Derrick Rose back injury: No structural damage, still day-to-day

No reason to play him against the Kings

just let him sit and get more treatment

jfish1219 - February 13, 2012 reply

I'll be cheering like this when D-Rose comes back...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbhwFY7YhIg

jonnyplastic@yahoo.com - February 14, 2012 reply

GIF party???

I was starting to get real scared about this back thing.

dakoose - February 13, 2012 reply

Good Lord

Thibs really needs to stick to tailored suits, guy is just gross.

Gentleman Jim - February 14, 2012 reply

Thank God.

To be honest, we are getting pretty lucky with these injuries this year. Deng is able to play, and it seems after some rest Rose will be able to play. The only injury i’m concerned about is Hamilton’s. And, my worry isn’t even about his actual injury but about his conditioning and ability to ball after being out this long. I forget he is even on the team at times.

K_yle33 - February 13, 2012 reply

lots of time left for RIP to come back and play with the team, its Feb. 13

Trey23 - February 13, 2012 reply

Yeah, I've completely lost track of Rip.

tuff-gong - February 13, 2012 reply

well cause he hasn't even been with the team in a bit

dealing with a personal issue away from the team while rehabbing. so it’s not like he’s even been a presence on the bench.

if he can stay healthy in the second half of the season, not too worried about getting his conditioning right for when it really matters…

Jaina - February 13, 2012 reply

good news

But they still need to rest him

Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. - February 13, 2012 via iPhone app reply

Sit rose through all start break and let's put this shit in the rearview

DRoseO1 - February 13, 2012 via Android app reply

I'm glad this isn't serious. Hopefully he rests it properly and he's good to go. Maybe his

toe will get better too.

BlackStar - February 13, 2012 reply

Yeah. That's a bonus.

gafferland - February 13, 2012 reply

yeah, especially

since it seems like these back issues have arisen from him compensating for his toe and all that. so maybe if his toe gets improves, he’s less likely to reaggravate this injury as well.

Jaina - February 13, 2012 reply

I think one begets the other...

The injured toe puts more pressure on the back…lets rest him until April!

Dionysus2.0 - February 13, 2012 reply

I'm 30. I've had lower-back issues since I was 19

I’ve dealt with back spasms for 10 years. What Rose needs is 1) rest and 2) flexeril.

If the spasms are anywhere near as bad as mine were at their worst (trip to ER), he needs to be on muscle relaxers for at least 10 days. The most strenuous activity he should be doing is stretching, and getting massages or ultrasound to stimulate blood flow.

If he plays tomorrow I will be pissed.

gafferland - February 13, 2012 reply

i hate flexiril..worst wake up feeling in the world

what worked for me was ibuprofen 800mg, rest & chiro…plus alot of streching exercise & massage 9like you said)

Belize - February 13, 2012 reply

Yeah it sucks. It makes you tired, but that's what muscle relaxers do.

After I went to the ER I was on Flexeril and hydrocodone for the pain for two weeks, after which I was basically a functioning person again.

I still have a carisoprodol prescription for when spasms keep me up at night.

Can’t imagine being an NBA player with these issues. Crazy.

gafferland - February 13, 2012 reply

+ this condensed schedule? Id be getting a massage every hour

MUSHU TIME!

Belize - February 13, 2012 reply

is that, that jermey lin guy everyones talking about?

lcohn89 - February 13, 2012 reply

yeah, to the left of will smith

paddyfairview - February 13, 2012 reply

LINSANITY!

HipHopJunkie44 - February 15, 2012 reply

they gave me prednisone.

you really need the proper rest though, to eliminate muscle tension.

obnoxious american - February 13, 2012 reply

"we're happy for ya"

OznCoop - February 13, 2012 reply

It's great news...

…. I was worried about year 3 for him. It will be nice to see the team completely healthy at some point I guess.

3ptace - February 13, 2012 via mobile reply

lol getting rip back too will be like acquiring a player via midseason trade

only we didn’t have to give up anyone

Jaina - February 13, 2012 reply

Yeah right...

lol….At least it won’t be nearly as hard on us as Melo coming back into the Knicks lineup .

3ptace - February 13, 2012 via mobile reply

It's a good thing that they have a long stretch of games at home

I’m sure those plane rides must have exacerbated those pains.

dsenchi - February 13, 2012 reply

yeah i mentioned that too in one of the other threads

no more traveling until the ASG…

Jaina - February 13, 2012 reply

It seems like the FO finally woke the fuck up

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/7572229/chicago-bulls-derrick-rose-undergoes-mri

Gar:

Seeing how he responds to the therapy. And when we feel, he feels, that he’s well enough to go back on the floor (he’ll return)."

Sounds like my favorite FO guy is finally taking ownership and realizing the team’s future is at stake here. I predict we won’t be seeing him back until the ASG, and then he’ll play real games after that.

In a sense, I think the ASG would be a good tuneup for him to see if he’s fine without any pressure.

anorexorcist - February 13, 2012 reply

Getting in the inevitable

bad back because he carries this team out of the way.

cayal - February 13, 2012 reply

On the real tip though

For the last 24-48 hours I’ve been seeing the entire Bulls future flashing before my eyes. Staving off depression and thinking about a Bulls team without D-Rose. After hearing he’s going to be fine, I now have this realization that maybe I was taking this dude for granted. Never again.

Appreciate every move/every play/every shot, because in this damn league – especially with this season from hell – you never know when it could be the last. This kid is once in a lifetime.

anorexorcist - February 13, 2012 reply

once in a lifetime

if you were born in ’99, I guess?

your friendly BullsBlogger - February 13, 2012 reply

Well, to be fair

You would have had to have been born a bit earlier to actually enjoy/remember the Jordan years.

DRoseO1 - February 13, 2012 reply

i lived and enjoyed the jordan years, yes

but technically you could argue that some people were born earlier. so im speaking on their behalf. even though i’m not. yeah.

anorexorcist - February 13, 2012 reply

Well I didn't, but I wouldn't call Rose once in a lifetime

he’s very good, don’t get me wrong, but once in a lifetime is stretching it.

Brick Top - February 13, 2012 reply

i wouldn't either

but based solely on the fact he has been in the league for 4 years. He has gotten my hopes up though, the league was dead to me in 1999-2000.

hedonism bot - February 14, 2012 reply

You could technically argue some people were born earlier? Technically?

cayal - February 13, 2012 reply

As the Blog-a-bull community...

Lets out a sigh of collective relief. Any other news would have basically meant the season was over. Sounds like he will get rest.

Hopefully, he can skip the All-Star weekend and relax all the way into March.

Dionysus2.0 - February 13, 2012 reply

Am I the only one almost MORE nervous because it is "just back spasms"?

Derrick is going to instantly think he can play through it and may end up hurting it worse. If the team doesn’t really put their foot down and tell him to rest, Bulls fans should really let them hear it.

Brigade17 - February 13, 2012 reply

ohferchrissakes

you’re more nervous than you would have been if there was structural damage? brilliant.

paddyfairview - February 13, 2012 reply

lol

Fact. Actually, after some of the other Rose quotes this week, I think he will do the right thing. It seems like he understands that it got worse when he tried to play through it. You never know though, but no structural damage is great news.

DRoseO1 - February 13, 2012 reply

What I mean is that it has clearly been hurting him severely, and that sounded like a pinched nerve to me

I didn’t mean that he had broken a vertebrae or something, but that diagnosis of “back spasms” can be taken several ways, especially for an athlete like Rose.

I truly do think he will just brush it off and try to force his way on to the court. Did you see his face yesterday? He’s miserable when he isn’t playing.

Brigade17 - February 13, 2012 reply

Rose please talk to Shaq

The only bit of advice I would ever want Shaq to tell Rose is that if you aren’t healthy in the playoffs, toughing out those regular season games become meaningless.

chowder - February 13, 2012 reply

Shaq wouldn't word the advice right.

It would go something like:

I’m a lazy fatass.
I always came into camp out of shape.
Didn’t matter. I still dominate.
I got hurt, didn’t play.
Still made it for the playoffs.
I’m the big man. I’m the diesel.
I did the same thing next year.

Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. - February 13, 2012 reply

I read all that in Shaq's voice

It was hilarious

tuluse - February 13, 2012 reply

me too lol

kpd - February 13, 2012 reply

hurt on company time

i’ll heal on company time

pb&j - February 13, 2012 reply

lmao

T.Moore - February 13, 2012 reply

yeah maybe shaq can talk some sense into rose

and tell him about how having the most dominant big man in the game on your team as an elite guard can help you win multiple titles

sin - February 13, 2012 reply

"Just icy hot the shit out of it" Shaq

Brick Top - February 13, 2012 reply

shaq's busy giving weight advice

Belize - February 13, 2012 reply

remember kids

the mcdonalds diet is the diet for everyone

Prevenge - February 13, 2012 reply

Great news!

Hopefully now all it takes is a few days off or however long it takes for him to heal to the point where he is able to play at his best. This comes at a good time, as now we have the Kings, several home games and the all star break. Rip should be back relatively soon, and now we have to hope Deng isn’t done for the rest of the season. If Deng isn’t done, and he too, is able to come back to something like his best? We are gonna be in great shape. Now we just need Korver to make shots, CJ to handle the ball better and not wast possessions, Asik to make his inside presence felt whenever he has the chance and Boozer to play tougher D and move out of his mom’s house.

BullsFan22 - February 13, 2012 reply

what's with the newfound concern for luol?

did something else happen with him?

Jaina - February 13, 2012 reply

Yeah I hadn't heard anything along those lines either?

If Deng’s season was in question again far more people would be freaking out on this site.

tuff-gong - February 13, 2012 reply

if deng was hurt again

my investments in ledge-side properties would be the smartest thing i’ve ever done

jesus christos - February 13, 2012 reply

Hopefull he's back for the ASG

Not saying that just because it’d be awesome to have him in, but also it’s just about the perfect tune up for him before getting back to real games. Nobody trying to hammer him or anything, just let him test it and see how he moves and how it feels in what’s essentially a glorified scrimmage.

kpd - February 13, 2012 reply