Another collective sigh of relief for Celtics Nation. Chris Forsberg via twitter reports that the MRI completed on Nenad Krstic’s right knee demonstrated a simple bone bruise. This news comes in the face of deleterious expectations for the newly acquired center that at worst would have had him lost for the season. A bone bruise is probably the best scenario for an already bruised frontcourt Celtics lineup.
What is a bone bruise? A bone bruise typically occurs as the two ends of the bones that comprise a joint undergo a forceful impact against each other. One way to picture the mechanism is to visualize two fists hitting against each other with high velocity. Such velocity actually causes the bony structure to experience a collapse of its trabecular bone support columns. These trabecular bone support columns are essentially like a multitude of criss-crossed mini-toothpicks if we could look at them with a high powered microscope. With a bone bruise, the high powered micr...
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