knickscity wrote:All doctors speculate before they receive the patient, the have an idea just based on the reported symptoms.really not newsworthy imo.
Read This Carefully...... Ask Yourself If This Is Newsworthy Once More
Here's what 2 Doctor sources said 1 unnamed both not having seen Amar'e medical records/condition prior to his left knee procedure at season's begin
When news broke Monday night that Amar'e Stoudemire would be out another six to eight weeks, it sparked a lot of speculation as to the root of his left knee problem.But one renowned orthopedist strongly believes that Stoudemire's recovery from the ruptured popliteal cyst isn't the only thing he's facing.
"Something else is going on in his knee besides the Baker's cyst," said Stephen E. Blythe, a Miami surgeon who's been practicing for more than 40 years and has experience treating pro athletes. "It's unusual to rest someone that long. I'd be looking at really what's wrong with the inside of his knee that causes a Baker's cyst, and how is that going to affect things?"
The doctor said that because Stoudemire is a patient of microfracture surgery in 2005, he already has some damaged bone in his knee. Therefore, some degenerative changes could have been giving him trouble lately, resulting in the popliteal cyst. While the doctor said that many regular people have asymptomatic Baker's cysts, Stoudemire's was likely larger and more symptomatic.
But even if it ruptured, and may have required a surgical procedure to clean up the inside of his knee, it wouldn't take up to eight weeks for Stoudemire to return.
"The cyst doesn't add any stability or instability to the knee at all," Blythe said. "It just bulges out in the back of your knee, and most of the time, it's symptomatic when it gets large enough that it causes mechanical symptoms in the back of the knee. But when it ruptures, the inflammation, bleeding and so forth usually go away fairly quickly."
The doctor said there is likely more knowledge on Stoudemire's knee that is yet to be released.
"There's information there that you don't know about," he said. "It sounds to me like (the Knicks) are just giving some information, but not full information about what's going in the knee. The only way you'll know if there's more to it than what they say is if the team or the surgeons are willing to give that info to you."
What we do know, however, is that Stoudemire's left knee will never be 100 percent again. In fact, another orthopedist surgeon who currently works for a championship-contending team said, "Stoudemire's knees, at this point in his career, are like a 70-year-old's." (His right knee has also been operated on.)
Knicks fans may have to deal with the reality that STAT's minutes could be curtailed, but he can still be effective in the time he plays. Perhaps that's more with the second unit?
The first injury left him out of the season for 10weeks as he bumped knees with Copeland on Oct 11th in practice and then it ruptured I believe approximately Oct 19th(right after the Raptor PS Game) 1 week later. He spent almost a couple weeks getting opinions on his knee then he had his knee(left) de-brided.
Woodson said Stoudemire is questionable for Saturday’s game.“I could play if I needed to, but it’s preseason,” Stoudemire told reporters after Friday’s practice. “We’re not going to force anything right now.”
During the Knicks’ 108-101 victory over the Wizards, Stoudemire said he would play in Saturday’s game in a short interview with MSG.
“It’s nothing major,” he said of his injury. “The first two days are the toughest days when it comes to a bone bruise. I should be good to go.”
Stoudemire declined to speak with the news media after the game, but his knee was wrapped in the locker room. The injury occurred in Wednesday’s practice when Stoudemire was driving to the basket and bumped knees with Chris Copeland. At the time, the Knicks didn’t consider the injury serious and Woodson gave Stoudemire the rest of practice off. When Stoudemire went home, he noticed his knee swelled up the next day to the point it restricted his movement.
“A bone bruise is never a fun thing,” he said. “It takes a while for it to heal. Right now, we’re just trying to break up the blood that’s in there and loosen it up.”
Amare Stoudemire will be out two to three weeks with a ruptured popliteal cyst behind his left knee, the New York Knicks announced after Sunday afternoon's practice at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.Stoudemire returned to New York City on Sunday morning to get a re-evaluation of his knee, where he suffered a bone bruise Oct. 10 during practice. An MRI then revealed the latest injury
He returns plays about 6weeks under managed minutes(under 30min/gm) and now he's having his other knee(right) de-brided. Appears these doctors know more than we think they know.
So we shouldn't be questioning Isola's validity to article or putting all faith into Melo's knee being fine because an MRI was done stating no structural damage. Could it be true, sure and by having his knee drained he'll be fine, sure but what has history proven with our Cracker Jack Box medical staff? What have other outside medical source opinions proven when discussing our situations?
3/17/2013 11:51 AM
