NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 2: Diagnosis and Treatment

Jiang Ming did not follow the rules and ask about Yi Jianlian's injury history as he usually understood, nor did he fix Yi Jianlian's heart rate or take out various instruments. Instead, he just held up his forearm with one hand and his upper arm with the other and raised his left hand up.

It was lifted to about 150 degrees in one go.

Who could bear this? He was already injured and it was made worse. Yi Jianlian, who seldom screamed, couldn't help but cry out in pain.

"Ouch! What are you doing!"

When Yi Jianlian screamed and tried to retract his left arm, he suddenly discovered that the young Chinese team doctor in front of him was holding his arm tightly with both hands like a pair of pliers.

“It’s not a hard injury caused by the impact.”

Jiang Ming simply bent Yi Jianlian's arm back again:
"Does this hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt."

"OK, the elbow joint is fine."

"Hold-on, hold-on, bro, wait, what are you doing???"

Just as Jiang Ming was "lifting" Yi Jianlian's sturdy arms with both hands to move the joints, a tall and thin white man in a neat suit and black and white hair rushed into the medical room.

When he saw Jiang Ming "touching" Yi Jianlian, he shouted to stop him.

Mani!

Jiang Ming turned around and looked at the person who came. He had a name tag on his chest: Dan Feigen, Yi Jianlian's agent.

"I'm the Rockets' team doctor. I'm currently conducting a simple check on his injury." Jiang Ming replied in fluent English.

"Oh, sorry."

Hearing that this young man turned out to be the team doctor, Fagan, who had rushed over from the stands, breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask, panting:

"So he's alright, right?"

"Let me check the muscles again."

Jiang Ming put his index finger and middle finger together and pressed hard on the middle part of Yi Jianlian's triceps.

Then he pressed one point after another as if in a regular pattern or randomly.

"etc."

Yi Jianlian gasped in fright. Although he didn't feel any pain, sweat dripped down his face. He thought to himself, this kid is too reckless. Could he please take it easy?

If you really have a broken bone or something, pressing the painful spot could be fatal.

Just because of his own personality and his instinctive trust in his "own people" who spoke Chinese, he didn't say much, mainly because it didn't hurt after the first hit.

But agent Feigen couldn't help it. Seeing Jiang Ming pressing Yi Jianlian's injured arm, he quickly said, "Hey, hey, hey, wait, wait, little brother, can you call Thomas Clanton over? Stop messing around!"

Compared to Yi Jianlian, who is in the league for the first time, veteran agent Feigen has been in the NBA for many years and knows many well-known team doctors.

The Chinese team doctor in front of him was obviously a new intern, a young man about the same age as Yi.

Rather than him, he would rather the older veterans treat YI.

For example, the Rockets' chief team doctor Thomas Clanton, who graduated with a medical degree in 1976, is dedicated to the treatment of ankle and knee sports injuries. He is the leader of Houston's sports rehabilitation orthopedic surgery. The king of the Middle East specifically asked him to see a doctor, and George H.W. Bush is a regular customer of the Rockets' attending physician.

His masterpiece after coming to the NBA was helping Grant Hill successfully undergo ankle surgery, helping the famous NBA glass man return to the court.

So he wanted this old doctor to treat YI's first injury in his NBA career.

Even if he returns to the Milwaukee Bucks, he can't hire such a good doctor even if he has money. Now he is in Houston, and it would be best if Thomas could come out.

Yi Jianlian is his precious rookie that he signed with great difficulty, and he cannot afford to have any problems at the beginning of his NBA career.

"Then call him yourself."

Seeing that the agent didn't believe him, Jiang Ming pointed directly to the wall at the entrance of the infirmary. The photos and numbers of each member of the Rockets' medical team were hung on it, and Thomas Clanton was the first one.

Fegen was also a thick-skinned old man, and he really called immediately. For agents like them, face is the least valuable thing.

Dr. Thomas, who was watching the game, finally heard what Fagan said amid the noise and replied simply:

"Oh, didn't I send someone to treat him? He's here, so it's OK. Just go find him."

Then he hung up the phone directly.

"Me!!! Wait."

Fegen swallowed the curse words that were about to come out of his mouth. There was no benefit in offending a top team doctor.

And he naturally knew how difficult it was to get the other team's attending physician to diagnose the case on the road. Unless it was Bucks boss Reed lying here, no one would even bother.

It is already good to have a team doctor to check the situation. Many of the players he signed before could only call and communicate remotely with their own team doctors to determine the injury situation.

Jiang Ming, who had foreseen the outcome, spread his hands without complaint. This was why Thomas Clanton had given this matter to him. Because he only needed to send Yi Jianlian to the infirmary and the task would be over. The rest was up to the Bucks.

Just like Fegan is now calling the Bucks for consultation, the home team medical team generally does not take the initiative to take responsibility.

It’s just that Jiang Ming is a little special. He has just come into contact with incredible medical skills recently and is eager to try it out. Doctors are kind-hearted, not to mention that the person in front of him is Tai Jianyi, so he has to take a look no matter what.

At this time, A Lian didn't listen to what the noisy Feigen was doing, but patted Jiang Ming's arm with his right hand and asked seriously:
"Doctor, how am I doing now?"

Jiang Ming:

"The muscles are fine, it's just that the left shoulder is subluxated."

"what?"

Before Yi Jianlian could continue asking, a middle-aged man in a suit with a big belly walked into the infirmary. He was the Bucks' team manager.

He came over to tell Yi Jianlian and his agent, Feigen, that his chief team doctor had told him that if Yi Jianlian's shoulder still hurts after moving around, he would not play in the game.

Then either take a night's rest on the road and wait until tomorrow to go to the Houston hospital to take an X-ray. However, if you delay it for a night, there is a high probability that you will not be able to play in the next game.

Or he can fly back to Milwaukee with the team tonight to take the X-ray, but no matter what, he will definitely go back to Milwaukee for treatment.

After hearing these words, Fagan suddenly became angry:
"Ah? We can only do an MRI first??? What if there is nothing wrong with him and he can continue to play!"

"To be conservative? Do they know how many people are waiting in front of the TV to watch the match between Yao and Yi? What if the Bucks can't make the playoffs because of this loss? Can they bear this responsibility?!"

"Are these team doctors just there to eat and do nothing? They don't even have basic judgment!"

The team manager knew that Fagan was deliberately cursing in front of him, so he sighed and said:

"Hey, we're down by 8 points now. It was supposed to be a great match. Just take a break, Yi. As long as you're alive, you'll never run out of fuel."

For their management, the interests are actually the same as those of the agent team. What they really think in their hearts is that they want Al-Suwaidi to stand on the court even if he does nothing!
The boss wants every player to play in all 82 games!

You should know that when Yao and Yi were on the court at the same time tonight, the ratings and topic popularity were directly the first in the same period, and also the first since the Bucks started the game.

The discussion on the forum even surpassed the nationwide live broadcast of the 23vs24 showdown next door.

After Yi Jianlian left the court due to injury, the popularity of the game dropped sharply, and the Bucks official website was flooded with comments. Everyone was concerned about whether Yi Jianlian could continue to play in the future, asking about his injury status, and waiting to continue watching the matchup between Yao and Yi.

Moreover, most American fans think that YI is only 20 years old and will definitely return to the game immediately at such a young age.

In this situation, it is a good thing for Yi Jianlian to "return as a king" and return to the court for even one minute. The popularity of the China Derby is much greater than the Bucks management imagined.

How much they wish they were a Western Conference team at this time.

The Bucks in the Eastern Conference can only face the Rockets twice this season, and the next game will be three months later.

Therefore, if Yi Jianlian plays well in this game and even his statistics surpass those of his big brother, then it will definitely be one game worth ten games for him and the team. Sponsorships and endorsements will come in droves!

Houston doesn't care, with YAO around, their Chinese fans' enthusiasm has always been far ahead.

But the Bucks are different. They have just started to take a bite of the Chinese market cake, so naturally they want to have a big bite.

"Let me try again."

Yi Jianlian is more eager to play. For him, a basketball fanatic, this game is his chance to prove himself in front of Yao Ming and fans across the country. He also grew up watching the Rockets games, so naturally he wants to compete and win in person!
So he slowly moved his left shoulder, but found that he still couldn't lift it up. He lay on the hospital bed and shook his head in distress.

But he remembered that the doctor in front of him just now said that he had a minor problem, so he still switched to English and asked hopefully:
"Can this injury be healed now?"

"It's simple, it only takes a moment."

Fagan laughed bitterly:

"Stop bragging. You just got your medical license, right? Being overconfident is not a good thing in your profession."

The manager also glanced at Jiang Ming who was speaking. He was 1 meters tall, had a handsome face, and didn't even wear glasses. He didn't look like a skilled doctor at all.

Jiang Ming was too lazy to explain and said in a clear and precise voice:
"Either let me treat you, or you can just lie down until the game is over and go back to Milwaukee for treatment. It's just a minor problem, nothing serious, and your team doctor can treat it. I only did it for Yi Jianlian's sake."

After these words were spoken, the other three people in the infirmary were stunned.

this.
I've never seen a doctor who speaks like this!

That's a bit too crazy.

Are you so confident?

Could this person in front of me be some new genius in the medical field?

You know what, when Fagan thought about it carefully, he realized that if he worked under Thomas Clanton, he might really be a potential famous doctor!
"No, little brother, excuse me, who are you? What's your name? Can Google find your resume?"

The team manager actually held out a glimmer of hope, thinking that it would be best if the only doctor in the infirmary could cure Alian!
After recovery, he can still play in the fourth quarter!

Yes, who am I?

When Jiang Ming heard them asking his name, he was in a trance for a moment.
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(End of this chapter)