Dre Brown another ACL tear

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Illinithad

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Northeast Missouri
Illinithad
TownieMatt said:
Honest question to Illini fans older than me (I'm 26). Can you ever remember a time where Illinois sports has been hit harder by injuries?
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I'm 46 and been following the Illini since the mid-80's. I've never seen anything to this magnitude, especially for both football and basketball. Those are the two sports I follow the closest with the Illini. To be honest I don't think I can really remember any other college programs being hit this hard with major injuries to key players.

I really worry about TA on the basketball side.
 
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Oskee67

Oskee67
Champaign
Oskee67
Does any of this have to do with the turf? I recall people mentioning the practice field grass is usually in pretty rough shape. And how old is the stadium turf?
 
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SmetMan

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SmetMan
Oskee67 said:
Does any of this have to do with the turf? I recall people mentioning the practice field grass is usually in pretty rough shape. And how old is the stadium turf?
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I now the Chicago Bears refused to go to artificial turf because it makes you more susceptible to injury. I say at this rate, tear everything up and resod with real top of the line grass. This is happening way too much to be coincidence in my opinion and we need to try something. It's worth the investment if it has a chance of helping prevent injury.
 
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ritster

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Wheaton, IL
ritster
I'm 48 and never seen anything like this . Hopefully with the new S and C coaches , training will be different and the ACL injuries will go down. They must have been doing something to put too much stress on that joint that when it decides to go it goes all the way and not just a sprain
 
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BigStan97

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Cincinnati OH
BigStan97
I've tore my knee and so has my brother. The thing we talked about is once you get close to full ROM (range of motion) the doctor is basically done with you and you move on to extensive rehab with the PT crew. The doctor is still involved but only for check ups to make sure the ligament is still intact.

The PT crew (physical therapy) has a lot of pressure to get the injured leg back to 100% and stronger then before. The issue sometimes is when they neglect to continue to workout the non injured leg. Your muscle stock and density in the previous injured leg makes big strides, while the non injured leg gets minimal activity. One leg having more muscle and stronger then the other makes the player overcompensate with balance and pressure. Which if they don't trust the injured leg (which after PT is stronger) and continue to run and cut and put more pressure on the non injured leg tears and injuries can become more common.

Sorry that was a lot but I'm texting this on my phone after I just left a Ortho surgeons office this morning.


Basically: you injured your left, have surgery, you trust your right leg more psychologically cause it hasn't been injured. You go through rehab of left leg, right leg gets not as much attention, your left leg gets stronger and healthier, you begin to run and cut, not knowingly you still don't trust your left leg and putting a lot of pressure on your right leg, one twist or off pressure step when trying to truly open it up and run again and your right leg pops.

Now you tore your left rehabbed it and by mistake put more stresses on your right to compensate and you then run a much bigger chance of tearing your right leg up.
 
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brokensaphire

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Arizona
brokensaphire
WTF? Are we cursed? My reaction would be considered ridiculous if all things were equal; however, what in the hell is happening to our U of I sports in terms of injuries? In the legal world we call this a pattern of stay. In my personal and simple opinion we have bad luck times a thousand......