quote:With the salaries paid these men wouldn't the cost of an 2nd opinion sooner be more cost effective since they would return to play sooner?
quote:Originally posted by chickenboy:
Tom Crabtree â@TCrabtree83 i could look at Anderson Cooper's beautiful skin all night. And i will.
quote:Q: Jeff, Oregon - Hi Lori, the Packers have had more than a normal amount of injuries twice in 3 years. Is it mere coincidence or is there possibly a problem with strength and conditioning? Thank you.
A: Lori Nickel - Hi Jeff, great question. For years and years I believed that injuries are just flukes. But I have learned something from this yearâs offensive line and from Brad Arnett, this trainer in Waukesha (J.J. Wattâs guy). Arnett said most injuries happen with fatigue. A tired, worn out player, be it from a long training camp, brutal practices or a long season, is susceptible to all injuries, especially muscle pulls and tears. A guy already playing with some type of injury is also likely to hurt something else by compensating for that first injury; running differently on a bad knee for example can hurt an ankle. So that's probably why McCarthy cut back on practice time the last two weeks or so, and because he had fewer healthy bodies in practice.
Otherwise, the offensive line guys T.J. Lang, Marshall Newshouse and Josh Sitton explained very well that some injuries are unavoidable. If theyâre locked and engaged in a block and someone rolls up on their knee, thereâs nothing they can do. So groin pulls, hamstrings, cramping, maybe some of that can be alleviated somewhat with correct training, rest, treatment, etc. I'd say every body is different, a 24 year old can get away with things even a 29 year old canât, body types are constructed differently, pain is subjective, etc. And this is still a nasty, vicious game.
I do not question this conditioning programquote:Originally posted by El-Ka-Bong:
I stopped reading during the second paragraph (eyes started bleeding, not conditioned to that kind of reading).
Once again, the Packers seem to be the team in the NFL that has been most decimated by injuries.
Well, do they seem to be, or are they? I think most Packer fans measure amount of injuries in the vacuum of Packer games. In our 4 year sample, we have "few injuries, lots of injuries, few injuries, lots of injuries." How about all of the NFL? Do some franchises have more injuries than others (year to year, over a 3 year sample, 6 years)? What is their conditioning program? What turf do the play on? How many extra games have those players played with play off appearances?
Answer than and we can talk, until then, it is all pretty weak speculation.
quote:Originally posted by Hungry5:
The number 140 should factor into the conditioning somehow.
quote:Originally posted by CUPackFan:
On the flip side, it is unbelievable how healthy the 49ers have been the last 2 seasons.
