Off Topic RIP thread - June

GLP said:
It does seem to be more prevalent. As John points out - more strain as modern football is much quicker. I guess you only need to look at the use of new stats used where teams and players have distance covered during matches as a key indicator.

More needs to be done with regards to player screening now. It is becoming a regular occurrence and it's terrible to know he's leaving behind a wife 2 children and a 3rd on the way.

You'd have thought with medical screening these days it would be easy to screen for any underlying defects.
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I think the stopping and starting is one of the keys as to why it seems so prevalent in football
 
PLT said:
Are these sudden heart attacks in footballers becoming more common? Seems like it. Could it be something to do with the training that pro footballers do? Could more be done to screen these issues? As well as being sad it just strikes me as strange how it seems to be more and more common.
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Some years ago now, my cousin James who had been released by Everton at 17 decided to go into Sports Coaching. He was at Newcastle Uni, 19 at the time and one Friday after playing football in the morning his pals said we're off to the pub. He said he felt crook and would catch them in an hour or so... When they came home they found him. It was his heart too. Something to do with a spasm or a cramping. There is some technical term for it. Imagine, actually don't, that happening alone.. 19 and as fit as a flea... !!
 
John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. said:
It is fair to say that games of football these days are more demanding physically that they used to be. What appears to be happening is that players that must have an undetected underlying heart problem, which is not being detected with the medicals they go through, are pushing their heart to a point whereby it cannot take the overload.

It seems to be that much more in depth screening needs to be done to detect these condition before they become fatal.

As an example James Taylor the cricketer had to retire at an early age, because it was picked up he had an underlying heart condition, which if he carried on playing could have been fatal.
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I know this is off the wall, but I think there are problems between a healthy regime and a healthy diet.

Pro-footballers not only train to extreme, but their diet is, too.

I think extreme excercise needs some/much of the stuff the diet zealots cut out.

We, except for the odd (very odd) exception, are simply not equipped for this lifestyle - nature takes its toll.
 
Fez said:
I know this is off the wall, but I think there are problems between a healthy regime and a healthy diet.

Pro-footballers not only train to extreme, but their diet is, too.

I think extreme excercise needs some/much of the stuff the diet zealots cut out.

We, except for the odd (very odd) exception, are simply not equipped for this lifestyle - nature takes its toll.
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There seems to be evidence that black African's are more prone to these heart problems. Reading a bit about it, they all seem to have an underlying heart condition which goes undetected, and many seems to have tears in the aorta which indicates a weakness in this areas. Sickle cell seems also to have some influence in some cases also.

http://sportsworldghana.com/reveale...g-cardiac-arrest-on-the-pitch-medical-expert/
 
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John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. said:
There seems to be evidence that black African's are more prone to these heart problems. Reading a bit about it, they all seem to have an underlying heart condition which goes undetected, and many seems to have tears in the aorta which indicates a weakness in this areas. Sickle cell seems also to have some influence in some cases also.

http://sportsworldghana.com/reveale...g-cardiac-arrest-on-the-pitch-medical-expert/
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You can't say that. Everyone's the same in every way.
 
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wow, just heard! Adam West................... Family Guy will never be the same again!
RIP fella
 
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