Sports medicine starts with the Sun Miracle Doctor

Chapter 9 Cartilage Damage
Please let Chen Yu in.

After some hesitation, Haston secretly sent Billings a text message.

Chen Yu also met Hill.

At this time, he was half-lying on the sofa, with his left foot raised and a compression bandage applied.

When he saw Chen Yu come in, he immediately stood up on the sofa and shook hands with Chen Yu.

Even if he was injured, the humility engraved in his bones never made him lose his courtesy.

"I'm sorry, but it didn't affect your work if I asked you to rush here in such a hurry." Hill sat down again and asked with an apologetic look.

Chen Yu's ability to arrive so quickly exceeded his expectations.

Even a rich man like him still has to make an appointment if he wants to see a doctor. For someone like Chen Yu, who could travel hundreds of kilometers away with just a phone call, he was equally grateful.

Chen Yu shook his head: "As I said last time, I'm applying for a new job, so I have plenty of time."

Hill said no more, showed his left ankle to Chen Yu, and then asked: "Do I need to have another MRI examination?"

Chen Yu was not in a hurry to speak, and was already silently operating his all-seeing eye.

The inspection will definitely still need to be done.

You don’t have to go to a big hospital. There are many clinics that specialize in examination services. Just borrow one.

Without examination, he just diagnosed directly, and Chen Yu couldn't explain how he saw the problem.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yu immediately frowned.

At a cursory glance, as Hill said, there was no structural damage.

The bones are good and the ligaments are not broken.

But Chen Yu's all-seeing eyes can see some problems that cannot be seen through regular inspections.

Damage to capillaries, fluid accumulation in tissues, edema, etc. are all easy to diagnose, and they can all recover if given enough rest time.

The real trouble was that Chen Yu observed that Hill's talus cartilage was damaged compared to the previous few days.

Normally, cartilage is smooth and not easily damaged.

However, in extreme cases such as sprains and abnormal friction, cartilage damage may occur.

Like Hill's ankle inversion this time, the impact of the fibula and talus led to this result.

Fortunately, the damage was not extensive.

But if it is not handled properly, it will be very troublesome later.

Cartilage is worse than ligaments. It has no blood supply and has almost no possibility of self-healing.

After damage, when it is stressed again later, peeling, defects, cystic degeneration, inflammation, etc. will slowly appear.

Finally, it completely loses its intended function, causing direct contact between bones, causing pain and declining mobility.

Its role is no less than that of the meniscus.

This is the reason why so many athletes experience a decline in athletic ability after meniscus removal.

And there is a high probability that it will cause instability of the ankle joint.

Chen Yu has encountered this situation many times in orthopedics. It may be a sprain. After recovery, sprains at the same position occur frequently, coupled with persistent pain, swelling, etc.

The most important thing is that the examination can't detect it at all. When X-ray is taken, everything is fine, but it is a habitual sprain and pain.

Presumably the MRI examination last night did not reveal this problem.

Firstly, the degree of damage is not high, and secondly, the cartilage is also thin, and combined with the fluid accumulation caused by edema, it is extremely difficult to distinguish.

But if you really only have two weeks of rest and then rush onto the stage to play games, the hidden dangers will always exist and gradually become serious.

Chen Yu could even predict Hill's outcome.There is a high probability that inflammation, joint wear, bone spurs, and scar tissue will occur, and the ankle will get worse and worse.

Many diseases are actually not completely cured at the beginning and then become more serious.

And not only was the cartilage damaged, Chen Yu also noticed that the steel plate fixed by Hill's previous surgery also had some minor cracks around the fixing threads due to the impact of this sprain.

Of course it won't fall off now, but if things go on like this, every change of direction, every breakthrough and effort will increase the damage and eventually lead to uncontrollable consequences.

But now, he is still in the acute stage of the sprain, and Chen Yu can't do anything.

"Tomorrow, I will arrange for you to have a check-up, and we will talk about it after the check-up comes out."

Hill nodded in agreement. He asked Chen Yu to come over for another inspection.

Haston texted Billings and told Hill to find another orthopedic surgeon.

But Billings didn't come.

The Magic played the Hawks back-to-back today, and Billings went to Atlanta with the team.

But after receiving the text message, Billings was in a bad mood.

By doing this, Hill made it clear that he did not trust his diagnosis.

He is the chief team doctor, and the team's star player does not trust himself. This is not a small matter.

After returning to the hotel after the evening game, Billings was not in a hurry to rest, but searched for Chen Yu's information online.

After the search, he became even more depressed.

He thought Chen Yu was an expert in the field of orthopedics, but he didn't expect that he was a rookie doctor from Jackson Memorial Hospital who had just completed his residency.

At least in his eyes, Chen Yu was a rookie.

He called Haston overnight and learned that after Chen Yu arranged for Hill to conduct another inspection the next day, he specifically told Haston to follow and keep an eye on all the inspection processes to avoid any problems.

Hill wanted to check, but he couldn't stop him. That would make it even more obvious that there was something wrong with him.

But he couldn't let Chen Yu, a rookie, mess around.

He even contacted Gabriel and explained the situation.

He felt that there were some problems with Hill's mentality. At this time, if there was a gap and a crisis of trust between him and the uniform staff, it would not be a good sign.

Gabriel was also shocked when he got the news. He rushed to Hill's house early the next morning and talked about Chen Yu.

"Grant, Joe is a senior surgical expert. Dr. Montrose, who examined you, is also the best orthopedic surgeon at Florida Hospital. You can completely trust their diagnosis."

Hill said nothing.

He specifically sought out Chen Yu this time, not only because he had a good impression of Chen Yu's professionalism after a quick meeting at the American Airlines Arena, but also because he didn't really trust Joe Billings.

The reason is to talk about another Jordan successor.

Pence, Anfernee Hardaway, entered the NBA a year earlier than Hill.

Being called Jordan's successor is enough to show how powerful Hardaway is. However, in the 9697 season, Hardaway found that his knee was sore. After examination by Jim Barnett, the Magic team doctor at the time, he confirmed that it was cartilage damage. After surgery, , just 20 days later, because the Magic's record was too poor, Barnett agreed to Hardaway playing.

As a result, Hardaway was injured again after only playing one game.

The next season, Hardaway underwent two consecutive minimally invasive surgeries. Due to record issues, Barnett once again told him that he could debut early.

Everyone knows the final result.

The tall point guard with an elegant style of play no longer exists.

And Joe Billings was Barnett's assistant at the time.

He was also inseparable from Hardaway's scrapping.

(End of this chapter)