Man. Torn ACL's Could Not Have Been This Common Back in The Days

[DetroitEWarren]

shyt was considered an automatic career ender as recent as the early 80's. I believe that Bernard King was one of the only players to come back just as good (or at all for that time) and that nikka sat out damn near 2 years before he hit the court again.

Over the last 5 years alone there had been probably 20-35 ACL tears in American sports. WTF is going on? Is it the food? I don't hear this shyt happening this much in other countries. I'm only 28, but at the rate of current ACL tears, if this shyt was happening back in the days then plenty of great players careers would have ended. Off the top of the dome, I don't remember too many greats who were ended cause of injury.

I'm happy as fukk I got a Tibia Plateau Fracture last month and only fukked bones up Insted of ligaments. I got a 6 month recovery time until I can be close to normal, but I ain't doing athletics so I'm good once I can limp lol. This ACL shyt is crazy though.

 

[FAH1223]

It's the shoes

Word to @Malta

Today I was balling for like 3 hours in Converses like Bill Russell and Kareem

 

[Malta]

It's the shoes

Word to @Malta

I was balling for 3 hours in Converses like Bill Russell and Kareem

Shoes and kids are playing @ high competitive levels way too much early on.


That Dennis Smith Jr. tore his ACL recently, when you stop and think about it he probably didn't have more than 2 weeks off from basketball in the last 3 years.

 

[Maschine_Man]

Ppl are just getting to fast and too strong.
Nice to build muscle but you cant really build ligaments and tendons

 

[Malta]

Ppl are just getting to fast and too strong.
Nice to build muscle but you cant really build ligaments and tendons

That would make sense if it weren't skinny point guards blowing their knees out as well

 

[th_412]

Bruhs I be watching these dudes snap they acl just running down the field got me shook to go hoop or do anything physical thinkin I'm next


Esp with no health insurance



But real shyt I'd love to find out what's the reason it seems like athletes be blowin out they knees like nothin nowadays


Shoes???
Starting too young?
Training year round?
When u get that fast/strong your ligaments can't handle it?

Could be any of those

 

[DredScott]

I agree with Malta, it's similar to pitchers in baseball where you have high schoolers blowing their elbows out in every city and getting tommy john before they hit 18. too much volume and overexertion and not enough rest.

decades ago, players would take time off and just relax, but nowadays with AAU and club ball, shyt is damn near 365 if you're any good.

i'm too lazy to dig into it but i'm sure as far as football/basketball players and their knee injuries, muscle imbalances due to too many leg isolation exercises and not enough compound lifts plays a role but i'm not even trying to dig through any scientific studies/journals to support that so...

 

[smitty22]

Bruhs I be watching these dudes snap they acl just running down the field got me shook to go hoop or do anything physical thinkin I'm next


Esp with no health insurance



But real shyt I'd love to find out what's the reason it seems like dudes be blowin out they knees like nothin nowadays


Shoes???
Starting too young?
Training year round?
When u get that fast/strong your ligaments can't handle it?

Could be any of those

Naw, its people don't drink milk no more . shyt does a body good .Gatorade and water, that shyt causes weak bones.

 

[CarltonJunior]

Get on this coli doctors.

I'm sure there will be a simple solution to this that will yield billions of dollars to the lucky man who finds out.

 

[DetroitEWarren]

Bruhs I be watching these dudes snap they acl just running down the field got me shook to go hoop or do anything physical thinkin I'm next


Esp with no health insurance



But real shyt I'd love to find out what's the reason it seems like dudes be blowin out they knees like nothin nowadays


Shoes???
Starting too young?
Training year round?
When u get that fast/strong your ligaments can't handle it?

Could be any of those

Be scared breh, be very scared. A simple ass post move drop step did this to me



No jump involved, no contact, no nothing. Just planting my left leg after drop stepping

 

[cook]

the anterior cruciate ligament is pretty new. it wasnt around back in the day

 

[DetroitEWarren]

Get on this coli doctors.

I'm sure there will be a simple solution to this that will yield billions of dollars to the lucky man who finds out.

Probably Brazilian Jujitzu

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Be scared breh, be very scared. A simple ass post move drop step did this to me



No jump involved, no contact, no nothing. Just planting my left leg after drop stepping

goddamn breh that fukking sucks

 

[ALonelyDad]

The game is just too fast and intense

 

[th_412]

Naw, its people don't drink milk no more . shyt does a body good .Gatorade and water, that shyt causes weak bones.

Im drinking water out of an empty Gatorade bottle right now