This Week's Podcast

by Dave on Oct 30, 2008 7:00 PM PDT

Here you are, mostly hot off the presses. Gavin Dawson of 95.5 The Game, Casey Holdahl of Le Blog du Court Centre, and myself discuss everything you could ever want about the Blazers. As you might expect this week's edition is fairly Oden-heavy, but honestly I believe you get a working through of subjects in this format that's just not possible elsewhere, so it's different. On the radio you have to be so quick hitting and work in commercials. On a blog you don't get the same dialogue. So even if you've had Oden up to your ears it's probably worth a listen. Plus we go into who the real staring small forward for the Blazers is, what exactly the team will need to work on, how probable it is that you'll see wins in the near future, and even more to delight you (including an official Gavin Dawson Bad Beat story).

Download the mp3 here or click on the link to Casey's blog above to stream it.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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First.

does this even apply?

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life,(of the Blazers), (of KP's madness), of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity." - Albert Einstein

by BlazerandBeaverBELIEVER on Oct 30, 2008 9:18 PM PDT reply actions

very reasonable long view

and in any case i’m going to watch the blazers with curiosity and interest even they start the season 3-12. and if greg oden is hurt i’ll try to be patient and wait for him to get well.

ilgauskas the cleveland center was constantly injuring his feet until his condition stabilized and he’s been dependable now for several years.

remember how obsessed everyone was with brandon roy’s talus bone? well (knock on wood) that seems to have passed.

i understand that for some, especially the really young, patience is hard.

ignacio

by ignacio on Oct 30, 2008 9:36 PM PDT reply actions

Vulnerability to ankle sprains

Dave,

During the podcast you made the point that the ankle sprain was something that “just happened”. I don’t think that’s necessarily true. In my experience and observations, it does seem that some people are more prone to this type of injury than others.

Link

The strongest predictor of ankle sprains is a previous history of ankle sprains… The people with the highest risk after they have previously sprained their ankle are those who did not proper rehabilitate the injury. An unrehabilitated ankle can be unstable afterward and is open to being sprained over and over again. The reason for this, some researchers think, is that when an ankle injury occurs some of the nerves that tell your body what position your ankle is in are damaged. These nerves are called proprioceptors and the ability to determine the position of your body parts is called proprioception. When these nerves are injured it can be more difficult for your body to know how to position your foot to keep it safe.

Looking at the replay, it seemed like Oden didn’t have very good awareness of where, and/or how, he was planting his foot. Maybe this was due to all of the ankle tweaks during training camp, or because he doesn’t have his balance yet, or he just doesn’t have good body awareness yet after being off for a year and packing on the extra muscle.

I hope and pray that this is just a temporary thing and that the extra recovery time will do the trick.

MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)

by The Cactus Leaguer on Oct 30, 2008 11:09 PM PDT reply actions

True

that once a sprain has occurred a person can be more vulnerable. (I still roll an ankle I sprained hard 15 years ago upon occasion.) But I haven’t heard about Greg having a history of mid-lateral right foot sprains, which would suggest that this was an incident that indeed “just happened”. Unless maybe somebody knows about prior sprains?

—Dave

by Dave on Oct 30, 2008 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m not aware of his history of ankle sprains per se, but it seemed like he had a frightening tendency to land on his feet improperly throughout training camp and in the first game, which eventually results in sprains, torn ligaments, etc.

MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)

by The Cactus Leaguer on Nov 1, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions