How do fighters come back from tendon/ ligament injuries?

[superpunch]

GSP is a notable one. He came back from a double ACL tear in both his knees. Coming back from 1 was unheard of decades ago. But now you have NFL running backs doing the same thing. How are guys coming back from multiple of these when they couldn't have just a short time ago?

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Medical advancements ...and alot of physiotherapy like alot... And time...heals all wounds


Plus they could if allowed or out of testing restrictions i believe doctors prescribe steroids in these cases in controlled amounts

 

[TerrorTimmy]

Medicine has advanced a lot. Surgeries can be less invasive now, meaning shorter recovery time, and they're more effective with a much higher success rate.

With more time, doctors can see what works and what doesn't, and they develop new methods based on that. Most things improve over time. Especially medicine.

 

[superpunch]

Medical advancements ...and alot of physiotherapy like alot... And time...heals all wounds

What do you think if they tried to make things superhuman instead of just repairing them? Like instead attaching 1 artificial tendon, they attached 10 of them? Would you get superhuman strength? And what if instead of just at the original tendon angle, they did at like 10 different angles -- so you could get full strength at all those angles, while other guys were at mid stretch them?

What if they attached an artificial tendon from your arm to your leg? Could you then transfer kicking power to your punches? Imagine you're hammer punching, and you just move your leg back. That could carry down your arm with the strength of your leg, and a 145 lb guy could be hammer punching with the strength of Brock Lesnar.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

What do you think if they tried to make things superhuman instead of just repairing them? Like instead attaching 1 artificial tendon, they attached 10 of them? Would you get superhuman strength? And what if instead of just at the original tendon angle, they did at like 10 different angles -- so you could get full strength at all those angles, while other guys were at mid stretch them?

What if they attached an artificial tendon from your arm to your leg? Could you then transfer kicking power to your punches?

The human body does not operate this way...i also editted my original post..

The human body has to accept whatever is added to the body as its a foreigner material synthetic or natural doesnt matter sometimes the body rejects it and u have to do the surgery again...i believe this happened to cruz...also addition tendons would need more then just attachment to become effective the body knows how to operate with 1 tendon not 10...theres no way to incorporate the 10 tendons effectiveness to the body...its an organic being not a computer u can slot in upgrades to


U can try and add whatever u want but it likely wouldnt work...the body is a fine tuned complex machine..u dont just add things to a lamborghini....u get what im saying?

 

[Normot]

The life of a fighter is trying to gain as much skills before your body breaks down. GSPs knees may have never gone back to 100% and he lost something following each surgery but he had enough skills and ability to beat guys.

 

[ramair455]

What do you think if they tried to make things superhuman instead of just repairing them? Like instead attaching 1 artificial tendon, they attached 10 of them? Would you get superhuman strength? And what if instead of just at the original tendon angle, they did at like 10 different angles -- so you could get full strength at all those angles, while other guys were at mid stretch them?

What if they attached an artificial tendon from your arm to your leg? Could you then transfer kicking power to your punches? Imagine you're hammer punching, and you just move your leg back. That could carry down your arm with the strength of your leg, and a 145 lb guy could be hammer punching with the strength of Brock Lesnar.

tendons are fibrous connective tissues which attach muscle to bone and facilitate movement. While a ligament, on the other hand, is a fibrous connective tissue which connects bone to bone, and usually serves to hold structures together much better, keeping them stable.

As a result of this fundamental difference, over time the tendon-graft will become lax and much weaker, resulting in the eventual recurrence of instability in the joimt, a higher risk of arthritis, and permanent restriction of motion and dexterity.

 

[bluntmaster6]

Plenty of sleep, ibuprofen, good food, physical therapy, peptides, human growth hormone, tendon repair surgery, percocet, black tar heroin, fentanyl, suboxone, kratom, a anti inflammatory plant based, diet, kidney replacement from the substances, physical therapy, caridio, training, sparing , camp.

 

[CleverNameEh]

GSP is a notable one. He came back from a double ACL tear in both his knees. Coming back from 1 was unheard of decades ago. But now you have NFL running backs doing the same thing. How are guys coming back from multiple of these when they couldn't have just a short time ago?

High end surgeons are perfecting their techniques with practice, as are PT's and athletes.

Things generally improve with time if they're being worked on.

 

[560ti]

As others have said surgeries are better quality. There's also alot more over the counter shit now a days that really brings down inflammation and speeds up healing (compound joint pills, high dosage fish oil, CBD hot cream which has like 3 or 4 NSAIDS added to it)

40 years ago your OTC treatment was having your friends and family tell you "tough it out and rub some dirt in it"

 

[FaTaL FaTaL]

GSP is a notable one. He came back from a double ACL tear in both his knees. Coming back from 1 was unheard of decades ago. But now you have NFL running backs doing the same thing. How are guys coming back from multiple of these when they couldn't have just a short time ago?

Not all athletes who suffer acl injuries return 100% or at all.

 

[MadNIghtKing]

Plenty of sleep, ibuprofen, good food, physical therapy, peptides, human growth hormone, tendon repair surgery, percocet, black tar heroin, fentanyl, suboxone, kratom, a anti inflammatory plant based, diet, kidney replacement from the substances, physical therapy, caridio, training, sparing , camp.

You forgot the Sauna bro. Heat shock proteins all-purpose cure.

 

[Red Dragoniop]

depends how good your doctor is

 

[RoyJonesJr]

In most cases, athletes don't return 100 percent

They just adapt their game. But slowly over time, the surgeries and procedures gotten alot better as everyone above pointed out

 

[Noraaq]

Before hGH these type of injuries were career ending. Think about it

 

[Iron Nick]

The knowledge in sports science gets better and better.

That's it, probably, lol.

 

[Masturbin]

PED can help

 

[Straatblaffer]

GSP is a notable one. He came back from a double ACL tear in both his knees. Coming back from 1 was unheard of decades ago. But now you have NFL running backs doing the same thing. How are guys coming back from multiple of these when they couldn't have just a short time ago?

It's mostly just huge medical improvements, some specialists are very good at these injuries. I also think the revalidation proces is much more advanced. Instead of waiting and resting, the follow up after the operation has changed very much.