that strange malady that keeps Bulls players out of the lineup for a while. Our prospects are looking up!
While some people (who will remain nameless) view this news with the same unbridled joy as they do winning the lottery, I think this could end up being a blessing for the team in the same way as Dunleavy's ankle. Hinrich looked to be wearing down and I like the idea of forcing Thibodeau's hand in playing some of the younger players.
I think he doesn't have turf toe. We're being lied to. To save face. He sucks so bad they need an excuse to keep him out.
It's so true, though. Turf toe? Seriously? http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/4756/boozer-said-turf-toe-affects-him-a-lot CHICAGO -- Carlos Boozer only had to spit out two words to get his point across. "How much is your toe affecting your lift?" Boozer was asked after scoring just eight points in Wednesday night's 86-73 win over the Atlanta Hawks that evened the series at 1-1. "A lot," he said. Yes, Boozer had 11 rebounds in the game, but he looked like a shell of the player he was earlier in the season. He had no lift and is now dealing with something else he didn't have to worry about during the year: boos from the United Center crowd. ... "I know I've had the turf toe [injury] before, it's tough. It's a tough injury," Bulls forward Luol Deng said. "We all know he's having a tough time with it, but he's going out there and playing for us. And guys have been doing that all year. I've had the turf toe. It's one of those things that bothers you, whatever you do. As long as he's out there and playing as hard as he is for us, that's all we need."
so... he really is a great player on a sweet contract, but his performance is sucky not because of lack of skill but due to the toe thing.
This guy's a kinesiologist. He studies kinesithingies. http://www.briandorfman.com/blog/?p=808 In my mind, the best thing to do is get the joint moving to avoid calcification and move out that swelling. And what shocked me is that a quick search on the internet revealed that everybody in the business of turf toe treatment advocates immobilizing the joint and taking 2 or 3 weeks off to rest the injury. And that’s completely the wrong approach for resolving a turf toe issue. I’ve worked with high profile athletes in the NFL and NBA who suffered from turf toe and I was able to quickly mobilize the joint to reduce the compression and relieve the discomfort. And it only makes sense, if a joint can’t move, then it tends to hurt. If you get it to move, then it feels better. In my experience, turf toe responds very quickly to mobilization treatment. So much so that the joint will work and feel about 80% better with one treatment and rarely take more than two or three for full resolution. Particularly for a high-end athlete. And for me, that’s what’s so unbelievable about the conventional approach. With most issues, like that of a knee, shoulder or hip, there’s a complexity in resolving it and a complexity in how it got created. With turf toe there’s no mystery. The toe got jammed and it needs to get unjammed. Very few things are as black and white. Every turf toe has an immobile joint, and every turf toe gets mobilized in the same way. And it’s very accessible. You can’t miss it. If you talk about the neck or the shoulder, for example, there are a lot of minute areas that make a big difference. If you move half an inch in one direction on a shoulder you’re in a whole other part of the anatomy. With a toe joint, however, it’s like a thumb joint, but only easier. I like to resolve turf toes quickly because if your toe hurts, you’re naturally going walk differently to avoid the pain. And this is bound to create other problems.
Hinrich sits. Team improves. Dunleavy's return is the biggest factor, but getting Kirk and his awful shooting off the court doesn't hurt either.
