Re: Kedrick's Ankle

[Tony Alberghini <Tony.Alberghini@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

Two points:
1. In the post-game discussion, Tommy was again making his point that
he hoped Kedrick had taped his ankles.

2. About the comment of him not rolling the ankle, that's what I thought
when I say the first couple replay's, but (and Gorman or Tommy pointed this
out too) he actually rolled his right ankle which was the second to hit
the floor. It is correct that his left ankle just landed odd and went 
back-to-forth, but his right foot came down next and clearly rolled on
the side edge.

Tone

At 01:54 PM 10/11/02 EDT, Kestutis Kveraga wrote:
>--- You wrote:
>Did anyone happen to notice whether Kedrick's ankle was taped for the
>game?  I remember Battie suffering a severe ankle sprain against the Magic
>in December 2000 and Heinsohn excoriating him for not taping -- Battie
>missed a couple of months with that injury.  (I also vaguely recall Kestas
>having a number of interesting things to say about that issue, but then he
>usually does when medical stuff comes into play.)
>--- end of quote ---
>
>Thank you. I think I said that taping helps to physically prevent sprains for
>only the first 10 min or so, according to experts. The tape loosens up too
much
>afterwards. Still, it may help neurally - by improving proprioception
>(knowledge of your body's position), the same reason high-tops allegedly
help.
>As you probably know, it's the unexpected physical resistance, not the
>excessive force per se, that causes most sprains - i.e., your joints and
>muscles not being ready to deal with that particular situation. If you knew
>that you were going to land on someone's foot, you could prepare and it would
>be no problem (try it at home some time :>). 
>
>If you watched the tape of Kedrick's ankle sprain, you could see that his
foot
>gets clipped in midair and lands on the floor  in an unexpected position.
What
>concerns me is that he didn't appear to roll it - it was a back-and-forth
>motion, which shouldn't cause any problem unless he snapped some tendon or
>something. 
>I'm anxiously awaiting further news on it. 
>Kestas