01-08-2022, 04:03 PM
(01-08-2022, 03:22 PM)M.W. Wrote: A strength coach who really hypes shoulder strength would build muscles to protect the shoulder from injury. That could prevent a rotator cuff tear.
A strength and conditioning coach may focus on lower back strength which protects your discs. I believe strength coaches can help prevent injuries.
It is a huge balancing act. You want strong muscles for joint stability but you don't want them so developed that the muscles can actually weaken the ligaments and tendons. The joints will always be the weak spot in the body. Flexibility actually prevents more injuries than strength does. There are so many injuries that will occur regardless of how physically strong you are especially when you are getting hit by someone or many ones equally strong or stronger or if you are hit awkwardly. If they fall at just the right angle that shoulder is going to dislocate despite strong shoulders. Someone with lower back strength gets a knee directly to the back is going to be hurt. Their foot gets caught in the turf as they are being hit and they have a lower leg injury.
Kudos though to the training staff. Every injured player has sung the praises of Nick Cosgray in getting them back on the field. Over the years they have diversified their medical staff across multiple different practices rather than relying on a single group and have become less relunctant to obtain outside opinions which I believe has strengthened that group
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