something very, very wrong with that picture.

 

Yes, I mispelt a word. Please reach a little further.

http://www.medicinenet.com/fracture/page2.htm

From Yao:
http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.php?p=3498194&postcount=1
http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2008-02-29/17133503472.shtml

Yao fell and injured his ankle. Playing with a weakened ankle the condition worsened into a stress fracture.

 

From your link:

"A stress fracture is an overuse injury. Because of repeated micro–trauma, the bone can fail to absorb the shock that is being put upon it and become weakened. Most often it is seen in the lower leg, the shin bone (tibia), or foot. Athletes are at risk the most, because they have repeated footfalls on hard surfaces."

How the hell is that definition any different than Wikipedia's??

Again, your ability to understand a simple English-language definition: FAIL!!!

 

I'm sorry. I overestimated your ability to understand.

 

Cut down on the training. At this stage of his career, there aren't many more moves that you can teach him that he doesn't already know. Even if there are, Yao doesn't need more moves. He is gonna be at least one of the top 3 centres in NBA for the next 5 years.

Just do some light training, light practice on his existing moves and shooting touch. For conditioning and maintaining stamina, do swimming instead of running.

 

I don't by into this stress fracture thing...i mean if Yao is stressing, at some point in the game, he should know that's he's hurting his foot. Why can't he feel that's hurt?? It's almost like he has no sense on his legs like he's a robot or something...that he can't feel that's his fracturing his BONE? OUCH!!