Oden has patellar tendinitis, "won't be there opening night"

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ha! would anyone be shocked if greg calls it quits after 1 more bad injury?
 
shhh shooter... you will upset delusional oden fans with reality
 
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Natebishop3 said:
And then what?
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Pay me a GM's salary to worry about what to do next. ;)

What I mean is that I'll be ready to give up on Oden as a franchise big man. He may still be a useful player when he plays, and the team still has plenty of talent. I won't have given up on the team's future.
 
Well it sounds like being cautious is the best approach. If he plays to early he could do damage to the tendon from what Jaynes said in his article. That's the last thing anyone wants.
 
Anything worth doing is worth doing right. I'm at my wits ends with this, and I'm sure Greg is too. Can you imagine the flack this franchise would get from the National media if Greg is rushed back and gets injured again? I'm just glad Cho isn't out there sugar coating this situation like Pritchard would have done.
 
Minstrel said:
Pay me a GM's salary to worry about what to do next. ;)

What I mean is that I'll be ready to give up on Oden as a franchise big man. He may still be a useful player when he plays, and the team still has plenty of talent. I won't have given up on the team's future.
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You're already getting paid a GM's salary to moderate this forum, you want your cake and eat it to? :)
 
Ah, so it was the tendinitis that changed his prognosis from possible playoff return to not being ready by opening night.

LOL nice one Blazers. At least you fooled the lemmings
 
At this point the lemmings are not the homers, their the one's who want to throw away the season after every piece of non news (drama)
 
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I just went into this season planning on getting nothing out of Greg, so that way if he plays, it is all gravy. If he doesn't, it sucks but that's reality. No use lamenting in what we have no control over.
 
Weav said:
Maybe not, but the constant Oden criticism accomplishes nothing. Even if he becomes a bust, playing the 'I-told-you-so' game does nothing other than give Oden haters Internet hard-ons.
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I'm pretty far from an Oden hater but if he misses more then 22 games it will be pretty hard to deny that he is very injury prone. I won't give up on him as a contributor, but the All-Star potential HOF player probably will never emerge.
 
HailBlazers said:
At this point the lemmings are not the homers, their the one's who want to throw away the season after every piece of non news (drama)
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Indeed, we'll see what happens. Patellar tendonitis is meaningless other then the fact that it will delay his getting into game shape. That's the issue here. Dozen's of players have dealt with this issue over the past few years.
 
I don't think anyone that's a non blazer fan even thinks about Oden anymore. He and Bynum are the same player in different uniforms... I think Greg is happy just collecting a pay check and hanging out. Good we have Camby!

On a side note Greg has new condom line out.... Called "Oh No's" Extra long fit, breaks easy!!! HAHA
 
Idog1976 said:
I'm pretty far from an Oden hater but if he misses more then 22 games it will be pretty hard to deny that he is very injury prone. I won't give up on him as a contributor, but the All-Star potential HOF player probably will never emerge.
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Welcome to the dark side!:devilwink:
 
Idog1976 said:
I'm pretty far from an Oden hater but if he misses more then 22 games it will be pretty hard to deny that he is very injury prone. I won't give up on him as a contributor, but the All-Star potential HOF player probably will never emerge.
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I would much rather him miss 22 games and come back healthy than come back sooner than he should and reinjure himself. I remember to well Walton coming back to soon and what it cost him and the team. I also would rather hear your and other complaints of him not coming back soon enough rather than hear the complaints of him reinjuring himself by coming back to early as well.
 
yeah, I was looking at the factors for it:

- poor strength in muscles surrounding the knee. Seeing as how his muscles were strong enough to snap his patella in two, I don't think this is an issue.
- poor conditioning. I don't think anyone will disagree that the guy probably hasn't been in "basketball shape" for 3 years, and especially isn't right now.
- repeated training on a hard surface. :check:
- sudden increase in activity. Probably the reason they keep holding him back from full-court 5-on-5 stuff. Working him slowly into it.
 
You could read that? I'm getting a black screen with black type. :dunno:
 
Oden, clearly, is no iron man. :deadhorse:

I just want him healthy and in shape for the playoffs. I don't care about the early season. Put on the kid gloves and get the guy healthy and in shape, please!
 
hm. Page was up a few minutes ago, went crazy, and is back up. Here's the info:
Training Time with Max Benton
Max Benton is the Cavaliers Athletic Trainer and tends to the immediate medical needs of the team’s players. Most of his duties center around preventative medicine, treatment, and rehabilitation.

This information should not be used as diagnosis of a particular condition and is intended only to be informative. If you are experiencing symptoms of any kind, please consult a doctor.

PATELLAR TENDINITIS:

On any professional sports team, you will undoubtedly see players move on and off the injured list with an all too common ailment—patellar tendinitis. Generally, high-impact sports, such as basketball, produce the greatest number of cases of patellar tendinitis, but athletes in a variety of sports can develop it.

WHAT IS IT?:

Like all forms of tendinitis, patellar is an inflammation of the tendon that attaches to the kneecap (patella) and the shin (tibia), stemming from overuse of the knee.

WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?:

Athletes involved in the following sports are more likely to develop patellar tendinitis: basketball, long distance running, volleyball, racquet sports, long jumping, mountain climbing, figure skating, soccer, squats (weightlifting). The most common way for it to develop is from pounding and/or repeating the same motion with the knee. Other factors include the following:

# Sudden increase in time, type, and intensity of an activity
# Repeated training on a hard surface
# Poor conditioning
# Poor strength in muscles surrounding the knee

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?:

Pain and tenderness are usually associated with the onset of patellar tendinitis, and the area also becomes inflamed and can swell. You may notice the knee feeling tight and the tendon may feel like it is “squeaking” during an activity.

At the onset, you can feel pain before and after an activity, but it usually diminishes or disappears during the exercise. If you do not rest properly, the pain, inflammation, and tenderness of the tendon will be present before, during, and after an activity and will increase in intensity. At that stage, if you continue to exercise on the inflamed tendon, you could cause permanent damage.

WHAT ARE THE TREATMENTS?:

To help ward off patellar tendinitis, you should try to maintain adequate rest between physical activity and workouts. Keeping muscles in the surrounding area strong and flexible (including the knee) can also help.

If you develop patellar tendinitis, ceasing the activity will start the rehabilitation process. Applying ice, taking anti-inflammatory medicines, and elevating the knee will also help. You should also look to correct predisposing factors for developing tendinitis. At the same time, you should also try to maintain active during the rehabilitation process by strengthening the surrounding muscles and keeping up your fitness in activities that do not stress the knees, such as swimming.
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At the onset, you can feel pain before and after an activity, but it usually diminishes or disappears during the exercise. If you do not rest properly, the pain, inflammation, and tenderness of the tendon will be present before, during, and after an activity and will increase in intensity. At that stage, if you continue to exercise on the inflamed tendon, you could cause permanent damage.
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That is of course why it's so important that Oden isn't put on a specific time table. It'll get better when it gets better, he can only wait and try to do stuff that will help while not aggravating it more.
 
Patellar TENDONOSIS (degeneration of the tendon) is often misdiagnosed as patellar TENDONITIS (simple inflammation). The Blazers claim Oden has the lesser problem, but his blowout last year means he really has the one which is much more complicated to repair. His current weight loss won't translate into better mobility, given the lasting damage to both knees.
 
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