[Stop the Idiocy]Playing less minutes has NOTHING to do with fractures

Man you are just digging yourself deeper. I know it is not easy but it is best when you make such an obvious Blunder in such a dramatic way to just come clean. Just say, "Hey I over-reacted because I thought everyone was being stupid when in actuality it was I who was being the stupid one. I stand corrected, my apologees to all."

See how easy that is and then all the people who try to dog you have the wind taken out of them. As for now you are still very much open game. And you are better off hiding in some hole somewhere rather than coming back and posting irrational defenses to an obvious slap in the face statement that you made to many on this board.

Wow that is more of a pompous ass comment the second time around
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Unlike Dr. PointForward the world renowned orthopedic surgeon, I can't tell you much about the cumulative effect on your foot from playing basketball.

But I have a hard time believing that Yao playing 5-minute a game is as high risk to fracture his foot as Yao doing 40-minute a game.

Anyway, blame it on Yao's parents for giving him such fragile body.

 

It is low .. and lo and behold Yao lasted 77 regular season games without a significant injury, unlike the previous 3 years. Yes, Yao only averaged 33.8 mpg in the 06-07 season when he missed a big chunk of games, but if you look closely that injury occurred after he was playing heavy minutes in December with Tracy McGrady out.

Every time Yao has had a serious injury, he was playing heavy minutes. His first few years when he never missed games, his minutes were closer to 30 mpg.

 

not that I agree with the OP, but I don't see many people talking about the fact that Yao hasn't had to play in any back to backs since the postseason started (obviously). Shouldn't it be expected that he average more minutes in the playoffs than in the regular season with sometimes with at least a day between games (sometimes 3). ?

 

It was expected, but maybe he shouldn't be playing that many minutes regardless. Also, I imagine he's been practicing more in between games in the playoffs than he did in the regular season.

 

I don't think any of these foot/bone injuries are from the minutes played but more from playing basketball 12 months a year. Yao needs to retire from the Chinese National Team and rest during the off season, then the minutes played during the NBA season won't matter. Stress causes stress fractures

 

Repeated pounding will gradually weaken your bones and (I guess) will lead to bone fracture.

It is about time that Rockets team doctors figure out how many minutes Yao's feet can tolerate before they break. Wouldn't you want to invest good money to protect your biggest asset?

 

Wouldn't you think that by limiting Yao's minutes during the season you could achieve the same result?

Of course, quitting CNT is the ideal solution but I doubt that Yao would go down that road.

 

god i would hope that they wouldn't work yao in practice too much between games. Who knows, im just pissed.

We can't keep building around Yao going forward, because at any moment the next injury can be career ending. seriously, How many more of these can he take?

 

No - cutting back on his minutes is not the same as taking time off. All athletes must take time off between seasons, especially a big man like Yao who has foot issues. And basketball is a lot of jumping which is hard on the feet.

 

Could Kobe's attack on Yao's knee be the cause? Yao could have developed unhealthy coping movements to put more stress on the ankle.

 

I fractured my chair by rocking on it.

 

And you weigh nowhere near 300 pounds....

 

but he's probably not playing professional basketball and getting paid max money. and he doesn't have fanboys that give him credit for being one of the best centers of all time.

 

that statement is not entirely true. You do need some pounding, just not excessive, to maintain strong bones.

 

Insightful thought =)

 

LOL, but you got owned in this thread bro.


Decreased minutes = decreased pressure or force on bone.

 

Decreased minutes does not result in decreased pressure on the foot,but the extra minutes don't help either. On the other hand 33.6 minutes a night is not much over the entire season for the average player, but it's proven to be too much for Yao unfortunately especially with the history of his injuries.

 

LOL.. you got pwned by Durvasa and now you are backtracking. Admit you made a mistake about stress fracture and move on. Funny how you called everyone dumb about their definition of "stress" fracture. Turns out you are the dumb one.

 

we don't know it's a stress fracture for certain. they have said it's a hairline fracture so far; and that could've resulted from a sudden impact, too.