Adidas owns Reebok. If Adidas can stitch a sneaker sole onto a soccer boot: I don't see why Reebok can't figure the same:
i think this is actually good news regarding the toe. missing 2 or 3 preseason games is basically meaningless and it will insure that he's healthy when the regular season starts. we should all be glad that it's been repeated many times that he felt NO pain and this was completely cautionary.
Once the nail is off, it doesn't hurt anymore, unless it gets stepped on. I've had mine taken off when I was a kid. It hurt like hell, but once off, no worries.
So does the more distal nail bed skin-over(harden) before the nail grows over to cover it? I hope so as this well help prevent splitting and bleeding of said nail bed if it gets stepped on. He should play with a steel-toe shoe until that is healed.
According to this, phenol burns the nailbed preventing re-growth of the nail.................... http://images.google.com/imgres?img...=&safe=off&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-48,RNWE:en&sa=N
trust me, it's not a big deal. I had my toe nails removed at least three times, which occured about one month after it was stepped on. The nail just got loose after a period of time of heavy bruise. Sometimes, I just got light bruise and the nail will stay all right.
"chop off the toe"? not really. depends on what they did. if they removed the matrix cells that create the toenails, then he will not have a toenail anymore. teonails are not necessary anyway, since we do not climb trees anymore, the only function they have left is to protect the end of the toe. with good shoes he may not need a toenail. I will also not only question his shoes , ala Jeff Van Gundy, but his gait. some people tend to hyperextend their toe joint in their gait cycle, which results in having the toe hit the inside of the shoe repeatedly during the day, which drives the toenail into the skin. these people are prone to repeated ingrown toenails and toenail injuries.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4246526.html Yao's absence prolonged because of toenail problem Rockets center to miss at least another week By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle On the day Yao Ming was expected to return the court, he instead went to the doctor to have his troublesome left big toenail removed. Instead of coming back on Monday, Yao was declared out for another week in the latest round of his on-going battles with his toenails. He has had a nail removed three times since July, 2004. Last season he developed an infection which required surgery and missed 21 games. Click Here "I’m told not to be concerned, but every time something happens, it's a longer prognosis than the previous one," Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "My mind says totally unrelated (to past issues) and I'm not doctor, but it may be unrelated, but it's a similar issue where his feet are problematic. So my concern is high for his feet in general." Yao went through four practices before missing the last three in Austin last week. He developed bleeding under the nail which was drained. Although he was not in any pain, because the nail was certain to fall off, the decision was made to remove it on Monday and then shape it as it grows back to try to avoid the problem. But when asked if Yao could have such problems as long as he plays basketball, Rockets trainer Keith Jones said, "It's possible, it's very possible. "But now with the new nail coming in, we're going to try to keep it trimmed back initially and try to keep it trimmed back even further. Then, with the new shoe, it’s got a bigger toe box, a higher toe box. And with the orthotic, when he is repetitively stopping, hopefully it won't be hitting the end of that shoe. "We're doing everything we can to make it not happen again, we can't say it won't. When he comes back, he's going to be fine." Including the time Yao already missed, he likely will have been off the court for two weeks and will have missed four preseason games when he returns and begins working to get in shape. "That has a big impact on Yao, a huge impact on Yao," Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "We're hoping for the best, certainly. But anyone who is not concerned, anyone who does not have their antenna up, is not seeing the totality of the problem, clearly."
So are they trying to make it that Yao's toenail will not grow back anymore, or are they trying to remove it and hope it grows back less ingrown?
Well, this whole thing is weird, to say the least. If you look at it, it goes from a precautionary sitout, to draining blood around his big toe to prevent infection, to surgically removing the toe tail, which automatically extends his sitout and recovery to at least another 2 weeks. There may not be enough podiastrists serving the Rockets and Yao, but there are sure no lack of spin doctors!
What I was trying to say was that even with ablation of matrix cells there's a fairly high rate of recurrence with these problems. So "chopping off the toe" is the only "PERMANENT" solution, if you will. Of course no one would want to do that. My point is that there is really no permanent 100 % solution to this problem.
Removing a toenail is not a problem, even on the same toe. I had my finger nail of right index finger removed twice when I was a boy. Every time it cames back with a new one without any problem. When you look it closely, it looks a little bit different than the other ones, but it works fine. However, my biggest concern right now is, that all the opponents will step more on that toe, intentionally, what happens then? How many times can he remove that toenail? Unless Reebock comes up with a new pair shoes and announce, no matter how you hard step on it, no toe will be hurt, this toe thing is going to cost Yao and Rockets dearly.
They want it to grow back. However, they're not hoping it will grow back in good shape. They plan on shaping it themselves and making sure it's not long enough to hit the front of his shoe when it stops. Stupid. All I can figure is that Yao doesn't want to remove the nail permanently, and I understand that completely. That's his choice. But this will not work. Here's an idea... How about a tube which fits just around Yao's big toe. It would have to be made of some kind of hard plastic so it would be light and if stepped on would not affect his toe. Then theyd have to have it wrapped in some soft material so it would cut Yao between his two toes every time he stops. Then on the tip of the toe, some kind of soft material, maybe with a spring so he can stop with ease and not feel much pain. Perhaps this thing could be built into his shoe. Just fitted for his big toe. I'm sure they'll eventually come up with something for this.
yup, he doesn't sugar-coat anything. i don't doubt the ability of the rockets to spin this but i do believe yao ming and he said he's been pain-free in the toe this whole time. that's what keeps me optimistic for his quick recovery. van gundy is playing his normal role.
