TJ Oshie still dealing with injury issues in retirement, recently tweaked back in pickup basketball game: 'It's just something that I'll deal with'

"I had a good stretch of health there for a while, but most people know I'm pretty competitive, so I played in a pickup basketball game about a month ago, and my back has been on the fritz ever since then,"

"It's just something that I'll deal with. When you play the game a certain way, you're not going to get out of it feeling great."

"But if I could do it all over again, I would do it the exact same way because it's who I am. I wear it almost as a badge of honor because I played the game a certain way and tried to leave it all on the ice every night, and the back is a reminder of that."

"I'm usually literally on the floor peeing in water bottles. It sucks when that happens, and I can't pick up kids or do any of that until I go see Dr."

TJ Oshie continues to suffer lingering, debilitating back problems after his final NHL season and subsequent retirement. The back pain flared following a pickup basketball game and remains an ongoing issue that limits daily activities and causes severe pain episodes. Oshie missed 92 games over his last three seasons, appearing in 154 of 246 possible games, and pursued multiple treatments including a double ablation and frequent visits to spinal specialist Dr. Kerry Johnson. Oshie regards the injury as a consequence of the way he played, framing the pain as a reminder and badge of honor for his competitive style.

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