Interesting indeed.

I'll be a bore and mention for the 50th time I tore acl's in each knee playing soccer, Each time I knew a split second beforehand that I'd planted wrong.

I'm so amazed at how far we've come in re-habbing this injury. Second acl tear had me on crutches for 6 months and limping for a year. I had to wear a Larry Krystowiak (Bucks fans know him) brace to resume soccer and never could move laterally very well ever again.

Here's hoping Jordy doesn't miss a beat.

Boxed wine typically increases my lateral movement.

FTFY

Cool article, thanks for sharing it

"Hewett outlined a whole series of exercises designed to get players to use the balls of their feet as "rockers" (flat-footed landings cause many ACL tears)

Flat footed is how the Detroit Lions LB Tulloch tore his ACL when emulating a Rodgers double-check.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9l83AVj2p8

So many variables involved that can instantly alter how and why a non contact injury happens. 

Down and distance. Need more yards? How many? What's the best option to get those yards?

Defender position. Alters where you need to go. 

These things happen in split fractions of seconds. 

The play. 

In the air Jordy decided he needed to get outside. He planted his right leg thinking he'd catch turf. Body angle. Right leg angle. Where's the ground??? I thought it was a simple hyper extension. 

While I get all the metrics. We're talking about split second decisions here and chaotic variables that have zero correlation with case studies. 

Sometimes injuries are randomly unpredictable. 

And then sometimes they're not. Thus the point of the article. 70% of ACL's occur in non-contact.

These players don't have to take a helmet to the knee to suffer an ACL tear; in fact, Hewett's research indicates that 70 percent of ACL injuries in the NFL, like many of this preseason's high-profile injuries, are not contact-related. Many outstanding athletes jump, land and plant their feet in ways that, combined with their great size and speed, create forces that will inevitably result in injuries.

High-risk players don't have to get crossed off the draft board or left off the shopping list in free agency.

 

"Here's the good news," Hewett said. "There are things that can be done that have been demonstrated again and again to work in randomized trials. With neuromuscular training, we can reduce those risk factors."

 

So NFL teams (or any other sports teams) can identify athletes with high ACL risks, alter their training regimens and lower their non-contact-injury risks by more than half.

Jordy had a type of tell-tale hip surgery that automatically put him at a high risk of ACL. As did Bulaga. Both tore their ACL's s/p the surgeries. For as hard as Jordy worked this off season you do have to wonder if given these test regimes he could have prevented it. This isn't just guessing. This appears to be proven science in cutting his chances in by more than half.

Seems easier to drink Wilson's Wonder Water.

Does hip surgery differ from a broken fibula? If no is Cobb on borrowed time? Is his training regiment different? If yes then he's in the clear and no risk, yes? Until he isn't? 

Does GB hold payment to Catapult? What did their data say? Did GB ignore it? 

And where do we go with this data if Jordy followed his training regiment by the book and blew out his ACL trying to make a play he's made so many times before? 

quote:

I had to wear a Larry Krystowiak (Bucks fans know him) brace to resume soccer and never could move laterally very well ever again.

       


Thanks Packerboi. Remarkable. Hopefully, this is implemented in GB.

Don't take any chances, send em all a  note

• Bryan Engel, Head Athletic Trainer
• Pepper Burruss, Director of Sports Medicine Administration
• Dr. Patrick McKenzie, Team Physician
• Dr. John Gray, Associate Team Physician
• Kurt Fielding, Assistant Athletic Trainer
• Nate Weir, Assistant Athletic Trainer
• Riley Hoistad, Intern Athletic Trainer
• John Michel, Intern Athletic Trainer

and make sure to copy Lovat too

Attn: Mark Lovat

Green Bay Packers
1265 Lombardi Avenue
Green Bay, WI 54304

URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

sign it:

"Jordy Nelson's Ligaments"

The Boot has always been an early adopter for stuff like this.

But I hope The Boot is also taking care of his own ACL.  Please cc him on that letter.

Catapult is referenced in the article as being out in front of injury prevention. 

Link. 

That article goes with exactly what I mentioned earlier. 

The human body needs to work up to that level of collision. 

It makes sense why the Packers have always started slowly

And I FTFY

They should probably consume boxed water. If a bottle is good, a box has to be better.

Only if you're Kiel, and referring to wine.

Keg water

I've found that spending copious amounts of time sitting on the couch is really good for my ACL health.

Until you stand up.