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Dedicated Thread on Yao Ming's Rehabilitation

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by pryuen, Dec 25, 2006.

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When the whole Toyota Centre is left forlorn and lonely due to Yao Ming's absence (due to his injury), good news finally surfaced. It is reported that Yao Ming will return to his team to start his rehabilitation training in the next day or two. Of course, due to the injury was on his leg/knee, same as last year, the rehabilitation will only be limited to the upper limbs:- some shooting practice and strength/conditioning exercise.
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That's not rehabbing, it's maintaining a level of fitness. rehabbing is when he starts work on his knee.

Stay in bed Yao.

#81 hooroo, Dec 30, 2006

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Helps them to prepare for the eventual missile invasion
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yeah by China!

#82 Riz, Dec 30, 2006
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Are you kidding?

Tell us the link
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apperently his a close friend of Yao so his link is Yao Ming! based on what he has been telling clutch fans.

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There's also a link to video of the interview. Even though they claim it was an exclusive some of the quotes are also in the Chronicle article that quoted a Chinese newspaper.
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Yao Ming Hoping for Better Prognosis from Doctors
Rockets star scheduled to see doctors next week

Last Edited: Friday, 29 Dec 2006, 9:37 PM CST
Created: Friday, 29 Dec 2006, 5:47 PM CST

Yao Ming is hoping doctors will give him a better prognosis when he checks in with them next week..

The Rockets giant center told FOX 26 on Friday that he is scheduled to consult with doctors then to check on the progress from the broken bone under his right knee.

Yao suffered the break last week and doctors initially said he would be out of action until early February.

In his first interview since the injury, Yao tells FOX 26 he and the Rockets will have a better understanding of where things are when he meets with doctors next week.

"They told me six weeks," Yao said. "Next week they are going to take x-ray pictures, see what's going on and probably (it) will be more clear after that."

It's the third time in the last 12 months Yao has had to go through a rehabilitation process after an injury.

"It's really hard," Yao said. "This is the best year I have ever had for my team and for me personally. Right now I have to re-start for everything, conditioning, skill (work). It's really frustrating."

Yao was off to a magnificent start and was already being mentioned as a Most Valuable Player award candidate. He's dealing with the layoff the best he can.

"When you have some bad times, you need to think about something good, make yourself happy," Yao said. "You can't always think about bad (things). I can have more time to spend with family, play video games, eat ice cream, gain weight. "I mean, that's not good actually."

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Pryuen, you don't know how much we appreciate the inside scoop.Thanks, man!

#85 KALIKULI, Dec 30, 2006
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So it is time for my daily update on Yao Ming's progress/status.

This is from today's sohu.com.

http://sports.sohu.com/20061231/n247367895.shtml

Reporter Zhang Yi of Sohu Sports reports from Houston

December 30 noon (US Houton US Standard Time), the Rockets, after beating the Atlanta Hawks at home the previous night, had their team practice in Toyota Centre. Yao Ming, who was recuperating from his wound, continued to be absent from the team practice. But after showing up on the 28th at the Toyota Centre for his strength and conditioning training on his upper limbs, Yao Ming came again today and carried out some strength and conditioning exercise on his own, so as to maintain his strength and his muscle fitness. As reported, Yao Ming will have a detailed medical re-check next week on his right knee, so as to have a better asessment on the status of his initial recuperation.

Regarding Yao Ming's recuperation progress, Jeff Van Gundy (sort of in a helpless mood) said: "Yao Ming's injury status is the same as before; after all, a knee injury is a knee injury." Previously, the doctor's diagnosis was that Yao Ming will have to sit out for a minimum of 6 weeks.

So indeed Yao Ming may proceed with some strength and conditioning exercise with his upper limbs, but it will still be some while before Yao Ming can start his rehabilitation training and return to the court. "Right. Sure Yao Ming certainly can proceed with his strength and conditioning training" Jeff Van Gundy said. "But that doesn't mean he can return in no time. Yao Ming is a professional, willing to sacrifice and contribute, and he will just do what he is supposed to do and what is asked of him (by the team doctor)."
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Can't find time for a line per line, word per word translation for the following 2 articles from Wang Meng of Titan Sports.

In any case, just provide you guys with a summary of what is covered in the articles.

And given Wang Meng's past creditability, read it with grain of slats..............

Now the first one.

http://sports.tom.com/2007-01-01/0424/86388900.html

Yao Ming no longer complaint about his fate, about his injury. The low mood and frustration in him had subsided; what happened had happened. And he started to think about what he can do while he waited for his right tibia fracture to heal.

He could not drive yet; but on everyday starting the 28th he would let Anthony Falsone drive him to Toyota Centre for his limited strength and conditioning exercise to keep his strength and muscle fitness on his upper limbs.

He said: "I have to make up for the time lost, and strive to do what I could do now." He had his eruption last season after his injury; he wished he could keep/maintain his current high level of plays when he returns on court.

On his first day of return to Toyota Centre (i.e. the 28th), it was a doctor re-inspection. His injury recuperation was progressing well. Yao Ming said: "I don't feel any pain now. I can bend my right leg, but I can't stretch my right leg straight. If I did that, I still feel pain." After his training, he took off his socks, and there was a small red needle spot just under his right knee cap. That was for withdrawing the extravasated blood left in his wound. Just 1 needle was not sufficient for his tree trunk leg. So the doctor had to replace another needle to draw his blood. "It is 200 CC everytime. No big deal."

So the re-inspection went well, and the doctor said he could restart some limited training. So just 5 days after his injury, Yao Ming was seen once again sweating out in his workouts in the gymnasium.

So Yao Ming walked staggerly with his crutches from the the parking lot to the changing room. His right knee/leg was strapped and protected by steel brackets and bandage. The big screw around his knee cap made him looks like the robotcop. After changing on his training suit, then once again Yao Ming had to put on his robotcop-like armour, and walked painstaking towards the gymnasium with his crutches.

So he spent 2 hours in the gymnasium with sweat soaking his training T-shirt. He was so exhausted that he could no longer walked back to the changing room. So the Rockets staff sent a small car to send him back to the changing room for bath, changing back his cloths and additional treatment.

So after all the above, when Yao Ming returned to the locker room, the team practice of the Rockets had completed for almost an hour. When Yao Ming walked into the locker room, he smiled, as he saw a pile of scouting reports of the Atlanta Hawks on his big armchair. He painstakingly put the scout reports into his locker, and then sat onto the armchair. He heaved a big sigh and siad: "This feeling (to be back in the locker room) is just great." He took a few look at the game tape with the Atlanta Hawks, and said: "It should not be a big problem to do away such a team like the Hawks."

Yao Ming said "I've grown 2 pounds already in the past 5 days. I can't go on like this, such kind of life is so bored. I used to be playing 36 to 37 minutes night in and night out, and now I have nothing to do, but just eating, sleeping, ice cream and computer game all day long. This is no good."

So from this day on, except for Saturdays and Sundays, Yao Ming is dertermined to keep on his training. "It is like starting everything from scratch again. I have no time to lose."

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Sequel 2 of the above article (an article on details of Yao Ming strength and conditioning exercise conducted by Anthony Falsone) will come in another 4 to 5 hours time.

Stay Tune.

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Bravo, well done!

pryuen said:

Sequel 2 of the above article (an article on details of Yao Ming strength and conditioning exercise conducted by Anthony Falsone) will come in another 4 to 5 hours time.

Stay Tune.
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Yao will practice shooting sitting on the wheel chair probably.

No other Rocekts work as hard as he does.

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So as promised, here you are...........the sequel of the previous article from Wang Meng on how Anthony Falsone is working with Yao Ming on his limited strength and conditioning training to keep his strength and muscle fitness of the upper limbs.

http://sports.tom.com/2007-01-01/0424/00538072.html

Anthony Falsone is Yao Ming personal trainer, but now he has an additional job; since Yao Ming injured on his right leg and cannot drive all these while, Anthony Falsone becomes his driver also.

Early every morning, Anthony Falsone has to go to Yao Ming's home, and then climbs into the driver seat of his large Nissan Infiniti SUV; luckily Yao Ming's SUV is a very large car, and has not gone under any major modifications, and the driver seat can still be adjusted for a normal person. Otherwise, for Anthony Falsone, a guy of 1.78M (5ft 10), it might become a driver-less car. Everyday after training (at the Toyota Centre), Anthony Falsone would drive Yao Ming home, and it would be already 2 to 3 pm in the afternoon. Falsone said: "I will not ask Yao Ming for more monetary compensation (for such duties). He had already paid me more than enough for my salary."

Yao Ming had taken 5 days off, and Falsone was also a free man for that 5 days. But now, he is becoming busy again. Falsone said: "I cannot bear to see Yao Ming idling as such at home. If he really needs rest, we can find all kind of excuses for it. But we just can't let time slip by like this. We must think of ways to do whatever we can still do now."

In these few days, Yao Ming's physical conditions had already dropped significantly. Falsone tried all means to stimulate his body, and tried to fasten its recuperation. Other than some strength exercises for his upper limbs, Falsone must also find ways to train his cardio-respiratory functions. Unluckily, the injury was on Yao Ming's right knee/leg, so it was creating some issues to find the right type of training (with oxygen). Nevertheless, Falsone still managed to find the right type of exercise; there was this type of bicycle in the Rocket's gymnasium; the bicycle not only had pedals to train the lower limbs, but it also had this handles to train the strength of the upper limbs. So Yao Ming started to workout on those 2 handles, and in 20 minutes, he could no longer go on, but just kept on panting. Falsone said: "Don't under-estimate this exercise; it is more tiring than you think."

Muscle will wither if they go without exercise for some while. So Yao Ming started on a new and unique type of training; he started to ride the bicycle with only one leg (i.e. the left leg). It is not easy to balance riding the bicylce using only 1 leg, but nevertheless, Falsone still demanded Yao Ming to comply with his request and finished with the exercise. Falsone said: "Our theory is, even though you cannot move your right leg, it can expedite its recuperation if you keep working/exercising on your left leg. Although it will only help improve the right leg slightly, we will still go ahead with it."

Falsone was utter-cautious in taking care of every steps of Yao Ming's training; even though it was all about training of the upper limbs, they might still implicate the legs. Falsone said: "At the moment, we can proceed with some very limited training, because his shinbone is slowly healing. We will meet with doctors on a weekly basis, and perform Magnetic Resonance Inspection (MRI) to track recuperation status of the bone until it fully heals. We have to wait until it fully heals, then we can go full force with Yao Ming's rehabilitation training."

In the past year, Yao Ming had not stopped going through such cyle of injury and then rehabilitation. Anthony Falsone said: "Everybody knows Yao Ming is usually pretty quick in his restoration, and he is eager to return as soon as he possibly can. He is that type of extremely hard working guy, and he never let himself relax or slow down."

Anthony Falsone estimated in another 2 to 3 weeks time, Yao Ming can start training in the swimming pool (on his legs). Falsone said: "Not only me. Everyone including Keith Jones, Rockets team doctor, and David Macha, Rockets' strength and conditioning coach and a rehabilitation specialist, are all working hard, as we all want to help Yao Ming to return as soon as we possibly can."
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Fantastic, pryuen! Thanks!!

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i sincerely hope this type of training won't increase the possibility of right foot injury since it has been in fragile status already.
again, thank you pryuen for sharing the information.

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So as promised, here you are...........the sequel of the previous article from Wang Meng on how Anthony Falsone is working with Yao Ming on his limited strength and conditioning training to keep his strength and muscle fitness of the upper limbs.
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Yao seems to be progressing pretty well. Hopefully he will be able to see the team's games at hoome.

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THanks a million, "Pryuen you do great things for us Rocket Fans"

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pryuen said:

So as promised, here you are...........the sequel of the previous article from Wang Meng on how Anthony Falsone is working with Yao Ming on his limited strength and conditioning training to keep his strength and muscle fitness of the upper limbs.
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That is a great report on Yao. Falsone has done a excellent job on YM since he came into the league and it seems that evertime Yao comes back from injury he is even better and stronger. Falsone deserves alot of credit for his physical development and quick healing.

I am curious as to Yao Mings nutritional intake status? There are many food adjustments that can be taken to make hasty recuperation from injury.

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I wonder why Yao doenst build a home gym so he doesnt need to walk on cruthes to TC. The less he puts pressure on that right leg, the better it is. Also, are yall concerned Yao would end up with one leg bigger than the other with that one paddle excercise.

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falsone has done wonders with yao ming and i'm totally confident in yao coming back strong with that guy watching over him.

i'd love to see tracy use him on the offseason as well.

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falsone has done wonders with yao ming and i'm totally confident in yao coming back strong with that guy watching over him.

i'd love to see tracy use him on the offseason as well.
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I would love to see that as well but it's not gonna happen since T-Mac works out with his own personal trainer. (a childhood friend)

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Why don't they stick him on the Microcurrent machine like they did McGrady? It helped Terrell Owens with his fracture.

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