Blazers' trainers -- incompetent?
We've felt for a while now that the Blazers' training and conditioning staff should be fired for allowing so many of the team's players to play their way right into major injuries. It's a miracle that LaMarcus Aldridge hasn't joined the list of the maimed and injured, especially given the way Coach Nate overplayed him. In any event, our opinion is confirmed by this Dwight Jaynes story, which probably won't get too much play from the team's cronies in the mainstream media.
Comments (7)
Feel free to ignore science and keep doing what you're doing.
Posted by Jo | April 11, 2012 1:44 AM
I have a relative who was a college athlete. He had continuing problems and when on an internship in another city during one of his college summers, was treated by a non-sports physical therapist who first introduced the subject of biomechanics to him. He followed this therapist's advice, did all the seemingly simplistic exercises required and found it solved his problems.
Years later, I developed sciatica and was sent to a pt. I saw several in this one practice, but the one who started talking about biomechanics caught my ear. I started working with him exclusively and within a couple of months, had no more pain. Twenty-five years later, I still have had no problems -- as long as I do what he told me.
And what he told me was: "I can't fix your pain. I can fix how you move."
None of the other PTs, many of which worked with various professional sports clients, had ever used the word to me before.
Posted by Talea | April 11, 2012 7:35 AM
Dwight Jaynes wraps his dome in tinfoil. Breaking and in depth news from Jaynes is no different than breaking news from the Weekly World News supermarket tabloid.....
Posted by Bob Whitsitt | April 11, 2012 7:40 AM
The problem now is that firing these guys will open the lawsuit window.
So this is not a medical issue, but a cover your ass issue.
Something the Blazers are pretty used to.
Posted by Tim | April 11, 2012 9:56 AM
Smells like snake oil.
Posted by dg | April 11, 2012 10:05 AM
They fired Nate and got rid of Cho because things weren't working. It seems like a no brainer to push the reset button on the entire training/medical department because this team has been continuously devastated by injuries that may have been prevented.
Posted by Usual Kevin | April 11, 2012 10:09 AM
Take one look at Bobby Medina and it's clear he doesn't know how to "condition" himself, much less professional athletes.
Posted by Savannah | April 11, 2012 1:36 PM