Yao To Miss Seven To Ten Days After Having Nail Removed

[KG-MVP21]

Rockets.com - Yao Ming's nail from his left big toe was removed on Monday, which will force him to miss the beginning of the preseason.

Yao, who has had problems with his toenails throughout his NBA career, is expected to be sidelined seven to 10 days because of his latest toe injury.

The center bruised his left big toe during Wednesday's training camp session in Austin and opted to have the toenail removed after consulting with the team's physician, Dr. Thomas Clanton, on Monday.

"He doesn't remember getting stepped on and I don't think that was the case," Rockets trainer Keith Jones said. "I think it was just that the toe ran into the end of the shoe repetively. We had a doctor see him in Austin and he saw Dr. Clanton on (Monday morning). Everyone thought the best thing to do was to remove the nail."

[Tayalltheway- ATK]

Trust me, this hurts a lot worse than it sounds. I'm only 19 years old and I have had surgeries on both of my big toes due to ingrow toenails. In both of these surgeries, only the sides of the toenails were removed and I limited how much I walked for several days, and had to keep rebandaging and soaking my feet in hot water mixed with epson salt and liquid soap for a week. I can only imagine how bad it would be to have your entire toenail removed-- my dad has had a few toenails turn dark(a bruised kind of dark) and fall off while we were playing basketball. I bet it hurts like a son of a bitch.

[The White T-mac]

look for T-Mac to start with 35 PPG......