michaelm wrote:Crazy-Canuck wrote:michaelm wrote:I have stayed on the Wiggins train the whole time. We know he at least had a broken rib (thanks LeBron) the severity of which was never revealed, but if it was displaced they can be problematic and take quite some time to heal, and certainly a broken rib of any variety would have interfered with is off season preparation. He struggles to keep weight/muscle on at the best of times, and I did share doubts he could come back to anything like his best this season, but if he has great.
Complete recovery from a Rib Cartilage Injury is approximately 6-12 weeks, but it can take up to 6 months to heal because they receive little blood supply. It is advised that you rest properly and avoid strenuous activities to allow the body to reduce the inflammation of the cartilage and heal properly.
That matches the timeline for his improved play since january. And the bloody supply thing could explain the breathing and lack of muscle mass. I'm not a doctor, so not sure.
https://www.masnad.com.au/knowledge-centre/injury-hub/middle-back/rib-cartilage-injury/#:~:text=Complete%20recovery%20from%20a%20Rib,the%20cartilage%20and%20heal%20properly.
First google search that popped up fir me.
I am a doctor, although a physician rather than a surgeon, and it makes perfect sense to me, particularly given his known difficulty maintaining muscle mass in general. if it was a cartilage injury then blood supply can indeed be problematic.
I wish I had tried harder in school when I was a kid and had realized the the human body was full of interesting mysteries that have not been solved. My now dead wife had medical mysteries that never really got properly diagnosed.
Medicine was impressive at treating my Staph infection that almost killed my last spring but that was something medicine knew how to do. I have been surprised at how much many doctors misunderstand diabetes and Arthrosclerosis when those 2 connected diseases are the most important diseases in the modern world.
In general scratch any medical topic and go 3 levels deep and you hit the unknown. I wish all the weapons research money would go to biology.