Yao listed day-to-day with bone bruise in right foot

[Kai]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6369491.html


Rockets center Yao Ming was listed as day-to-day with a bone bruise in his right foot following additional X-rays and a CAT scan Saturday.

Rockets athletic trainer Keith Jones said Yao would be evaluated further at Sunday’s practice.

Yao has experienced soreness in the foot during games Tuesday and Thursday, but was not limited in any way. When it had not improved by Friday, he was held out of Friday’s game following his pregame warmup.



Does anyone know how long bone-bruises normally take to heal? I'd imagine we will sit Yao out for the final two games. Home court just got tougher.

[timvp]

Bone bruises can take days or months to heal. Depends where it's located.

[Summers]

Poor Yao. I thought he was gonna make it through this season.

[Kai]

Didn't Paul Pierce play through a bone bruise last year's playoffs?

[Lars]

lawl wheelchair

[The Franchise]

He'll be fine.

[anonoftheinternets]

tuf luk ...... hope he can play thru it for your sake.... man this years season has been marred by injuries

[Roxsfan]

tuf luk ...... hope he can play thru it for your sake.... man this years season has been marred by injuries

This is absolutely nothing. However, since yao in the past has tried to be tough and play thru pain only to have it lead to stress fracture or toe/bone infections, they are being WAY precautionary here.

[Kai]

link from Clutchfans:

http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/TT_bone_bruises_040712.html


BONE BRUISES:

Its name alone might make you squirm. A bruise to the bone doesn’t sound like a lot of fun and it isn’t. There are three types of bruises: subcutaneous (beneath the skin); intramuscular (within the muscle); and periosteal (bone bruise), and bone bruises are the most severe and painful and last the longest.

WHAT ARE THEY?

Most of us are familiar with the bruising, discoloration, and swelling that comes with a hit to our muscle or soft tissue. What most of us may not be familiar with is dealing with a hit to a bone. It doesn’t seem like there is any visible discoloration or swelling with one, but the area where the bone was hit continues to hurt and ache for a long time afterward.

WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?:

A bone bruise forms when a bone strikes another person or object or when an athlete falls. Those two actions cause small breaks in the outer layers of the bone (cortex). The cortex is comprised of a cross-hatch pattern of fibers which are filled in with calcium that give bones their strength. When the bone strikes a hard surface, some of those fibers can break. When enough of the fibers break, a fracture of a bone occurs. But when a few of the fibers break, you get a bone bruise.

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?:

# Pain that lingers
# Affected area is difficult to use (i.e. difficulty running or walking with a deep thigh bruise; throwing a javelin with a shoulder bruise, etc)
# In some cases, discoloration and/or swelling of the affected area
# Multiple fiber breaks (fracture) will show up on an X-ray; however, few fiber breaks (bone bruise) do not show up on an X-ray

WHAT ARE THE TREATMENTS?:

Because bone bruises are acute injuries, they are hard to prevent. If you have a bone bruise, there are a few things you can do to help treat the area.

# Use ice on the bruise to reduce any possible swelling and to help it heal faster
# Rest the area to promote healing
# Take ibuprofen or acetaminophen to reduce pain