Quote:First off w/respect to you'r surgery/rehad. Was it comparable to the NFL standards of 24/7? Unless you're an professional athlete, you won't get this type of rehab. Not even close...


You can't simulate anything in practices that comes close to actual playing time. I give you this little tidbit...


What does Adrien Peterson, Rod Woodson and Thomas Davis have in common?


Just to name a few...


He's put in the time w/respect to rehad and conditioning. If he wasn't ready, he wouldn't have been actived to the 53...


NH3...

I was done both times by Heekin orthopedic who have done a lot of pro athletes.

 

There is a lot more to it than just physical healing.

 

You have to completely regain all the flexibility in the joint that has suffered from atrophy and scar tissue growth from being kept immobile for 6-12 weeks. Just moving it is painful and extremely limited in range for months.

 

Then their is rebuilding the strength in the joint which can literally take months before it can support your own body weight much less regain the strength of a professional athlete.

 

Then their is the psychological aspect of dealing with a painful and traumatic injury and the natural tendency to be avoident of situations similar to those of the injury.

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