In terms of the effect of muscle mass on the risk of injuring a joint, I think a big part of it is the balance of the relative strength of different muscles, as opposed to just the total muscle mass. So if your hamstrings are much stronger than your quads, or one leg is stronger than the other, or perhaps more likely another more specific, lower-level imbalance exists, then these can be risk factors. I understand that this is particularly a risk with recurring injuries following a serious knee injury. Which is why so much of their rehab is about effectively and comprehensively re-strengthening all of the relevant muscles.
The Ai gods have spoken Three new signings, all within a short time of joining, have suffered ACL injuries after minimal game time: Liam Millar - 685 minutes Mohamed Belloumi - 821 minutes Eliot Matazo - 302 minutes This has happened under two different managers, making coaching style an unlikely cause. Odds of this occurring by chance: 1 in 8 million. This is so statistically rare that bad luck alone is not a reasonable explanation. An external factor, such as training methods, pitch conditions, workload, or medical protocols is almost certainly contributing to Hull City’s ACL crisis.
There must come a point where muscle mass becomes a hindrance. I had a look at the injury record of Adama Traore (the chunky one, not our one) to see what his record was like. Interestingly, his last 4 injuries have all been hamstrings and for increasing periods of time. For a player who relies on power and pace, this doesn't seem like a great pattern.
The full interview with Millar which Baz put up as a 1904 club podcast is really insightful. He talks about exactly what damage occurred in his knee, the type of surgery he had and what it typically means for recovery, among other things.
I think this is more due to his explosive pace rather than his physique. Sayyadmanesh had the same issues and he was lean (but still strong). Doku at Man City also gets a lot of hamstring and other leg muscle injuries for the same reason. Doesn’t really matter if the player is stocky or lean, if they have explosive pace and are quick off the mark when sprinting, they’re more likely to pull or tear their hamstrings.
Maybe the human body isn't built for doing this sort of thing. So going on that theory I will continue to take things easy.
There’s a lot of things the human body isn’t built for but it gets pushed to its limits. We’re not really supposed to consume refined sugar as it ****s up our glucose levels and teeth. The pancreas isn’t built to handle the amount of refined sugar in a modern Western diet with fizzy drinks, chocolate, sweets etc. Tooth decay is worse now than in the Middle Ages because we eat a lot more stuff these days that causes bacteria to grow in your mouth that leads to cavities, even though we have toothpaste and Middle Ages European peasants didn’t. The worst thing our ancestors had to deal with when it came to dental issues was grit in flour/bread from millstones which tended to grind the teeth down, but they likely had way fewer cavities. Humans aren’t really supposed to drink cows’ milk. The only reason why most Europeans are lactose tolerant is because our Indo-European ancestors 8,000-6,000 years ago were cattle-herders and drank the milk for sustenance so they developed an allele for lactase persistence that most Africans, Asians and other people in the world don’t have.
I really liked how he talked about his mentality of dealing with the injury and how he will be there to help Matazo with his
It could be argued that they weren't with City long enough for us to have affected their conditioning to cause the injury.
