<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If every serious-looking Monta Ellis injury turns out to be as harmless, relatively speaking, as his last two, then the Warriors will consider themselves lucky. Ellis received about the best possible news about his injured shoulder Tuesday when an MRI exam revealed no structural damage. That means no dislocation or separation occurred during his scary fall in Miami on Saturday, and though Ellis missed his first game of the season Tuesday and remains out indefinitely, the outlook wasn't nearly as bad as he feared. "The pain and pop that I heard ..." Ellis said. "It seemed like it was worse than that." Ellis was upended by James Posey late in the third quarter and landed hard on his right shoulder. The second-year guard didn't get up for several minutes, bringing back memories of the fall he took during the summer league, when his right knee gave out as he planted on a drive to the basket. Ellis left the arena that night on crutches, but sustained only a sprained knee. A Warriors spokesperson said there was no timetable for Ellis' return, and Ellis declined to give a best-case scenario. "I'm just glad it ain't anything serious; that's it," said Ellis, who will wear a sling as his shoulder heals. "It hurts, but I just got to go day-by-day, see how it gets from there. I'm not doing anything right now. It hurts too bad." On the mend: Forward Zarko Cabarkapa was in good spirits after undergoing back surgery for a herniated disk in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Cabarkapa will begin his rehabilitation in 10 days, according to the Warriors. "He was definitely tired, but everything went well," said Andris Biedrins, who spoke to his teammate by phone. "I don't think he was sad or anything." </div> Source The mantra is working boys.
These guys need a chiropractor. They have decompression tables that are supposed to be great for herniated disks. Why go through surgery if you dont have to?
Good point -- in addition, recovery rate for herniated disk surgery is extremely poor, and in many cases can do more harm than good. They still don't know exactly what they are doing in there, and snipping off part of a disk doesn't do anything to correct the underlying structrual instability that caused it to slip out in the first place. My brother has 2 herniated disks and he's been getting acu-puncture, massage, and various Chinese-medicine treatments to try to "push" the disks back into place rather than opting for surgery. His results have been very encouraging.
<div class="quote_poster">AlleyOop Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Good point -- in addition, recovery rate for herniated disk surgery is extremely poor, and in many cases can do more harm than good. They still don't know exactly what they are doing in there, and snipping off part of a disk doesn't do anything to correct the underlying structrual instability that caused it to slip out in the first place. My brother has 2 herniated disks and he's been getting acu-puncture, massage, and various Chinese-medicine treatments to try to "push" the disks back into place rather than opting for surgery. His results have been very encouraging.</div> Has he seen a chiro yet? Accupuncture just deals with the pain and also does not put the vertebrae back into alignment like chiropractic does. If you need a name of a good doc out there let me know. My dad used to practice out there so he might know someone in your brother's area...
Thanks. Oh yeah, he's seen a chiropractor for years. He sees a holistic Chinese-Doctor who uses the acu-puncture to release the tension in the muscles/tissues around the spine, at which point he then manipulates the disks with his bare hands -- sort of like chiropractic -- to encourage them back into alignment. He also uses chi-quong and several other various techniques all wrapped into one package of treatment. My brother has the $$ to see specialists, and he's been dealing with it for about 2 years, but he says that this Dr. Wu has done more for his condition in a short period than all other docs combined. The first time he went to see this doctor, he had him lie face down and the doctor crawled on his back with his knees. He had his assistant wrap a towel around my brother's left ankle, and when he gave the command the assistant yanked forcefully and the doctor did a jolting push with his knee or elbow. My brother said he stood up, was instructed to do a hamstring stretch, and for the first time in 6 months was able to touch his toes.
http://www.justbball.com/forums/showpost.p...45&postcount=14 I'll be very happy to be wrong about this prediction From the amount of pain he was in and the position of his shoulder as we walked off the court, I thought shoulder separation for sure
Try to remember back top when you were 18-19 and heard your first major pop from a hard foul. Mine was an Ankle and I thought I was dying. 2 days later I was back and playing. As long as he doesn't turn into Kobe or Wade acting like they're hurt just to grandstand a bit, I'm ok with being over cautious now.
