Injuries -- What is GB Doing Wrong?

[sharpe1027]

I seriously think all the soft tissue injuries have to to with bad prep and too much stretching crap. My wife is in the fitness industry and they just don't do much stretching anymore, especially pre-workout. You warm up and then you go. Warming up consists of low impact activity to get the heart rate up. Stretching is recommended on off days to loosen up.

I don't know, I would think these trainers would be up on the latest science, right?

That's just it, it's hard to believe that there are some hidden training secrets the Packers don't know about. I understand the natural tendency is to say "look more injuries, must be the trainers since they do injury prevention." But it is just speculation without even a theory to explain. Maybe it is the training staff, but the evidence is simply not there IMHO.

[Patler]

I don't know, I would think these trainers would be up on the latest science, right?

I know someone very well who has worked with training staffs in both the NFL and NHL. There is a very strong old school bias in the NFL. "But these are football players..." and "That's not how we do it..." were common responses to suggestions for anything new and different. I think it is changing, but they are not on the cutting edge. Even when trainers want to do it differently, old school head coaches sometimes veto the change.

I suspect the Packers are somewhat in the middle, neither old school nor revolutionary.

[red]

if you don't need to stretch anymore, why are more and more players feeling the need to take up yoga

isn't that a lot like stretching?

[pbmax]

if you don't need to stretch anymore, why are more and more players feeling the need to take up yoga

isn't that a lot like stretching?

You don't do yoga then go practice. Yoga, stretching, IS the workout.

And stretching after a practice is one approach, but mostly the goal is to remove lactic acid from the muscle tissue after anaerobic work. Its helps in recovery. You can do almost any low-key aerobic work to wipe out the lactic acid.

Its such a new school phenomenon that Herb Brooks did it with the 1980 USA Hockey team. There may be far more to this that is known currently.

[VegasPackFan]

if you don't need to stretch anymore, why are more and more players feeling the need to take up yoga

isn't that a lot like stretching?

Yoga is way more than stretching though. It is great for core strength and if you've ever tried it, you'll find out real quick that is is actually a work out. Very difficult actually.

[BZnDallas]

Some times a shit ton of injuries just happens. This article is from the Texas Rangers this season. Injuries has decimated this team, much like GB last year. And this article was written on June 11th. The injuries just keep happening for them as well as they just scratched Yu Darvish from his latest start.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/texas-rangers-historic-injury-woes/

I know its not football or even Packers, but sometimes injuries just happen.