orthotics...do the blazers use these?

i saw a link to this article on the cavs and orthotics over on truehoop this morning, and it made me wonder if the blazers, especially their bigs, use these? anyone know?

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i think i read the other day that Outlaw is using them right now

so, safe to day the Blazers are well aware of, and likely use, them.

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by douglast on Feb 8, 2010 10:40 AM PST reply actions

I know Roy does

ever since he had that trouble with his plantar fascia

by yellow hummer on Feb 8, 2010 11:51 AM PST reply actions

But they’ve been around for so long its hard to believe that they are not used when appropriate. GO doesn’t seem to have shimmed (sp?) shoes though his legs are different lengths. Perhaps an orthotic with a lift? Pryz never seemed to have foot problems (perhaps just not recently) may have really neutral feet (pronation). Orthotics have more uses for people with high and low arches.

Anyhew, link:

by Sound_Automatic on Feb 8, 2010 2:16 PM PST reply actions

Greg had orthotics that evened out his legs for a while after the micro

But then he started to develop knee pain in the non-micro knee, so they switched to orthotics that don’’t even out his legs so much. Pretty sure I remember reading that Brandon uses some sort of insert for his talus bone problem, and LaMarcus for his plantar faschiitis. I wouldn’t be surprised if other players use them.

by Corvid on Feb 8, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions

I remember reading that G.O. used one

but don’t remember reading that it made his knee hurt. That is kind of strange to me but anything doing ‘bad’ to Greggy’s knees should probably be analyzed by Jay jensen’s top notch staff. Is the pain something that means it’s bad to even out his leg-lengths, or is it that the tiny muscles and connective tissue are rebuilding to support a new way of his body being held up?

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by RedUniInLA on Feb 9, 2010 7:50 AM PST up reply actions

Orthotics have more uses for people with high and low arches.

Bill Walton has extremely high arches, who knows how many more games he could’ve played if they had this technology back in the ’70s?

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by two4larue on Feb 8, 2010 6:48 PM PST up reply actions

I wonder these kinds of things all the time

like what kind of career would Sam Bowie have had if today’s technology was around in 1984. Also, what technology in the future could hold together Greg Oden if it was available today?

MAYBE A KNEE BRACE WITH SOME PADDING ON IT???

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by RedUniInLA on Feb 9, 2010 7:51 AM PST up reply actions