Daily News | What is a knee sprain, the injury Joel Embiid has?
that Embiid has a 50-50 chance of returning to play on April 29, the first game of the second round of the NBA playoffs.
“They note that he has swelling of his knee joint, which means it’s something intra-articular: inside the knee joint,” instead of surrounding muscles or tendons, Marulli said “Balance exercises are really important in basketball in particular — they sometimes land on one leg, and have to maintain balance,” Bair said.Ice and compression help reduce swelling.
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