Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki ruptured a tendon in the middle finger of his nondominant left hand Tuesday night in Dallas’s loss to the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, according to ESPNDallas.com’s Tim MacMahon.
+Continue ReadingBoston Celtics’ guard Rajon Rondo returns to play in a game in which he had earlier suffered a gruesome elbow dislocation.
+Continue ReadingRonald Tillery of the Commercial Appeal reports that Memphis Grizzlies’ star forward Rudy Gay successfully underwent surgery for a partial shoulder dislocation.
+Continue ReadingThe immediate reaction to news of the tragic death of high school basketball star Wes Leonard was a call for mandatory ECG screenings for all high school athletes. Is routine ECG screening an appropriate measure in the United States?
+Continue ReadingThis week’s Ask Dr. Geier column addresses a problem that is not all that unusual – patellar dislocations – but it is somewhat unusual to be discussing multiple surgeries in such a young athlete.
+Continue ReadingESPNChicago’s Nick Friedell is reporting that Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah will undergo surgery Thursday to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament.
+Continue ReadingThe multiple knee surgeries and reports of bone-on-bone arthritis in the knees of Portland Trail Blazers’ superstar Brandon Roy have led to criticism of the team’s medical staff.
+Continue ReadingThe Miami Heat were dealt another huge blow to their NBA championships hopes this week with the injury to Udonis Haslem. The Associated Press is reporting that the Heat center had surgery Tuesday for a Lisfranc injury to his foot.
+Continue ReadingGreg Oden, the first pick of the 2007 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, will miss yet another season after undergoing microfracture surgery on his knee Friday.
+Continue ReadingThe coronation of the Miami Heat as 2011 NBA World Champions, as many fans and sportswriters seem to have decided, might have been slowed down this week. ESPN.com’s Michael Wallace is reporting that shooting guard Mike Miller had surgery yesterday to repair a torn ligament and small fracture in his thumb. Miller was injured several days earlier when he got his hand caught in another player’s jersey.
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