Report: Bengals Making Changes to Strength and Conditioning Staff

[jfkbengals]

(02-08-2019, 12:13 PM)Au165 Wrote: Bone breaks and ACL Tears (Along with other ligament injuries) are not preventable, the idea we blame this things on training staffs is comical. They have done a ton of research at the NFL level and if there was a way to reduce these things it would be happening, however the number of ACL tears continue to steadily increase. The general belief is the athletes are simply too big and fast now and the body is not adept to controlling these forces.

They are still compiling the data.

Some of the predominant theories are the artificial turfs and lack of bracing as the biggest culprits in some of the injuries we see.  Artificial turf does not give way the same way sod does, which changes the stress on the lower extremities.  Additionally players are hesitant to wear bracing and reinforced cleats due to fear that they will lose mobility, agility, or speed as a result.  Linemen are required to wear knee braces in college, and upon reaching the pros ditch the braces thinking they will gain an edge.  Suddenly they plant their foot in field turf and there is nothing to help relieve the stress in the knee and they blow it out.  The cleats many receivers wear are super lightweight because they have no support, and not surprisingly those who wear the super flexible, lightweight models suffer more injuries of the foot than those who wear a more rigid model.

Your statement that the injuries are not preventable is not correct in many instances, but you are correct that it is often not the fault of the training staffs.  The blame should be falling on the players who elect to forego the equipment that can help prevent the injuries they have sustained.