Tanier: ACL Tears Don't Have to Happen

[erod]

The soccer girls are doing PEDs?

LOL, nope. They're just girls developing child-bearing hips. Totally throws the physics of the knee structure off.

Fortunately, my girl is built long and lean like a gazelle. The odds are much more in her favor.

 

[Tabascocat]

Like I was taught many years ago......you can have strong bones and connective tissue or you can have big, strong muscles but you can't have both. It is unnatural.

Someday, perhaps kinesiology will catch up.

 

[Seven]

I'm going to have to disagree with my fellow Zone brother respectfully. Our frames based on genetics and culture are not meant to be 350 plus or to collide with each other with violent force

Back in the day, man used to kill mastodons with sticks!!

Checkin' in at about a buck twenty-five, too.

 

[Spectre]

Scandrick's tear WAS a contact injury.

 

[DallasEast]

The soccer girls are doing PEDs?

 

[dallasdave]

Back in the day, man used to kill mastodons with sticks!!

Checkin' in at about a buck twenty-five, too.

TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

 

[dallasdave]

 

[Rockport]

Today, players build their muscle to such a degree, their natural frames can't support them. That usually results in a failure in the tendons.

It's true that you can work on tendons to make them more flexible to a degree, but the size and strength of today's athletes is still more than these tendons can bear.

25 years ago, you didn't see nearly this many injuries.

A side effect oh HGH use.

 

[visionary]

Today, players build their muscle to such a degree, their natural frames can't support them. That usually results in a failure in the tendons.

It's true that you can work on tendons to make them more flexible to a degree, but the size and strength of today's athletes is still more than these tendons can bear.

25 years ago, you didn't see nearly this many injuries.

I'm sure this is part of it

 

[Nightman]

Scandrick's tear WAS a contact injury.

And none of these guys are 350 lbs.

I've seen ACL tears from skiing, girls soccer, football, etc.....

I do not think there is a secret training regimen to avoid them.

I saw a story on former MLB pitcher Mike Marshall about a new pitching technique that would avoid Tommy John surgery but he has basically been laughed out of baseball.

 

[Aven8]

There is no scientific data I have, but as having trained and coached athletes back in the day, my theory is over training. A body can only take so much. With the year round training, etc when do you ever rest?

 

[Bluestang]

It's been said by multiple reporters from the team that it was NOT the same knee that was giving Scandrick problems.

The one thing I did find interesting that was reported was that Scandrick wasn't even covering Lucky Whitehead to begin with and that he was trying to make the play because JJ Wilcox didn't rotate over to make the play instead. There was also conversations that Scandrick had repeatedly gotten on Wilcox for blowing assignments.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Today, players build their muscle to such a degree, their natural frames can't support them. That usually results in a failure in the tendons.

It's true that you can work on tendons to make them more flexible to a degree, but the size and strength of today's athletes is still more than these tendons can bear.

25 years ago, you didn't see nearly this many injuries.

25 years ago players were routinely encouraged to not report injuries. I remember as a kid watching players use smelling salts for concussions and regularly playing through sprains and breaks they shut players down for nowadays.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It's been said by multiple reporters from the team that it was NOT the same knee that was giving Scandrick problems.

The one thing I did find interesting that was reported was that Scandrick wasn't even covering Lucky Whitehead to begin with and that he was trying to make the play because JJ Wilcox didn't rotate over to make the play instead. There was also conversations that Scandrick had repeatedly gotten on Wilcox for blowing assignments.

Where are you getting this from?

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Today, players build their muscle to such a degree, their natural frames can't support them. That usually results in a failure in the tendons.

It's true that you can work on tendons to make them more flexible to a degree, but the size and strength of today's athletes is still more than these tendons can bear.

25 years ago, you didn't see nearly this many injuries.

I think you're misremembering the injury frequency from 25 years ago. As it is less than 1% of all NFL players this offseason have torn their ACL.

 

[burmafrd]

I think the article is full of crap as regards somehow there is some kind of miracle fix- you cannot put the human body to those kinds of stresses and not have something give.

 

[Bluestang]

Where are you getting this from?

All of the teams web shows have talked about it, it was also tweeted by various media.

 

[Zekeats]

Today, players build their muscle to such a degree, their natural frames can't support them. That usually results in a failure in the tendons.

It's true that you can work on tendons to make them more flexible to a degree, but the size and strength of today's athletes is still more than these tendons can bear.

25 years ago, you didn't see nearly this many injuries.

Exactly what I have been saying

 

[Swanny]

I'm going to have to disagree with my fellow Zone brother respectfully. Our frames based on genetics and culture are not meant to be 350 plus or to collide with each other with violent force

2ns biggest reason why the NFL must do real testing for PEDS

 

[dallasdave]

Outstanding article. I'm real surprised to read it on Bleacher Report. One omission was any mention or links to Dr. Hewett's research. I doubt he didn't do a paper or two on his research during his 20-year study of injuries. Mentioning a study would've served as a great complement to the article. I would have enjoyed reading some of the data.

It was good, maybe changes will take place to protect players.