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02-19-2009, 08:03 PM
Pop: "Healing process has already begun" for Ginobili
By Jeff McDonald on Feb 19, 2009 6:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) Save & Share Yahoo! BuzzYahoo! Newsvine del.icio.us Facebook Google Reddit Fark
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- A little more information on Ginobili coming out of Gregg Popovich's pre-game news conference.
The important thing to note here is that Ginobili has a stress reaction in his right fibula, not a stress fracture. A fracture cuts through the bone. A reaction is a topical inflammation.
"New bone has already been laying down, they've seen it on the X-rays," Popovich said."So the healing process has already begun."
Doctors have pegged Ginobili's return date at two or three weeks out, a timetable Popovich did not believe was out of the question. He notes that Ginobili has already been off the ankle since Feb. 11, when he played his last game against Toronto.
"He's already been out basically a week," Popovich said.
Popovich added he was surprised -- "very much so" -- at the way Ginobili had been playing on his sore leg. In the past seven games he played, Ginobili averaged 22.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists. He had 32 points against the Raptors before being shelved.
"It's not a stress fracture, so it makes it very different," Popovich said. "If it was a stress fracture, he probably wouldn't be playing like he'd been playing."
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2009/02/pop-healing-pro.html
By Jeff McDonald on Feb 19, 2009 6:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) Save & Share Yahoo! BuzzYahoo! Newsvine del.icio.us Facebook Google Reddit Fark
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- A little more information on Ginobili coming out of Gregg Popovich's pre-game news conference.
The important thing to note here is that Ginobili has a stress reaction in his right fibula, not a stress fracture. A fracture cuts through the bone. A reaction is a topical inflammation.
"New bone has already been laying down, they've seen it on the X-rays," Popovich said."So the healing process has already begun."
Doctors have pegged Ginobili's return date at two or three weeks out, a timetable Popovich did not believe was out of the question. He notes that Ginobili has already been off the ankle since Feb. 11, when he played his last game against Toronto.
"He's already been out basically a week," Popovich said.
Popovich added he was surprised -- "very much so" -- at the way Ginobili had been playing on his sore leg. In the past seven games he played, Ginobili averaged 22.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists. He had 32 points against the Raptors before being shelved.
"It's not a stress fracture, so it makes it very different," Popovich said. "If it was a stress fracture, he probably wouldn't be playing like he'd been playing."
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2009/02/pop-healing-pro.html