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founding

That video showing him throw a 50 yard pass truly is amazing. I really like what you said about highlighting the practitioners as that is such a hard spit to be in for them and they will never get the public recognition they deserve.

Even though I’m a bit of a pessimist on his tissue being ready for the level of competition, I definitely get excited to see them pushing the envelope here.

It makes me think of Dre’s ACL example at ISM where he ended up walking in to his appointment carrying his brace while the young athlete was still using crutches. The idea that rehabilitation starts immediately and needs to progress in the middle of the night and continually pushing those boundaries throughout the whole process is probably not fully understood by most.

I think I’d feel differently if I knew there was an FRS practitioner behind the loading progressions. The pessimistic side of me has what we currently see repeated which is that the return to play is not specific enough.

I am 💯 rooting for them all though. The level at which everyone involved in this is operating at is pretty awesome.

Thanks for the article.

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founding

Interesting side note. Cam Akers who has apparently had the same Achilles speed bridge surgery last season, just re-tore his Achilles

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Akers initially ruptured his right Achilles and then had surgery using the speed bridge procedure on that side. His latest injury is to the left Achilles. So, this is a new injury and not a recurrence of the right "speed bridge side."

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