342 Achilles' Heel

After six years, he reached the finals again. Kobe is so sophisticated that he still speaks wildly, let alone the new generation of stars? The Chinese team is very powerful, but they didn't take it seriously. They have already fought. The reason why the Chinese team forced the firepower to be fully opened in the opening game was that the Dream Team believed that it underestimated the opponent, not that the opponent's strength was indeed so strong.

Howard was especially convinced of this. When a reporter asked him what he thought of the upcoming finals, Howard said confidently: "We are facing a world-class team. There is no doubt that it will be a difficult battle, but we will win in the end. To be honest, our inside performance was not very good in the first game, but we won the next time."

In the opening game, the two inside teams in China teamed up to score 6, while the three inside teams of the United States did not score 3 points in total. It was a pity to say. As the number one inside team in the United States, Howard was even beaten by Yao Ming and Chamberlain. However, this time he said this, not many people thought he was talking big.

It’s not howard suddenly became extremely brave, but Yao Ming’s foot injury relapsed

In the fourth quarter of the game against Lithuania, Yao Ming had an old injury on his foot. In the last five minutes, Nelson Jr. even had to replace him because he had limped when he walked.

After the game, Nelson Jr. asked Yao Ming to go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, but the latter refused his proposal and stayed with other teammates to watch the game on site. Nelson Jr. was helpless and asked: "You are watching the live broadcast in the hospital, isn't it the same?"

Yao Ming answered seriously: "It's different, boss, I can only see where the camera is photographed on TV, but you know, the most important part of the game is not where basketball appears. Many problems with the United States can only be seen outside of basketball."

After listening to Yao Ming's choice, Chamberlain didn't say a word for half an hour. Yao Ming set an example for him. This is a basketball player who truly has faith among the people he knows.

After the game, Yao Ming was the first to go to Beijing Orthopedic Hospital. The one he was injured this time was still his left foot, and the ankle. As early as the middle of last season, Yao Ming had an ankle fracture. This injury was a stress fracture, not because of a special event. Stress fracture is a bone injury caused by excessive use. When the muscles are overused, they cannot absorb the vibrations caused by repeated collisions in time, and transmit the stress to the bones, which can cause small bone fractures or fractures.

In other words, Yao Ming's injury can basically be summarized as "overwork has led to illness". It can only be said that the team used Yao Ming too fiercely and has always been the player with the longest playing time in the team. In the summer, Yao Ming has been requisitioned by the national team to play games and has not had a good rest, which has led to this injury.

It was a pity that Yao Ming had an injury at that time, because the Rockets were carrying out a magnificent twenty-two consecutive victories at that time. Yao Ming only experienced the first half of the winning streak and did not experience the whole process.

Yao Ming's injury this time was a bit strange. Lithuania did not take targeted action. Otherwise, if his teammate was injured, Chamberlain would definitely not let the opponent go straight. Yao Ming's injury was gradual, and this was exactly what Nelson Jr. was worried. He was afraid that this would still be a stress fracture of the ankle, which would be bad, because the stress fracture would take about three to four months to recover.

Yao Ming's re-injury angered Yao Zhi's team, and his agent roared angrily at the media: "Yao Ming's foot has a problem again. I think the main reason is that he did not get new shoes from Reebok on time. Yao Ming was unable to get shoes that were completely suitable for him, which eventually led to the recurrence of the old toe injury. Yao Ming had made many requests to Reebok but turned a blind eye to the other party. As the brand spokesperson, he was unable to get the expected result, which would make Yao Ming fall into a state of possible injury at any time."

Regarding Yao's accusations, Reebok's management said that the sneakers Yao Ming wore were named after him. When Yao Ming wanted to make him feel more comfortable by modifying the sneakers, Reebok did not intend to delay the time provided to him for the game shoes.

"Reebok is very busy. We have to produce a large number of products every day. Not only Yao Ming, but we also have many famous athletes who have signed contracts with us. They need to test our new products and give us suggestions. We will follow their suggestions to reform them." Reebok spokesman Dennisle said, "Product improvement requires precise calculation and unified."

As a special designer of Reebok Yao Ming’s sneakers, Kevin Laire said that it is not easy for designers to put forward the requirements for improvement of sneakers by tall players like Yao Ming. Although Laire can improve the sneakers according to Yao Ming’s requirements to reduce the possibility of Yao Ming’s injury, he also said that he did not know what the reason for Yao Ming’s injury was.

Chamberlain was not interested in the battle of words between the two sides, but was just shirking responsibility: everyone knew what Yao Ming’s problem was, that was, he was too tired. In the Rockets, he was the core of both offense and defense. He needed to play 40 in each game, and he had just been injured and had not fully recovered and played in the playoffs and the Olympics. However, Yao’s team did not dare to accuse the Basketball Association, so he could only vent his resentment on Reebok.

Reebok is not easy to mess with. Even Iverson and the others can handle it properly, let alone the Yao team?

Chamberlain was waiting for the result of the injury, but the result made it difficult for him to accept: Yao Ming had indeed relapsed ankle injury

However, Yao Ming did not encounter a desperate situation. His foot injury recurred, but this time it was not a crack in the ankle, but just a strained muscle. However, those who are familiar with human muscle tissue or have learned exercise know that this is a sign of stress fracture. The surrounding muscles are overly tired and cannot relieve the impact force under the ankle.

With this result, the men's basketball team was filled with wailing voices. Chamberlain was very good, but the Chinese men's basketball team still relied on Yao Ming more because they were more familiar with Yao Ming, and Yao Ming could help them more. If the Chinese men's basketball team was a tank car, then Yao Ming was the most basic track, and only with a tracked tank car could it be moved.

Although Chamberlain is very powerful and can be called the turret of this tank car, he needs his offense and defense, and even his engine, if there is no track, no matter how strong the turret is, no matter how thick the outer armor is, and no matter how powerful the engine is, it will be a living target at most.

After seeing the expressions of Chamberlain and others, Yao Ming laughed and said, "What's wrong with you? It's just that your muscles are damaged. You will still play next game."

"How else can you fight?" Chen Jianghua said in surprise, "Can you stand it?"

Yao Ming glanced at him lightly, and Feng Qingyun said calmly: "Isn't it enough to get a closed injection?"

The so-called closed needle is to mix a certain concentration and volume of prednisolone injection with procaine hydrochloride and inject it into the lesion area. The muscles, joints, fascia, next to the tendons and even inside the spinal canal. Prednisolone is an artificial synthetic hormone that can improve capillary permeability, inhibit inflammatory response, and reduce the damage to the body by pathogenic factors. Procaine hydrochloride is a local anesthetic. It is used for local anesthesia during tooth extraction and minor surgery. It can relieve pain and enhance efficacy.

Most orthopedic patients need to receive closed injections, such as periarthritis of the shoulder, arthritis, tenosynovitis, lumbar muscle strain, lumbar disc herniation, etc. Although their pathogenesis is different, they all have one common feature: soft tissue damage and sterile inflammation.

This is a more effective treatment method for soft tissue contusion and muscle inflammation. As long as you get a closed injection, there will be no pain in the affected area within at least one week. Generally speaking, there is a course of treatment for the closed injection, and the number of injections is one course, and sometimes it can be managed for one year.

But for events of NH level, closing the needle is a nightmare, and fighting this thing is drinking poison to quench thirst. For NHAI players who cherish their professional life, they would rather miss a battle in Tianwang Mountain than fight this thing.

The reason is very simple. The human body is a mysterious collection of organic matter, which has non-conditioned reflexes. For example, if you feel tired, you should rest, and if you feel hungry, you should eat. This is the signal sent by the body, and these signals are to protect your body.

The closed needle is to block these signals, just like a person has pain, so it will avoid pain when burned or needled. If there is no pain, you may not feel pain when you are stabbed by a fire needle, but before you know it, you may be burned to death or the needle will be seriously injured.

After the sealing injection was injected, Yao Ming couldn't feel the pain, including the fracture of the ankle

After hearing Yao Ming's words, Chamberlain was startled. He hurriedly advised: "Don't do this, Yao, it's just a game. We are all young and have many opportunities..."

Yao Ming shook his head and interrupted Chamberlain. He shook his head and said, "It's not just a game, brother, there may be hundreds of millions of people waiting to watch our game now, not only the fans, but also many people who don't even know what basketball is, they are also watching us."

As he said that, Yao Ming took a deep breath and looked out of the ward window to the street. There were crowds of people outside: "Many people, now they may be in the mountains, in the dangerous house where the earthquake just happened, are watching TV and waiting for our game. For us, this is a game, but for them, this is a nation walking on a road full of quagmire. Many people can no longer walk. They are watching us. We want to give them motivation and let them continue to move forward firmly."

Chamberlain couldn't understand Yao Ming's words very well. If it was another occasion, if it was someone else who said such words, he would definitely sneer and say that it was a show-off. But at this moment, looking at Yao Ming's deep gaze, he was shocked: This is the captain of a national team.

The captain of the national team may not be the one who can score the most, not the one who can grab the rebounds the most, but the one who can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the whole team.

Chamberlain thought he had done well enough, but now he realized that he was still far from becoming a qualified captain.
Chapter completed!