That kid who had that horrific injury at Louisville in the Final Four had it happen via non-contact.
That kid who had that horrific injury at Louisville in the Final Four had it happen via non-contact.
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Originally Posted by Dr.Lecter
This injury sounds horrible. Hope he is ok. Never like to hear this stuff.
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swiper (08-31-2016)
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speaking strictly as someone who's worked in and around football his whole life, noncontact injuries, particularly to the legs are typically a sign steroid use. That or horrible luck + bad field.
not insinuating anything about Bridgewater, just tossing it out there that in general most of these types of injuries occur because of the human body being pushed well beyond it's structural capacity. That structural capacity tends to be "stronger" when built up with weight training and years of hard work. Adding 20lb of muscle due to steroids over a summer, you do nothing to increase the ability of your joints, tendons and ligaments to withstand those new forces.
Last edited by Ingtar33; 08-30-2016 at 08:24 PM.
The last buffalo fan (08-31-2016),YardRat (08-30-2016)
Thing is though, they put down new matching turf at their stadium and practice field. Some players called it sticky, soft, mushy, needing to be broken in. They said Bridgewater dropped back, planted his foot and crumpled with his knee flailing all over the place.
On the turf, via the Chargers : http://www.wctrib.com/sports/pro/410...etter-new-turf
Injuries can, and may well, occur to ligaments, tendons joints, in the general population among folks who get cortisone injections. Those injections are cash cows to podiatrists that treat plantar fasciitis. IIRC, you get the shots and the problems might show up years later.
There was an injury thread here weeks ago, where I posted about the limitations of the body and the over-building of the body as to why we are seeing these camp and preseason injuries. Nothing prescient by me - it's old medical knowledge.
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IMO, the players train to hard. Look at the stupid leaping drills in scouting combines. It's getting to the point where we have body builders, who were not meant to move like this, playing football. I was always amazed how the bills in their 4 glorious years remained relatively injury free. The training regimes for these players are insane.
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The last buffalo fan (08-31-2016)
The report is a complete ACL tear, other structural damage within the knee, and his knee cap dislocated. Thankfully no nerve or arterial damage which could of been career threatening.
The silver lining for the Vikes is that this is perfect timing as there are plenty of cuts around the league. They could bring in Mettenburg or Coker or other guys.
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Last edited by Generalissimus Gibby; 08-31-2016 at 10:21 AM.
DraftBoy (08-31-2016)
Holy shiiit!
Source confirms tibiofemoral dislocation, ruptured ACL for Bridgewater. "Trainers may have saved his leg and career by quick action."Tibiofemoral dislocation ... basically, Bridgewater's femur (upper leg) went off the tibia (shin, lower leg.) Yeah.
https://twitter.com/injuryexpert/sta...84992084287488
That's insane that it happened without contact. His knee ligaments have to be weak as hell, right?
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