Do we have a strength/conditioning problem

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ALlives

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Don't know about y'all. I can understand injuries here and there. It's part of the game. However, I for one am tired of players going down in bundles. Six running backs, 3 OL, DLinemen, TE's DB's.....the list is endless.

Does anyone else wonder about whether we are doing all we can to prevent all of this shrinkage. Seems like when our players get hurt it's for the season, or for their careers. What the heck is going on??
 
AL I don't think so, in fact we are supposed to have a state of the art conditioning program;matter of fact Eddie Lee Ivery is the assistant on the program. I share your concerns however, we seem to have an epidemic going on!

THWG!! FEAR THE JACKETS!!

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Interesting question considering the Hollings/Heller injuries occurred late in the 4th qtr. But it doesn't explain kidney disease or concussions. Also GT has really dominated the 4th qtr vs phsical Clemson & finesse BYU. If conditioning was a problem, we would not have been able to do that.
Does make you wonder about the nagging injuries that causes missed games, but every team has those & plenty of them.
 
It's a little more obvious this year but I'm not sure that the pattern is much different than what we've always experienced. Look at the number of guys we have trying to come back from knee injuries right now. Hatch, Phillips, Bennett (unfortunatley unsuccessful), I'm sure I'm missing somebody (or more). We've lost Uremovich, Wolfe, (I know there are more) to career ending injuries over the last few years as well. I think it's just the way football is these days. Bigger, faster kids who are doing things to themselves and each other that the human body isn't engineered to withstand.
 
You'll make great points. I don't think I could have made this point on the other board. I'm pissed and I just want to know what the rest of you feel. We're all in this together.

When TONY went down I fell back in my seat and felt total and complete dissapointment. I;m thinking of winning the conference and when we constantly take a hit I feel shortchanged. I feel so bad for him.

Seems every season we get something going, a coach leaves, or a player(or 10) is out for the season(or their career).

Please excuse my dissapointment. I believe in what most of you belileve in, and I hurt as much as any TECH fan in the world, especially when we lose players. I'm just tired of playing season after season without our full contingent.

I know y'all fell as bad as I do.
 
I have held off posting this, but it has also bothered me for quite a while. My concern is with the knee injuries and subsequent rehab.

Please tell me what recent success stories we have had. Steagall eventually made it back and played extremely well. Godsey never made it completely back. He played on one leg last year. Hatch is apparently still having problems. Phillips has had a helluva time trying to come back. Bennet is done. Curry had a "setback" - whatever that means. Why? Had the knee not healed completely yet? Why not? It's been what 15 months now?

My concern is amplified when you look at the article posted (I believe on The Hive) that said that 100% of NFL players come back in a year. Even in college, look at Lee Suggs at VT. His injury was in their first game last year, and he played in their spring game!! He didn't play much, but he played. He appears to be as good as new now. Where are Hatch and Curry?

Look at Chris Kelly at Maryland. He's had THREE ACLs in TWO years now. His last was in their spring game THIS year. He was cleared to start the season and he's their 2nd string QB!! Where are Hatch and Curry?

Do we have a problem? I don't know. Maybe. Maybe the doctor, maybe the post surgery rehab. maybe general strength and conditioning. Maybe we have no problem at all. Maybe our injuries were just worse than those I've cited. Maybe we just have bad luck. I don't know any of the answers, but if I was Dave Braine, I would.
 
Let me add - maybe dave braine DOES have the answers - I just don't know that either.
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I've been having the same thoughts.
I wonder who's doing the surgery for
Tech players ? Its been taking them atypically long to recover......It seems to be a trend

I can't believe Hatch isn't ready - bizarre IMO

I recall being at the Raiders game years ago when Tim Brown had his ACL...He was 100% the next fall.
 
Each person's body is built differently. Some are more prone to injury than others. Some heal quicker than others. There are olympic athletes who have torn their ACLs and come back to play in the games 5-6 months later. Granted, they weren't taking the hits that football players do, but it shows you the difference between bodies. Conditioning and rehab has a bit to do with it, as well. But I think it's mostly the person, and how their body is built.
 
We just need to get our players to Dr. Andrews in Birmingham. He is the best orthopedic surgeon in the world. He works on all the BIG names (smoltz is one example). Chan should know about him b/c of Aikmen and having coached in Birmingham.
 
Most obsevations posted are valid, as is this one. It may not have anything to do with the conditioning routines or anything else, but it also might be related.

It could be nothing more than just a streak of coincidence, but it would be well worth looking into by someone.

Maybe a study could be made of the various colleges and universities to find out which ones have the least annual physical problems. Maybe somebody has a good conditioning method that prevents these impairments. If so, it certainly would be nice for this information to be disseminated to all of the other schools.

Maybe the NCAA should make a study on this subject which could benefit all athletes playing football.

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Off topic a bit, but one of the best clinics for knees is Peachtree Orthopaedics in Atlanta. They do work for most of the sports teams here, as well as the ballet companies and a few other groups. They were the group that did the surgury on Chipper's knee when he tore his ACL. They're good people. It's also where my sister and I went for our knees, and I can tell you they're very good.
 
Good suggestions, Ahso. Perhaps a bio-tech student could do a study project on our team, and the NCAA could do one for the nation.
 
There actually has been a study on female athletes and a exercise program designed to help avoid knee injuries. It's partly about conditioning but also seems to be more about learning the proper way to jump, land, etc. There is a lot of repetitive activity to teach the body how to react correctly to sudden movements.

Now this won't work for guys due to differences in the physiology but I would be surprised if there isn't something similar. Most knee injuries are non-contact and due to twisting, cleats catching in turf, etc. Don't know what you can do to prevent those.

Also, I thought Dr Andrews did mostly arms/shoulders. Could easily be wrong however. I would think that Emory would have top notch orthopedic guys.
 
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