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Analysis of Newman's Plantar Fasciitis
by Yakuza Rich
http://yakuzarich.blogspot.com/
Several Dallas Media outlets are reporting that Terence Newman has plantar fasciitis. Sounds bad and even San Antonio Express writer Tom Orsborne got it confused with the injury 4th round rookie Isaiah Stanback suffered his senior season at Washington, Lisc Franc foot injury. Here's some excerpts I got from the Web on plantar fasciitis at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022701024.html
I think this gives a pretty good idea of what's going on here, but be reminded that this diagnosis is for the average joe instead of the professional athlete. By that I mean that the average joe is less likely to re-injure himself because he's not as active or doing something where he increases the likelihood of being injured than your pro athlete. On the other hand, the average joe isn't likely to properly heal the injury nearly as quickly since he doesn't have the time, resources or the medical care the average pro athlete will have.
The good news is that this is an injury that has a wide range of pain, treatment and recovery time. It *appears* that Newman caught this injury rather early, so he can rest and recover in time. From doing research, there have been athletes who have played with this condition such as San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan and Toronto Blue Jays third basemen Troy Glaus.
Here's a look at Duncan's numbers before and after having plantar fasciitis (2005-2006 he had it):
Year...............pts/game..................reb/game...........blocks/game
03-04...............22.3........................12.5....................2.7
04-05................20.3.......................11.1.....................2.6
05-06*.............18.6..........................11.0.....................2.0
06-07.................20.0.......................11.6....................2.4
Glaus, who is currently suffering the injuries, has put up the following numbers the past few years (numbers are prorated to 162 games since Glaus hasn't played a full season the past three years):
Year.......batting average...........slugging %...............HR's
2005.......258..........................522.........................40
2006.......252..........................513..........................40
2007*.....249...........................442.........................26
CONCLUSION
If anything, it appears that plantar fasciitis is something that an athlete can play with. Tim Duncan and Troy Glaus have played with it and saw their production tail off. Duncan's production tailed off only slightly to where it was barely noticeable, but Glaus' production is more pronounced, especially when it comes to hitting for power.
That being said, it appears that Newman was diagnosed with the injury almost immediately whereas Duncan was originally misdiagnosed and then the Spurs quickly changed it to the correct diagnosis. Glaus was misdiagnosed for a longer time and it has showed in his dropoff in production. Although as Glaus notes ''That was purely a (bad) swing,'' he said. ''It was a slow bat, no luck, bad swing all the way around.''
Also remember that while football is more likely to cause injuries, Duncan and Glaus where on the court or field of play nearly every day of the week in their professions whereas Newman plays once a week. Surely the team will want him to practice between games, but they can give him a lot more rest in that time should he need it. I'd say that Newman is likely to fall more into the Tim Duncan category of seeing his play dip a little, but still be a very good player than to see a definitive dropoff in effectiveness that Glaus suffered. The team will also probably just change his shoes and give him some orthotics to help ease the pain as well. For more info on the injury and how the Spurs handled it, check out this link below:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/doc/prognosis_060313.html
YAKUZA
by Yakuza Rich
http://yakuzarich.blogspot.com/
Several Dallas Media outlets are reporting that Terence Newman has plantar fasciitis. Sounds bad and even San Antonio Express writer Tom Orsborne got it confused with the injury 4th round rookie Isaiah Stanback suffered his senior season at Washington, Lisc Franc foot injury. Here's some excerpts I got from the Web on plantar fasciitis at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022701024.html
I think this gives a pretty good idea of what's going on here, but be reminded that this diagnosis is for the average joe instead of the professional athlete. By that I mean that the average joe is less likely to re-injure himself because he's not as active or doing something where he increases the likelihood of being injured than your pro athlete. On the other hand, the average joe isn't likely to properly heal the injury nearly as quickly since he doesn't have the time, resources or the medical care the average pro athlete will have.
The good news is that this is an injury that has a wide range of pain, treatment and recovery time. It *appears* that Newman caught this injury rather early, so he can rest and recover in time. From doing research, there have been athletes who have played with this condition such as San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan and Toronto Blue Jays third basemen Troy Glaus.
Here's a look at Duncan's numbers before and after having plantar fasciitis (2005-2006 he had it):
Year...............pts/game..................reb/game...........blocks/game
03-04...............22.3........................12.5....................2.7
04-05................20.3.......................11.1.....................2.6
05-06*.............18.6..........................11.0.....................2.0
06-07.................20.0.......................11.6....................2.4
Glaus, who is currently suffering the injuries, has put up the following numbers the past few years (numbers are prorated to 162 games since Glaus hasn't played a full season the past three years):
Year.......batting average...........slugging %...............HR's
2005.......258..........................522.........................40
2006.......252..........................513..........................40
2007*.....249...........................442.........................26
CONCLUSION
If anything, it appears that plantar fasciitis is something that an athlete can play with. Tim Duncan and Troy Glaus have played with it and saw their production tail off. Duncan's production tailed off only slightly to where it was barely noticeable, but Glaus' production is more pronounced, especially when it comes to hitting for power.
That being said, it appears that Newman was diagnosed with the injury almost immediately whereas Duncan was originally misdiagnosed and then the Spurs quickly changed it to the correct diagnosis. Glaus was misdiagnosed for a longer time and it has showed in his dropoff in production. Although as Glaus notes ''That was purely a (bad) swing,'' he said. ''It was a slow bat, no luck, bad swing all the way around.''
Also remember that while football is more likely to cause injuries, Duncan and Glaus where on the court or field of play nearly every day of the week in their professions whereas Newman plays once a week. Surely the team will want him to practice between games, but they can give him a lot more rest in that time should he need it. I'd say that Newman is likely to fall more into the Tim Duncan category of seeing his play dip a little, but still be a very good player than to see a definitive dropoff in effectiveness that Glaus suffered. The team will also probably just change his shoes and give him some orthotics to help ease the pain as well. For more info on the injury and how the Spurs handled it, check out this link below:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/doc/prognosis_060313.html
YAKUZA
