gmabel830
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Wife just got the text alert. Source was NFL Mobile.
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OT: Probable torn ACL for Jody Nelson
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LoyaltyisaCurse
IF AND WHEN HEALTHY...
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GatorAZ
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They should get Wayne before the Pats.
NMCard
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Be the big news for the NFL for awhile.
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gmabel830
It's football season!!
Freaking autocorrect.. I swore I changed it back like 3 times! Oh mods...
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crisper57
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Been Wanting to Post This For A Couple of Days...
So many ligament and tendon tears. I asked my father-in-law, who is a professional trainer for MLB, why there seems to be rash of these lately. His answer was surprising and it was clear that this had been on his mind a lot lately.
He said lots of teams are veering away from traditional sports medicine into more experimental/cutting edge areas/firms. These teams are firing their old trainers (just like the Golden State Warriors did after winning a freakin' title) and bringing in new sports medicine guys. These guys are in the muscle-building business (bigger, faster, stronger for a new generation).
But do you know what doesn't grow? Ligaments and tendons. As the muscles connected to them get stronger, they place more strain on them and cause them to eventually rupture or tear easier.
He doesn't think the athletes are to blame for failing to prepare their bodies. It's the protocol. He thinks it is ownership, who are being wooed by these witch doctors that come in and promise amazing speed and strength progress in their players. What they omit, however, is the increase in injuries. Teams haven't caught on to this yet, but the training community is starting to sound the alarm. So far, they're concerns are being dismissed as self-serving.
I guess we will see if the trend continues or if there blow back eventually.
So many ligament and tendon tears. I asked my father-in-law, who is a professional trainer for MLB, why there seems to be rash of these lately. His answer was surprising and it was clear that this had been on his mind a lot lately.
He said lots of teams are veering away from traditional sports medicine into more experimental/cutting edge areas/firms. These teams are firing their old trainers (just like the Golden State Warriors did after winning a freakin' title) and bringing in new sports medicine guys. These guys are in the muscle-building business (bigger, faster, stronger for a new generation).
But do you know what doesn't grow? Ligaments and tendons. As the muscles connected to them get stronger, they place more strain on them and cause them to eventually rupture or tear easier.
He doesn't think the athletes are to blame for failing to prepare their bodies. It's the protocol. He thinks it is ownership, who are being wooed by these witch doctors that come in and promise amazing speed and strength progress in their players. What they omit, however, is the increase in injuries. Teams haven't caught on to this yet, but the training community is starting to sound the alarm. So far, they're concerns are being dismissed as self-serving.
I guess we will see if the trend continues or if there blow back eventually.
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TigToad
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Crisper - I totally agree. We are pushing the human body past what it was designed to be able to do in terms of strength on the frame. Heck, we've seen athletes whose bones break before the muscle gives out. That's crazy.
It is going to be a tough balance between how strong/fast do you want to be versus are you passing the human limit before injury becomes really likely.
You see a lot less of these injuries in lower levels of sports and I think it is for this very reason.
It is going to be a tough balance between how strong/fast do you want to be versus are you passing the human limit before injury becomes really likely.
You see a lot less of these injuries in lower levels of sports and I think it is for this very reason.
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