Kobe Bryant underwent innovative treatment for his aching knee in Germany earlier this offseason. Details are slowly leaking out about the doctor and his procedure.
Kobe Bryant Knee Treatment Highly Experimental, According To Report
It’s unclear where on the blood treatment spectrum this lays with regards to doping regulations. The NBA simply bans performance-enhancing drugs; there’s no mention in Assael’s story whether this type of blood treatment would run afoul of Olympic regulations. Kobe is expected to play in the 2012 London Olympics for Team USA.
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“The interesting part is that it’s not super complicated,” Stanford Medical Center’s Allan Mishra explained to the Times. “It’s really only your own blood taken out of a vein and prepared right in front of you and then put back in an area of your condition. So the concept is to try and use within your own body to help heal yourself. This is an opportunity to really take advantage of the body’s own natural ability.”
According to the article, the treatment hasn’t actually been proven to work due to the newness of its implementation. Considering how long the NBA lockout might last, however, its worth Bryant doing whatever he can to be ready to play at 100 percent next season.
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