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| Quote: | | @DwightHoward when can you start hitting the weights again bruh? |
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| Quote: | | @FritzOnSports jus started |
https://twitter.com/DwightHoward/status/239477749570494464
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| Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| dfchang813 wrote: | | 55 wrote: | It could've come from the Lakers. It was best to make everyone think that he's currently worse off and will miss a part of the season (negotiation).
I personally believe that Howard is in on it. He's more ahead of schedule than he can lead on. He was very evasive with his answers at the PC as to when he'll return. "I'll wait to get cleared by the doctors" means he has no clue and waiting for the doctor to decide (oh sure).
Sounds like a remarkable strategy by the Lakers. |
Yep. With the benefit of actual medical knowledge and standard of care regarding this type of injury, his response does ring a bit false.
As a surgeon, I know for a fact that I would tell my patient a general timeline for recovery. That's just basic doctoring 101. You don't promise anything but this sort of information is important for ANYONE, let alone the best f'ing center in the NBA.
I'm 100% sure Dwight knows that he is lights out for 4 full months. He must know that at the end of that time period, if he is okay he'll be cleared for full contact.
As for those rumors way back when about recovery going slower than normal, come on . . . how bad can a one inch incision be? They didn't even cut through any muscle!! The guy is a 26 year old physical specimen.
Just . . . no.
Let's wait a few weeks, we should be hearing about him going full contact and lifting in 2 weeks max. |
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:42 pm
You were on the money Chang  |
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Granted, 5 pound dumbbells can be "weightlifting.". But his muscle memory should help him get back quickly.
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Thanks 55, lucky guess. 
Depending on how much detail you want, the 4 month lay off is because you make a small hole to remove the herniated disc. You don't want MORE disc herniating through that hole with heavy physical activity so you need to wait for scar to form and fill that hole in. Of course, scar forms pretty damn fast but it takes awhile for it to mature, thicken, toughen. 4 months is actually WAAAY overboard for that process to happen but they wanted to be extremely conservative.
I wouldn't be surprised if he had an MRI to look at the area again before they ultimately cleared him.
In any case this will give him a about 2.5 months of steady weights, running, conditioning, basketball activities etc before opening day.
I'm not a trainer or physical therapist but from some others who have experience there, they estimate a MAX of 3 months to get back as good as new after a 4 month lay off since "muscle has memory" and this is a 26 yr old behemoth of a man we're talking about after all.
Again, barring any setbacks, we are looking good for Dwight in beast shape and beast mode for the season opener 10/30. Whether they throw him in any pre-season games though I don't know. Like I said before, MAYBE the last one at home hosting Sacramento? |
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Dwight Howard (back) remains without a timetable for his return.
Howard is currently rehabbing at a facility in Los Angeles, but Howard will "not be doing any basketball/weight workouts until he's cleared medically, and there's no target date for any of that at this point." It still looks like Howard is doubtful to start the season on time, but keep a careful eye on him during training camp to see how his recovery progresses. Jordan Hill would start at PF if Howard is unable to start the year with Pau Gasol shifting to center. |
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| Al13 wrote: | | Quote: |
Dwight Howard (back) remains without a timetable for his return.
Howard is currently rehabbing at a facility in Los Angeles, but Howard will "not be doing any basketball/weight workouts until he's cleared medically, and there's no target date for any of that at this point." It still looks like Howard is doubtful to start the season on time, but keep a careful eye on him during training camp to see how his recovery progresses. Jordan Hill would start at PF if Howard is unable to start the year with Pau Gasol shifting to center. |
via rotoworld |
To me this looks like they're trying to produce a story out of thin air. Aside from the bit about Howard, assuming Jordan Hill would start when they haven't even begun training camp yet is pure speculation of the sort that even the casual fan could make.
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| Quote: | | Dan Fegan, Howard’s agent, deferred to adidas officials when asked why Howard flew overseas but did not appear two weeks earlier at his Orlando day camp. In a statement issued to the Orlando Sentinel, adidas officials said Howard was cleared to travel “just last week.” In the statement, adidas officials said: “Since Dwight’s injury our focus has been on his recovery. His health has continued to improve and just last week he was cleared to travel. We are excited that Dwight is now able to participate in fan and community events as he continues to prepare for the NBA season. Dwight is an amazing athlete and outstanding partner with fans around the world.” |
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| Quote: | Training Guru Details What Dwight Howard Faces in Long Return from Back Surgery
The Los Angeles Lakers knew Dwight Howard would still be recovering from back surgery long before they traded for him. What remains unknown is just how long it will take him to return and what happens after that.
Sports performance manager Mackie Shilstone didn't let Hurricane Isaac keep him from talking to Bleacher Report from his home in New Orleans. His insights shed some light on the ongoing recovery process Howard and the Lakers now face.
Howard had surgery back in April to repair a herniated disc in his back and remove bone fragments, correcting a condition that was causing him a great deal of pain.
The subsequent recovery period kept Howard from seeing action in the playoffs, but it didn't keep him off the trade market.
Lakers fans will no doubt be chomping at the bit to see their new prize in action (and at full strength), but some patience is in order.
"The surgeon is the one who sets the criteria, and of course [Dr. Robert] Watkins–doing this for so many years–kind of wrote the book on this stuff," Shilstone said, "He's a brilliant surgeon. He's just not going to bring someone one back who, first of all, is not meeting his criteria and timelines."
While Howard's timetable for return is out of his hands, he still has plenty of work to do in the meantime.
He began a core stabilization program a few weeks after the April 20 surgery, but that's only the beginning of what will be a long and ongoing road.
"You're going to go from a rehab program to a prehab program, and normally prehabilitation is done to prevent rehabilitation," Shilstone explained.
Keeping Howard's back pain-free will require a multifaceted approach that includes aerobic exercises, hamstring flexibility and keeping his weight down. It's not merely a matter of abdominal strength.
It's a matter of staying in the best possible shape, something that shouldn't be too much of a problem for a rare athletic specimen working under the guidance of the world's best doctors and trainers.
"The biggest thing he's got going against him is fatigue...Fatigue will cause Howard and anybody to change their biomechanics, and as he changes biomechanics, so goes pain in the back," Shilstone said.
And, in the short term, it's that pain that will dictate when (and if) Howard plays this season.
"In this particular case, the real moderator in this whole thing is going to be pain. If he's in pain or he has pain, they're going to hold him back or take him out. Because, he's got the past mindset of what it is, so he's going to take himself out."
The good news for Lakers fans is that Howard doesn't have a chronic condition that puts him at high risk of future injury.
Had that been the case, you can be fairly certain General Manager Mitch Kupchak would have been a bit more reluctant to pull the trigger (though there were reportedly some concerns about the status of his recovery prior to the deal).
In many respects, Howard will have to do the same kind of things every other player does. He just might have to be a bit more diligent about them, especially in the short-term.
Of course, he'll have plenty of help while he's at it.
"That's what's going to have to happen: a total involvement with great communication between the athletic trainer, the strength coach and the physical therapist," said Shilstone.
The other good news is that Howard only missed seven games over the course of his first six seasons. But except for the recent back issues, he's been a picture of health (and dominant physical tools).
You can see why Kupchak was optimistic about the long-term (via the Orange County Register's Kevin Ding):
"We feel very assured he's going to be back," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said. "We're hopeful he's back for camp; we're hopeful he's back to start the season. But we know he's going to be back and playing at a high level at some point in time."
Some of those hopes probably won't be realized, but it's certainly fair to assume Howard will "be back and playing at a high level at some point in time."
Until then, the rest of us will just have to be patient. |
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