CHAMPAIGN — Jalen Coleman-Lands has spent the past two days with Illinois athletic trainer Paul Schmidt getting twice-daily treatment for the ankle injury he suffered early in Tuesday’s win against Northwestern.
The rehab and treatments are what you’d expect. Lots of ice. Then specific movements to work on mobility of the joint and strength of the muscles around it.
Like Coleman-Lands picking up marbles. With his toes.
“Trying to gain that whole motion and using all my muscles, getting those back moving,” the Illini sophomore guard said of the marble workouts.
Four days worth of rehab should be good enough to get Coleman-Lands back on the court for Sunday’s game at Nebraska.