How is Miami dealing with Oden's leg length issue?

[BayInferno]

Anyone know?

[Maroko]

i heard he has a 3rd leg he keeps his balance that way

[JimBeanz]

Anyone know?

Could you elaborate on this issue? I haven't heard much about it.

But generally for a leg length disparity custom shoes (orthotics) are the standard solution (I'm not sure about Oden's circumstance though).

[Smash3]

I always wondered if it could be corrected, but I doubt there is anything to be done about it. The only thing that can be done is to improve his lumbar/core strength, get him slimmer, make sure his knees are stronger and make sure he wears knee braces.

Some quotes from the medical doctor who put Oden through several tests, the last quote is very telling in a way that if the medical staff have done the things correctly he could become a big factor by May/June.

Oden's results on the biomechanical testing "fell short" of average, Ziegler said, because the muscles around his right knee were not strong enough to provide proper balance and weight distribution. As a result, Oden's left knee was overcompensating, taking on an undue amount of stress and force, even during the simple walking portion of the test. At that point, Oden's left knee had not yet been operated on during his time with the Blazers.

Ziegler agreed with a Beaverton kinesiologist's view that Oden's left leg was a "ticking time bomb" because of the strength imbalance in the muscles surrounding his right knee.

"If I were the Portland Trail Blazers, I wouldn't have cut him," he said. "I would not have cut him. What I would have done is figured out exactly what his issues are and began to address those issues. Even if it took me another year.... I would have kept him, I would have hired someone to work one-on-one with him. I know we see this in professional sports, where you hire someone to go out with the athlete on the weekends and to stay with them in a social setting. I would have hired someone to make sure that Greg Oden was doing exactly what he needed to do, eight hours a day for a year if I had to. I would get my investment back."

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