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Why Knee Injuries seem more prevalent?

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I wonder if helmet to helmet, and the suspensions for high hits, are making guys aim lower and causing more blown up knees? Or possibly other teams know to hit low because they get steam rolled by stronger bigger BAMA players.
 
Most knee injuries that I have seen have not been caused by contact.
 
I don't really think there's been a measurable increase. A lot of it is that word spreads so much more quickly because of the net...
 
I didn't see the play that Hart got hurt on, but Fowler got taken out by an accidental leg sweep and White's was non-contact wasn't it?

Just freak accidents, and unfortunately we've had 3 of them this year.
 
I don't think it is happening more often. 2004 was similar, in that we seemed to have an injury every game. Thankfully we have much more depth now.
 
Knee injuries have always been a problem. Since I started watching UA football in the late 50's, a lot of backs have had knee injuries. At least we are discussing how long it will take the players to recover. At one time the chances of a back making a complete recovery were very slim.

I am sure many of our younger members have never heard of Mike Fracchia or Terry Goode. A good defensive back and better than average QB named Namath also messed up a knee on a play were he made a cut without being hit.
 
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As I said in another thread I think Dee's injury was from the field being wet from an earlier rain. I think his foot slipped just a little and caught apparently just enought to do the damage. He knew it as soon as it happened what it was and I guess when he tweeted that he was A1 he was hoping against hope.
 
bama70 said:
Knee injuries have always been a problem. Since I started watching UA football in the late 50's, a lot of backs have had knee injuries. At least we are discussing how long it will take the players to recover. At one time the chances of a back making a complete recovery were very slim.

I am sure many of our younger members have never heard of Mike Fracchia or Terry Goode. A good defensive back and better than average QB named Namath also messed up a knee on a play were he made a cut without being hit.
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As much as we love it, football and the human body in general, and the joints in particular, just don`t make a good combo. The human knee was designed to flex forward and back, not side to side.
 
Well those injuries may have been non contact related, but I was watching and saw on several occasions where OM players were blocking very low. Maybe I just noticed it after seeing a couple injuries happen, but I did see it.
 
I am not calling out CSC because the proof is on the field and trophy room with what he has helped accomplish. I wonder if the extra muscle is causing players to lose some flexability. I may be 100% of the mark but just thought it could be something we might want to make more efforts down the road to also work on improving flexability.
 
Bamapepper73 said:
I am not calling out CSC because the proof is on the field and trophy room with what he has helped accomplish. I wonder if the extra muscle is causing players to lose some flexability. I may be 100% of the mark but just thought it could be something we might want to make more efforts down the road to also work on improving flexability.
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There's never been any showing that added strength around the joints do anything other than to reduce the probability of ligament damage. BTW, they spend a great deal of time working on flexibility also...
 
Bamapepper73 said:
I am not calling out CSC because the proof is on the field and trophy room with what he has helped accomplish. I wonder if the extra muscle is causing players to lose some flexability. I may be 100% of the mark but just thought it could be something we might want to make more efforts down the road to also work on improving flexability.
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Yea...lets go ahead and trash that theory before somebody gets too far down the line on the scientific method and wastes their precious time.
 
TIDE-HSV said:
There's never been any showing that added strength around the joints do anything other than to reduce the probability of ligament damage. BTW, they spend a great deal of time working on flexibility also...
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You answered my thought. I figured someone would know more about the subject. It was just a thought. Thanks for the info.
 
cbi1972 said:
It's a rough game.
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Bigger, Stronger, Faster. Dwight Stephenson maybe the most decorated center in our history weighed in at only 225lbs. These are the best physical specimens in Alabama history, and everything is being done to make them even better. However not even Coach Saban can alter simple physics.

I do wonder if some people are born with ligaments that are more prone to damage than others? I have never had a torn ligament, mainly because I stretch vigorously before I sit down and watch football all day. Shoulder tendenitis from 12 ounce curls is my main concern.
 
I think people have more knees today than they used to; so the more knees you have the more likely you are to injure one. Back when folks only two knees, it just didn't happen a lot.


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RedStar said:
I didn't see the play that Hart got hurt on, but Fowler got taken out by an accidental leg sweep and White's was non-contact wasn't it?
Just freak accidents, and unfortunately we've had 3 of them this year.
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The ole 'Fickle Finger of Fate'.
I stole that line from 'Rowan & Martin' years ago. (Still true)
We can't come close to predicting when the injury bug's gonna strike.
Some years we are lucky, others, not so much.
 
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