HOUSTON - Houston Rockets center Yao Ming had the nail removed from his left big toe after initial consultation with team physician Dr. Thomas Clanton. The procedure was performed as a precautionary measure and he is expected to return to action in approximately seven to 10 days.
"We felt that it was in Yao's best interest to remove the nail. The problem is completely unrelated to the infection that Yao had in his left great toe last year." said Clanton. "The nail was not growing in properly, and while he was not feeling any discomfort at the time, we decided it would be best to remove the nail. This is a very common procedure that is performed on many athletes and there should be no long-lasting effects moving forward."
"But now with the new nail coming in, we're going to try to keep it trimmed back initially and try to keep it trimmed back even further. Then, with the new shoe, it’s got a bigger toe box, a higher toe box. And with the orthotic, when he is repetitively stopping, hopefully it won't be hitting the end of that shoe.
当新指甲再长出来, 我们会把它剪短甚至会让它更短. 加上新鞋提供的额外空间, 希望指甲不会在受鞋的挤压了.
"We're doing everything we can to make it not happen again, we can't say it won't. When he comes back, he's going to be fine."
我们在尽力确保这事不会再发生. 但不能保证.
Including the time Yao already missed, he likely will have been off the court for two weeks and will have missed four preseason games when he returns and begins working to get in shape.
"That has a big impact on Yao, a huge impact on Yao," Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "We're hoping for the best, certainly. But anyone who is not concerned, anyone who does not have their antenna up, is not seeing the totality of the problem, clearly."
饭饭仍然认为会是个大问题. 作者: ROCKY 时间: 2006-10-10 12:34