Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Marcus Camby To Have Surgery

Hartford native Marcus Camby was waived by the Houston Rockets Monday afternoon and will have
surgery this week on his torn plantar fascia.
Camby's agent, Rick Kaplan, said the center may return in a coaching or scouting capacity while he is recuperating from the left foot plantar fascia surgery, which will sideline him for up to three months.
The injury has been bothering him since last season with the New York Knicks, and Camby regrets not taking care of the injury sooner. Kaplan said Camby, 39, hopes to continue his NBA career after the surgery. Camby is the second oldest player in the NBA, behind Lakers point guard Steve Nash.
"He definitely has a thirst to play," Kaplan said.
"I understand the situation," Camby told KRIV-TV in Houston. "They need healthy guys. Once I get healthy, you can expect to see me again."
Camby, a former Defensive Player of the Year in 2006-07, has been in the NBA for 18 years and was signed to the Houston Rockets in the offseason to provide depth and insurance for a team that has Dwight Howard and Omer Asik. The team may check in with Camby later in the season before they have to finalize playoff eligibility on March 1st.
Camby has a guaranteed contract worth $1.4 million and does not plan on retiring any time soon.
"You'll still see me around the organization," Camby said. "I have a great deal of respect for the organization and Coach [Kevin] McHale.
"It's tough. I'm going to try hard to get back out there on the basketball court as quickly as possible. They have been great down here in Houston, and you haven't seen the last of me being down here."
Camby averaged 1.8 points and 3.3 rebounds last season for the Knicks. During his career, he averaged 9.6 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.
References: CBS SportsESPN, and Yahoo Sports
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Tennis Champ Shahar Peer Out With Injury

Israeli tennis star Shahar Peer had just returned to the top 100 after struggling for months with form and
confidence. She will now be out the rest of the season with a foot injury.
Peer had a partial tear of the plantar fascia.
Peer had an MRI in Ningbo China where she was playing the WTA $125K Challenge several weeks ago which revealed the injury. The 26 year old won her first round match at the Ningbo tournament but after experiencing pain in her foot she went for the test.
Peer posted on her Facebook page: "As a result of the tear, Shahar decided, based on advice from several doctors, to retire from the rest of the tournament. The decision about her care, as well as future tournaments and the rest of the season, will be made in the upcoming few days with her doctors."
Peer was ranked as high as no. 11 and was just one win away from becoming the first Israeli to break into the world's top 10 a few years ago.
Reference: Tennis World USA
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Colts Rookie Werner Out 4-6 Weeks With Injury

The Indianapolis Colts were pleased with their impressive 2012 NFL Draft Class, hoping they would bring their team to Super Bowl glory.
Last week, the Colts lost a 2013 Draft Class member, on top of the two from 2012 they had already lost to injuries.
Coach Chuck Pagano told the media last Monday that first-round selection Bjorn Werner will miss four to six weeks after sustaining a torn plantar fascia in his right foot in last Sunday's 37-3 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. He joins Vick Ballard and Dwayne Allen on the injury list.
The German-born rookie outside linebacker was picked 24th overall in the 2013 Draft from Florida State University where he earned All-American recognition and has been used mainly in nickle packages. So far in the season he has four tackles, one-half sack, and one quarterback pressure as a pass-rushing specialist behind starter Erik Walden.
Carl Johnson, who was acquired from the San Francisco 49ers before the start of the season will fill Werner's place.
Pagano said of Werner, "He was getting comfortable. You could see the confidence level rising. He was playing faster. It's a shame it happened, but it's part of the game."
References: ESPN and NFL.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Logan Forsythe Still Dealing With Plantar Fasciitis

We've said it again and again: plantar fasciitis just does not "disappear", nor does it "magically" get better on
its own. Those who suffer from plantar fasciitis will often suffer for years, try many therapies and treatments, and after finding the one that works best for their particular case, it will go away.
So these athletes who think they can ignore their plantar fasciitis and it will just go away are living in a fantasy land.
San Diego Padres infielder Logan Forsythe was hit with a nasty bout of plantar fasciitis during spring training and it kept him out of the lineup until the second week of June. He revealed last month that it has returned.
"The doctors told me earlier that it doesn't return, but it did," Forsythe told reporters while discussing the injury that has kept him in limited play.
OK, so we don't know what podiatrist you saw, Logan, but no podiatrist would ever tell you that plantar fasciitis would never return. It can return if you failed to keep up with icing, stretching, or wearing your orthotics. Sometimes years will go by before it returns, sometimes months.
At the time of the press conference, Forsythe had not played since September 3rd, and his only activity in those eight games was four pinch-hitting appearances, including a game-winning hit against Atlanta and an inning at shortstop against Philadelphia.
He plans to play as many games as possible to the end of the season, however.
"Logan is playable," said Padres manager Bud Black. "He wants to finish strong. But he's had a bit of a rough go at it."
"I want to finish the season with the guys," Forsythe said. "I want to play, I'm trying to play. This is something totally unexpected. I guess we'll talk about what to do when the season ends."
Forsythe said the pain in his foot started to return after the All-Star break and has progressively gotten worse since then, but it's not as bad as it was in the spring.
The infielder did have an MRI of his right foot. "There's not a tear," he said.
"Surgery is an option, but the doctors are hesitant and there's not guarantee given the history of my feet," Forsythe said.
Before suffering with plantar fasciitis, Forsythe had fractures in both feet to the sesamoid bones. He had surgery, during his junior year of college and in spring 2012 to remove the bones. He believes there is a connection between the problems with his sesamoid bones and plantar fasciitis.
"This is a tough injury," Forsythe said. "Kyle Banks (who suffered plantar fasciitis at the end of the 2009 seasons) and I have talked about it. It's not as bad now as it was earlier, but the plantar fasciitis is bothering me. It is very limiting."
Forsythe said the pain in his feet is worse when he is on his feet for an extended period of time.
"I can hit. I can run. I can play in the field. But the longer I'm out there, the more it hurts," he said.
This season Forsythe is hitting .216 with five home runs and 17 RBIs in 208 at-bats.
Reference: UT San Diego
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