Embiid Update II – Exit Surgery Enter Sports Science
Joel Embiid is fine now. He had successful surgery on his foot and tweeted afterwards that everything went very well. Now that he’s on the road to recovery, it’s an excellent opportunity to discuss the history of Joel Embiid’s injury.
I’m not a medical doctor. I’m not even a physical therapist. But I’m familiar enough with some health care terminology to take a stab at laying out what lays ahead for our beloved Joel Embiid.
One week before the 2014 draft, our Cameroonian center suffered a stress fracture in the navicular bone in his right foot — a tiny bone in the middle of the foot that’s essential in proper weight transfer and force absorption during ground impact.