NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 78: The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine is equal to the Department of Convalescence? Jiang Ming invites you to join the battle!

"Injuries are more ferocious than tigers! Trail Blazers players are cursed again!"

"The starting point guard and backup center are seriously injured, and the curse of the torn city continues!"

"Roy's performance is poor, Oden has not grown up yet, Aldridge can't carry the team alone, and the Blazers are in turmoil!"

By the middle of the season, all teams have suffered injuries to varying degrees, as is the case every season, so durability is also an important criterion for evaluating players.

But none of them happened as consecutively as the Trail Blazers, with two major injuries in three weeks, and both were serious problems like fractures and tears.

Compared to these two people, Roy's problem is a small one.

Blake was injured in the second half of the Trail Blazers' away win over the Kings. He hit his elbow on the ground during a layup and was forced to withdraw from the game.

Blake returned to the Trail Blazers on Thursday local time and underwent an MRI examination, the results of which showed that he had a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.

Afterwards, the Trail Blazers medical team led by Jensen directly announced the news: point guard Steve Blake was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow after an MRI examination and is expected to rest for at least 6 weeks.

Blake's injury is undoubtedly bad news for the Trail Blazers. The team currently has 0 available point guards! !

The others are shooting guards who are not very good at passing the ball. Instead, Roy is the player with the most assists on the team with an average of 5.8 assists per game.

Joel Przybila was even more unlucky. A week later, in the Trail Blazers' away game against the Pacers, Joel Przybila stepped on the opponent's center's shoe while grabbing a rebound and could not stand up anymore.

Afterwards, he went directly to a local hospital in Indiana for an X-ray, which revealed a stress fracture in his left foot.

The Trail Blazers medical team reluctantly released another message:

"The team's backup center Joel Przybilla was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left foot and is expected to be sidelined for three months"

That is, the playoffs were almost about to begin when Joel Przybila returned.

The fans are panicking now. Trail Blazers fans are complaining:

"It's over. There aren't many guards left and now the point guard is injured."

"Blake played pretty well. Fuck, I feel like cursing!"

"With Joel Przybilla injured, does that mean Oden will have to play more minutes? Although I also want to see Oden put up impressive numbers, I also know that Oden himself is just returning from injury and won't be able to play more!"

"Yeah, are the Trail Blazers going to apply for an injury exception again this year?"

"Apply for it. Get a defender from the free market to help you out!"

"Yes, you must apply for the injury exception. Will I never see the Trail Blazers play in the playoffs with all their players healthy in my lifetime?"

"What I'm worried about now is that the team's medical team can't cure it. The Chinese doctor treated Oden. Now Roy and the others are on Jensen's team. Does this old guy have so much energy?"

"Let Minnesota treat the big white bear. He's from Minnesota anyway. He'll get better quickly when he goes home."

"Leave Blake to Los Angeles or New York. Their physical therapy capabilities are too strong."

"Yes, I suggest that Blake must find a good medical team to return as soon as possible. If the Trail Blazers really want to make the playoffs, they must have a guard like Blake!"

"Look for someone in the free market. All teams are trading. The Trail Blazers have to grab someone!"

"Yeah, what a shit Roy played."

The fans are very knowledgeable. They also know that these two confirmed serious injuries must be operated on, and then it depends on recovery. This has nothing to do with the Trail Blazers' Traditional Chinese Medicine Department, which is rumored to be very strong in physical therapy, so no one mentions them at all. But in fact, even if Jiang Ming can't perform surgery, Sean and Jiang Muyan can also perform repair surgeries such as stress fractures and torn ulnar collateral ligaments in the right elbow. These two people were masters on the operating table before.

Therefore, when something like this happened within the team, they were the ones who wanted to help the most, and they immediately asked Jiang Ming to bring the two players over to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine for treatment.

Jiang Ming waved his hand and said:
"It can be cured, but how? Are the conditions met? Where can I go for treatment?"

Jiang Muyan and the other person were stumped by just a few questions.

Yes, with the current situation of a rift with Jensen's team, without the support of the team's medical team, will Thomas Reis Internal Medicine Clinic lend them the operating room? Who else will help them???
If the surgery really needs to be done, it will involve a lot of people and things, and it will also require the use of the Portland Hospital's resources, and all of these will have to be handled by the team or Jensen and others.

This is something you can’t rent with any money.

Therefore, even if Jiang Ming could get these two patients at this time, he would be helpless as there is no operating environment!
Although Jiang Ming has not yet come into contact with the two injured players, in Jiang Ming's opinion, stress fractures can be treated with plaster fixation, and the speed of conservative treatment will not be slow.

However, in the case of a torn ulnar collateral ligament in the right elbow, the fastest and safest option is to perform ulnar collateral ligament repair surgery.

Although Jiang Ming advocates conservative treatment, he does not mean to be blindly conservative. If this is also conservative treatment, various drugs will have to be used every day to suppress inflammation. The elbow may be healed, but the body will be damaged by the drugs, which is not worth the loss.

Therefore, he himself was eager to perform the first operation after coming to the Trail Blazers, otherwise everyone would always think that the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department was just a recuperation and physical therapy department and did not have the ability to perform surgery.

But in fact, there are so many people who perform surgery with traditional Chinese medicine. In ancient times, Bian Que and Hua Tuo often performed surgery on common people. They were proficient in both internal medicine and surgery. They were so awesome!
Not to mention Bian Que and Hua Tuo, this operation is as easy as a small operation in the hands of his parents. It can be done in minutes, and they can perform 8 operations a day without any problem.

So even though Jiang Ming has not had actual combat experience yet, he has a vast amount of experience in his mind, so there will definitely be no problem if we leave it to him.

Therefore, although he stopped Jiang Muyan and Sean, he also sent an email to Larry Miller:
"If the other team doctors are too busy, Jiang will take the initiative to ask for a doctor!"

Larry Miller responded 4 hours later:

"Can you cure these?"

"No problem. Provide the surgical equipment. I guarantee you will recover within a month!"

"I've been busy discussing trades with other teams lately."

To be honest, Larry Miller was immediately excited. Jiang Ming's one month really was a month. In fact, there are many cases in the NBA where patients recovered and played in a month or even a week after surgery. However, it would never be the turn of the Trail Blazers' team medical team.

Therefore, Jiang Ming's reply made him feel confused.

Recently, not only the team's medical team is overwhelmed, but their management is also in a mess.

There are already enough internal troubles, and there are still many external threats.

The external threat actually lies in the fact that other Western teams are too strong. George Karl and Don Nelson, two veteran coaches, are very experienced in coaching and know that winning first does not count as winning. They have made efforts in the mid-term and have led the Nuggets and Warriors to catch up respectively. The Trail Blazers have fallen to 10th place.

And they are only one win behind the Kings.

Although the season is only halfway through, the Trail Blazers have no chance of playing with the current lineup they have.

Although Oden is getting better and better, he is, after all, a blue-collar type of No. 1 pick. He can't be the C for a whole game by himself, and he can't carry the team.

Therefore, the management has recently been scouting the free market while also discussing trades with various teams, and is as busy as the team medical team.

Recently, Jiang Ming's words seemed to give him peace of mind.

The following sentence was more like a reassurance to him:
"Mr. President, if you want to trade players, you don't have to consider their injuries. I am confident that no matter if they are veterans or rising stars with fragile attributes, as long as they are healthy when they are traded, they will definitely be healthy in the future!"

(End of this chapter)