Physical Therapist says LeBron’s groin injury recovery should’ve taken six months

[mg]

Between the so called 'broken hand' during the Finals, him always needing more help, this story, etc...the excuses just go on and on with this dude. I understand the guy is a huge cashcow both on and off the court so his 'team' feels the need to constantly make excuses for his failures but it's just getting old at this point.
Bottomline is the Lakers had a horrible season and he was part of the problem.

[Flash17]

I’m sorry, what?

Glad somebody else caught this too. Yikes.

Are PTs able to make medical diagnoses?

Yes.

They are doctors, in physical therapy. And quite often, in fact, on a daily basis, diagnosis patients based on their exams and procedures.

This original guy is referring to a physical therapy assistant who often times is able to chose which movements/exercises will be done given a physical therapist’s diagnosis.

[Danny1616]

Lebron trying to spin the narrative again...just like when he wore that hand cast after the finals last year.

Groin strain's don't take 6 months to fully recover...that's nonsense. You can just google "groin strain" and it says "The length of recovery depends on many factors such as your age, health, and if you have had a previous groin injury. Recovery time also depends on the severity of the injury. A mild groin strain may recover within a few weeks, whereas a severe injury may take 6 weeks or longer to recover. You need to stop doing the activities that cause pain until the groin has healed. If you continue doing activities that cause pain, your symptoms will return and it will take longer to recover."

So a severe groin strain takes 6 weeks and Lebron has access to the best doctors, trainers and nutrition planners in the world.

[Tracymcgoaty]

Anybody who watches Lakers games saw how different he had played ever since coming back from the injury, Im not making excuses for him he should have rested instead of trying to play. We have him for a couple of more years and the last thing we need is him getting injured in his first.

[Tracymcgoaty]

Lebron has always recovered from injury much faster than normal humans. This isn’t really a story. He’s a top physical specimen.

Who the **** is he Wolverine?

[sca]

Glad somebody else caught this too. Yikes.

Are PTs able to make medical diagnoses?

Yes.

They are doctors, in physical therapy. And quite often, in fact, on a daily basis, diagnosis patients based on their exams and procedures.

This original guy is referring to a physical therapy assistant who often times is able to chose which movements/exercises will be done given a physical therapist’s diagnosis.

They're not medical doctors, I thought it was so obvious. They are doctors in the same way Doctors of Philosophy are. In practice, they can make diagnoses. But it doesn't mean that they should.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/health/policy/02docs.html

[Tracymcgoaty]

Are PTs able to make medical diagnoses?

Yes.

They are doctors, in physical therapy. And quite often, in fact, on a daily basis, diagnosis patients based on their exams and procedures.

This original guy is referring to a physical therapy assistant who often times is able to chose which movements/exercises will be done given a physical therapist’s diagnosis.

They're not medical doctors, I thought it was so obvious. They are doctors in the same way Doctors of Philosophy are. In practice, they can make diagnoses. But it doesn't mean that they should.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/health/policy/02docs.html

If you keep playing while having a groin injury doesn't that just prolong the injury? I believe he was injured because the quality of his play before the injury and after are night and day.

[vxmike]

Lebron has always recovered from injury much faster than normal humans. This isn’t really a story. He’s a top physical specimen.

Who the **** is he Wolverine?

Pretty much....it’s well known to NBA fans.

[ckman]

It's hilarious that the same group of Lebron fans who told Warriors/Curry fans stop using injury as an excuse when he came back to play in the playoff couple years ago are now using the same "injury excuse" for their idol. How ironic.

[Nacho Bidness]

LMAO

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.............

You gotta be kidding me this guy is such a bish.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Tracymcgoaty]

Lebron has always recovered from injury much faster than normal humans. This isn’t really a story. He’s a top physical specimen.

Who the **** is he Wolverine?

Pretty much....it’s well known to NBA fans.

It's well known that athletes play through injuries aswell.

Rajon Rondo played with an dislocated Elbow

Wade with a broken kneecap

and so on..

[Sactowndog]

So after Space Jam 2 flops, Lebron's optometrist is going to come out and say that Lebron was legally blind for the past 6 months.
GTFO.


BTW, this chick is a physical therapist. She has no training in determining how severe an injury is and how long it should take to recover. Her job is to put together exercises so the injury can heal properly. Physical therapists are not medical doctors.

Physical Therapists are in fact DPT’s. So they are in fact Medical doctors though not MD’s. Their training is exactly that to judge the injury and time to recover.

[Sactowndog]

Are PTs able to make medical diagnoses?

Yes.

They are doctors, in physical therapy. And quite often, in fact, on a daily basis, diagnosis patients based on their exams and procedures.

This original guy is referring to a physical therapy assistant who often times is able to chose which movements/exercises will be done given a physical therapist’s diagnosis.

They're not medical doctors, I thought it was so obvious. They are doctors in the same way Doctors of Philosophy are. In practice, they can make diagnoses. But it doesn't mean that they should.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/health/policy/02docs.html

Dude you might want to stop showing your ignorance by quoting articles 8 years out of date. PT programs have changed and DPT’s work in concert with MD’s as part of the medical team to rehabilitate the patient. Unlike RN’s, you can no longer get your physical therapy license without having your Doctorate in Physical Therapy.

To say they are equivalent to Doctors of Philosophy only highlights you ignorance.

[sca]

Yes.

They are doctors, in physical therapy. And quite often, in fact, on a daily basis, diagnosis patients based on their exams and procedures.

This original guy is referring to a physical therapy assistant who often times is able to chose which movements/exercises will be done given a physical therapist’s diagnosis.

They're not medical doctors, I thought it was so obvious. They are doctors in the same way Doctors of Philosophy are. In practice, they can make diagnoses. But it doesn't mean that they should.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/health/policy/02docs.html

Dude you might want to stop showing your ignorance by quoting articles 8 years out of date. PT programs have changed and DPT’s work in concert with MD’s as part of the medical team to rehabilitate the patient. Unlike RN’s, you can no longer get your physical therapy license without having your Doctorate in Physical Therapy.

To say they are equivalent to Doctors of Philosophy only highlights you ignorance.

LOL the article is still relevant even though it's 8 year-old. What has changed since then except for all PTs having to become DPTs? Being on the MD's staff is vastly different than putting a diagnosis on a patient on someone's own. They're still not medical doctors, they're people with doctorate in another degree. The fact that she has a "Dr" in her instagram handle is misleading, and she should know better than to do that.

You (or the other poster) being sensitive about the issue doesn't make you right. If you don't have a medical degree, then you're not qualified to make diagnoses. End of story.

I'm not sure why you even wrote the bolded part. I'm not arguing that they can't be on a medical team.

[afarmenian]

Two birds one stone with this BS

-Place the convenient excuse of injury to make it seem like Lebron is the absolute warrior for battling through a groin injury that 'was worse than Lebron was leading on'
-Place him smiling leaning his head against a random woman who's clutching Lebron's shoulder's as a message of peace to LA fans after all that 'Barbershop talk' uproar created by Lebron which may not have been fully embraced by everyone

It's all PR/positive image stuff now from here on out now that he's eliminated as I'm sure he has a few movies lined up for this summer

What the

[Harcore Fenton Mun]

From the people who brought you AD's Dad tweeting....lol.

[sca]

So after Space Jam 2 flops, Lebron's optometrist is going to come out and say that Lebron was legally blind for the past 6 months.
GTFO.


BTW, this chick is a physical therapist. She has no training in determining how severe an injury is and how long it should take to recover. Her job is to put together exercises so the injury can heal properly. Physical therapists are not medical doctors.

Physical Therapists are in fact DPT’s. So they are in fact Medical doctors though not MD’s. Their training is exactly that to judge the injury and time to recover.

So they are in fact Medical doctors though not MD’s.

So they are in fact Medical doctors though not MD’s.

MD literally means "medical doctor"... You're either a medical doctor, or you are not... Wow...

[Sactowndog]

They're not medical doctors, I thought it was so obvious. They are doctors in the same way Doctors of Philosophy are. In practice, they can make diagnoses. But it doesn't mean that they should.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/health/policy/02docs.html

Dude you might want to stop showing your ignorance by quoting articles 8 years out of date. PT programs have changed and DPT’s work in concert with MD’s as part of the medical team to rehabilitate the patient. Unlike RN’s, you can no longer get your physical therapy license without having your Doctorate in Physical Therapy.

To say they are equivalent to Doctors of Philosophy only highlights you ignorance.

LOL the article is still relevant even though it's 8 year-old. What has changed since then except for all PTs having to become DPTs? Being on the MD's staff is vastly different than putting a diagnosis on a patient on someone's own. They're still not medical doctors, they're people with doctorate in another degree. The fact that she has a "Dr" in her instagram handle is misleading, and she should know better than to do that.

You (or the other poster) being sensitive about the issue doesn't make you right. If you don't have a medical degree, then you're not qualified to make diagnoses. End of story.

I'm not sure why you even wrote the bolded part. I'm not arguing that they can't be on a medical team.

Dude your ignorant and uninformed. Just stop.

[sca]

Dude you might want to stop showing your ignorance by quoting articles 8 years out of date. PT programs have changed and DPT’s work in concert with MD’s as part of the medical team to rehabilitate the patient. Unlike RN’s, you can no longer get your physical therapy license without having your Doctorate in Physical Therapy.

To say they are equivalent to Doctors of Philosophy only highlights you ignorance.

LOL the article is still relevant even though it's 8 year-old. What has changed since then except for all PTs having to become DPTs? Being on the MD's staff is vastly different than putting a diagnosis on a patient on someone's own. They're still not medical doctors, they're people with doctorate in another degree. The fact that she has a "Dr" in her instagram handle is misleading, and she should know better than to do that.

You (or the other poster) being sensitive about the issue doesn't make you right. If you don't have a medical degree, then you're not qualified to make diagnoses. End of story.

I'm not sure why you even wrote the bolded part. I'm not arguing that they can't be on a medical team.

Dude your ignorant and uninformed. Just stop.

PTs are not medical doctors.

[Sactowndog]

So after Space Jam 2 flops, Lebron's optometrist is going to come out and say that Lebron was legally blind for the past 6 months.
GTFO.


BTW, this chick is a physical therapist. She has no training in determining how severe an injury is and how long it should take to recover. Her job is to put together exercises so the injury can heal properly. Physical therapists are not medical doctors.

Physical Therapists are in fact DPT’s. So they are in fact Medical doctors though not MD’s. Their training is exactly that to judge the injury and time to recover.

So they are in fact Medical doctors though not MD’s.

So they are in fact Medical doctors though not MD’s.

MD literally means "medical doctor"... You're either a medical doctor, or you are not... Wow...

A Medical Doctor is a person with a doctorate in the field of Medicine. That could include an MD, DPT, DVM.....

To say they are equivalent to a Doctor of Philosophy may qualify as the stupidest thing posted on this board. Given you are based in Turkey it’s not a surprise.