Tari Eason to have season-ending surgery, out 4 months

Tari has no obligation to tell anyone what is going on with his personal medical issues. This is a very unique and concerning situation.

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Some reporter should do their job and ask a PHYSICIAN what is normal.....

DD

 

Has anyone reported why this has taken so long? Were they waiting out the tumour hoping it would vanish?

 

Seems like a big decision, no?

 

I think - and it is just putting all the info or lack of it together.....they thought it might go away, as he has had it for a while, and were hoping it did so they took a conservative approach - rest and rehab over surgery.

When the pain kept coming back, Tari went out for several other opinions to make the best choice, which turned out to be surgery.

And the org was unable to go into detail as Tari is due his medical details to be private, and allow him to make the best choice for himself.....what the org wants in these situation is not in any way a consideration - it is the players choice/career.

So, he decided to get it taken care of, apparently likes what the doctors have said.

And here we are.

DD

 

How does it all relate to the stress fracture suffered early season though? That particular site was weakened because of the situation?

 

They never said stress fracture, they said stress reaction, apparently the tumor got hit and it irritated the area causing the entire situation.

DD

 

I’m going to stay positive and hope to see him on the court sometime next season.

According to the Cleveland Clinic:

“Treating benign bone tumors using surgery calls for removing the tumor as well as promoting the growth of new healthy bone at the site of the tumor. The surgeon caring for these tumors should try to remove the tumor with the least amount of trauma to surrounding normal bone tissue.

Surgeons should also have experience with proper stabilization of the bone with orthopedic hardware and bone grafting — as necessary. The combination of these techniques allows people with benign bone tumors, especially young people, to be able to return to full and unlimited activities after treatment.”

 

There's a massive hole in your philosophy that even a Rice grad could drive a truck through.

When were "likes" instituted?

 

Udoka was asked about it in his last press conference, and he said the benign growth was a pre-existing situation known prior to his getting hurt this time around. So, they knew about it for a while but it flared up after the recent injury, and it sounds like they and Eason took the time to see if he could play through the pain and avoid surgery.

This seems like a reasonable course of action by both the Rockets and Eason given the alternative was a major surgery. Especially if his playing with pain did not exacerbate the growth further.

Anyways, good luck to Eason and his health. Here's hoping we see him back making the opposing team miserable next season.

 

Stress reaction on what? Of course the bone then it is a stress fracture....

Also stress reactions to the muscle would also put stress to the bone.....this is a chain reaction.

No way it is stress reaction on just tissues or muscle, it would not need to rest 2-4 months for stress on just muscle tissues....that is common sense.

 

Well he got it wrong - the org called it a stress reaction.

They are vastly different......the reaction was the tumor being irritated, it was not fractured, just caused pain.

Dreamshake probably conflated the two....probably not the only one to do so.

DD

 

Both terms were used, you are right about that one, but Stress fracture was definitely mentioned more than once or twice throughout....

A lot of posters have followed that....

The tumor was just mentioned days ago by @AroundTheWorld

That one was new and was kept from the public.

I would not even trust the organization and he could have both actually.

 

From here :

In healthy bone, osteoblastic activity repairs areas of trauma or injury including that from physical activity. However, if the recovery period is not sufficient for osteoblasts to generate new bone, the rate of resorption by osteoclasts exceeds new bone formation, and thus, the bone weakens. Accumulated repetitively over time, this leads to stress reactions, and if training is not modified, these become completed stress fractures.

 

Wishing Tari a Godspeed recovery!!!

As it turns out, the injury was a lot more severe than we were initially told.

Knowing now what is really going on with his body, I'm glad that Tari/Team didn't rush into surgery before making sure that it was absolutely necessary! To all the die-hards, I would encourage you to refrain from putting the carriage in front of the horse, we simply don't know all the facts, and even then everyone reacts differently to surgery. I'm hoping for the best and mentally preparing for the worst.

Who knows, this may be a Godsend and he ends up being our real Steve Austin!


Go Rockets!!!
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Finally the org comes clean about the injury smh. Also, is it a tumor or a bone growth? I thought it was the latter.

 

This one maybe but there is a longer history of klutzy medical issues with this organization.....

And the org treating fans like they are peons that understand nothing and should just stfu and wait for news.

I am so relieved that the Rockets are not a political regime.....very blessed.

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Speedy recovery Tari. Hopefully next year will be the beginning of a healthy stretch for him

 

Not an orthopedic surgeon but my wife has gone through many leg surgeries over the past couple years due to a bad accident she had falling off a ladder.

I think the main thing that a surgery like this presents as a negative is the rehab from a muscle tissue and swelling. Seems like the actual bone work will be pretty straight forward. Clean up the area where there is a bone growth, some grafting to help new bone grow faster, and reinforce the bone with the hardware. But the surgery itself in this area dealing with the bone can be very traumatic. The swelling and pain from the nerves in the muscle tissue could give him issues for months if not a year. The swelling really is the issue coming out of a surgery like this.

I'm sure he'll have the best orthopedic surgeon in Texas with the best PT's so I'm sure he'll be in good hands. Being young and healthy helps too. But 4 months to me sounds very optimistic to return to actual basketball at the NBA level. Definitely not career ending, but could take you out for a season for sure IMO.