09-12-2024, 03:41 PM
(09-11-2024, 07:51 PM)Nepa Wrote: "Online sleuths wondered how his surgically repaired wrist felt after broadcast cameras captured him handling a water bottle in an unorthodox manner in the team's Week 1 loss to the New England Patriots. Burrow was oblivious to the discourse."
"I just drank water," Burrow said with a chuckle.
But after he was spotted flexing his wrist throughout the team's upset defeat Sunday, Burrow maintained the wrist felt great, and it was "absolutely not" affecting his throwing.
"It feels better this week than it did last week, than it did the week before, so it's continually getting better," Burrow said.
Burrow downplayed the significance or that the wrist was preventing him from making downfield throws.
"That's part of ligament injuries," Burrow said. "If you don't move it, you're going to lose it, so I'm always moving it around, keeping it loose, keeping my mobility the way it's supposed to be, so it's going to continue to happen." "
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41223575/bengals-joe-burrow-wrist-absolutely-not-affecting-throws
I tore a ligament in my finger 15 years ago. I was told to flex my finger just like Burrow flexed his wrist for rehab. It's still a bit stiff because I stopped caring to flex my finger once it stopped inhibiting my daily life.
Sometimes I still flex previously injured finger, but I never stick to a routine because the slight stiffness doesn't affect me at all. It's just there. I could rebuild the full strength of my index finger but I don't care. Burrow's wrist is probably fine too. He's just doing a better job of sticking to his routine than I did even though he probably doesn't have to at this point.
