just like 20 minutes ago...made it sound like oden is just gun shy with the knee. is that better then actually having something wrong with it? for all you people who thought there was more to the story that we werent hearing..
Roy had something similar with his hammy. He was super scared of it and thought he could be out for the season. Nate told him to tought it up and get in there, a few games later it started going away. Maybe Oden is in a similar place, with his numerous injuries I can't really blame him for being too cautious. If he is scared to play it's better to sit out and wait then to go out there scared and hurt yourself again.
actually roy mentioned that and he went on to say that as the leader of the team he needs to help greg through it
after reading Gregs after practice comments it sounds like its the case http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/ArticleDisplayPlaceholder/tabid/192/ItemID/1924/Default.aspx seems like this slow progression is just allowing him to trust his knee again
Is this normal or is the guy a head-case? People often compare Oden to Bynum and Anderson Varejão. Did they experience the same? I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I do remember reading where Sam Bowie never got over the fear of re-injury.
If my knee split in half just because I jumped I wouldn't trust my knee either. Also, Oden mentioned that the big thing is being ready for random movements aka reacting, and you aren't going to react as fast if you don't trust your knee. I'm no doctor, but I think there's something to it being more of a mental block for him. Maybe 70 mental/30 physical?
It's so common as to be cliche that athletes need some time to trust a body part that they severely injured, out of fear of injuring it again. This is hardly surprising or perplexing news. The vast majority of athletes get past that. I have no reason to believe that Oden won't.
I think he was talking about Odens attitude, not his trust in his knee. At any rate, Oden says he feels pain from time to time, so it's not all in his head. And it's very normal for it to take time to start trusting your body again after you go through that. I like the cautious approach, nobody's ever won a championship in October or November anyways.
Greg has no history of sitting out games for no good reason. So I am not concerned. Now I would assume he is getting advice from his agent that by coming back too soon and getting hurt again could cost him about 10-20 million dollars on his next contract. So he needs to be sure. No doubt that could be a factor. But you also have to figure if the vast majority of fans expect him to get hurt again, then why wouldn't he be a little freaked out about it too. He is the one who is hearing about it over and over every single day. I say take it slow and be cautious.
No kidding. Ninety percent of fans are afraid Greg is going to rupture something in warmups. I hope those same fans don't criticize Greg for fearing the same thing. It's easy to sit in a chair swilling beer and criticize the guy, but he's the one who has endured agonizing injury and painful, lonely rehabilitation most of us can't imagine.
I'm not gonna criticize him for fearing to injure himself again but I will be cringing every time I see him jump this season.
Had management and trainers anticipated his inhibited reaction that the rest of us saw coming from a mile away, they would have pushed him into each next step of his schedule. Now the damage has been repeated, which is...He's behind his teammates again, and must try doubly hard in order to catch up, which may cause another injury. Every year they screw him up with lazy supervision.
Great Interview ^^^^ B-Roy says he's gonna give 110% on and off the court with his team Last year was definitely good for him
So now he may get hurt pushing himself to catch up, but he wouldn't have gotten hurt pushing himself when he was still hurt. Interesting
He wasn't still hurt. Doctors say he has been mended for months. The holdup is his comfort, that is, he feels pain sometimes. We're waiting not for his injury to heal, but for him to stop feeling the occasional pain. So there are 3 things--1) actual injury (gone), 2) pain (exercising the leg more & earlier would have accelerated getting rid of this), and 3) psychological inhibition (exercising the leg more & earlier would have accelerated getting rid of this). The trainers haven't yet customized the specifics of how to push him to be ready at the start of each season. So each season, he must overexert against teammates (instead of in the summer, against weights and track) until his struggle causes a new injury.
