Brandon Roy is getting rest for his knee. Which is nice. But he also is meeting with doctors as he continues to look for long-term answers for the knee pain that has slowed him to average this season and has sidelined him for weeks.
The Portland Tribune said one of the more radical plans is out and more conventional surgeries are now being considered (via CBS Facts & Rumors).(Chicago Bulls team physician Dr. Brian) Cole is of the opinion that meniscus transplant surgery on Roy, who has had a pair of lateral meniscus operations and is at the bone-on-bone stage with the left knee, is not an option. Cole offered the possibility that an arthroscopic procedure, however, might relieve some of the pain.
Roy, who has missed Portland’s last 13 games to rest his knees, and the Blazers’ medical staff haven’t yet made a decision on the prospects of another scope. MRIs were taken on both of Roy’s knees on Tuesday. If he decides to undergo the surgery, the hope is that he would be able to return to the team at some point in the season.
Previously doctors had said having Roy’s knee scoped again was not really an option because there was no meniscus to deal with. But we’re not doctors, maybe it will help.
But these seem to be short-term fixes not solutions. There may not be a solution out there.