"He has been reading my book and talking about customizing a preparation program, unique to every Cavalier,"
You dropped that one very casually! If they apply the lessons by P3, could their number of injuries decrease as soon as this year or does it take longer ?
To answer your question: Of course every body is different, has different needs, and responds differently to the work. But at P3 I know they often see massive measurable improvement in injury risk when, say, a player visits P3 in Santa Barbara for seven weeks before the NBA draft. Other players come for a much shorter time but leave with a program their team or personal trainer might help them manage.
I know in another case, P3's Marcus Elliott suggested that if P3 were to scan an NBA roster, chances are they'd find 3-4 players with elevated injury risk that could be addressed.
The "addressing" is generally a new set of exercise targets, for instance to stabilize this hip or change the movement of that foot. We get really specific on this in Ballistic. Those risk measurements can change a lot in a couple of months. The trick is maintaining the newfound stability through the rigors of the NBA season.
The main thing, that applies to all of us, is to know what your body's injury vulnerabilities are. For example: Almost every set of hips they have ever assessed at P3 needs help with either stability (roughly: strength as addressed by targeted weight and resistance training) or mobility (range of motion, as addressed by myofascial release and yoga-like movements). The joke at P3 is that everyone who does CrossFit should go to yoga, and everyone who goes to yoga should do CrossFit.
Instability and immobility are both major contributors to injuries up and down the body, very much including knee and back injuries. If you at least know the biomechanics that are upstream of your injury risk, you can start trying to bring that risk down with work specific to your body. To me, that's pretty clearly the future.
Thanks. I can imagine it's hard for players to maintain the new landing/stability habits for the season but this still sounds like there's potential for relatively quick progress if they commit. Would be nice to see the Cavs stay healthy come playoffs.
"He has been reading my book and talking about customizing a preparation program, unique to every Cavalier,"
You dropped that one very casually! If they apply the lessons by P3, could their number of injuries decrease as soon as this year or does it take longer ?
I'm very casual Filip. ;)
To answer your question: Of course every body is different, has different needs, and responds differently to the work. But at P3 I know they often see massive measurable improvement in injury risk when, say, a player visits P3 in Santa Barbara for seven weeks before the NBA draft. Other players come for a much shorter time but leave with a program their team or personal trainer might help them manage.
I know in another case, P3's Marcus Elliott suggested that if P3 were to scan an NBA roster, chances are they'd find 3-4 players with elevated injury risk that could be addressed.
The "addressing" is generally a new set of exercise targets, for instance to stabilize this hip or change the movement of that foot. We get really specific on this in Ballistic. Those risk measurements can change a lot in a couple of months. The trick is maintaining the newfound stability through the rigors of the NBA season.
The main thing, that applies to all of us, is to know what your body's injury vulnerabilities are. For example: Almost every set of hips they have ever assessed at P3 needs help with either stability (roughly: strength as addressed by targeted weight and resistance training) or mobility (range of motion, as addressed by myofascial release and yoga-like movements). The joke at P3 is that everyone who does CrossFit should go to yoga, and everyone who goes to yoga should do CrossFit.
Instability and immobility are both major contributors to injuries up and down the body, very much including knee and back injuries. If you at least know the biomechanics that are upstream of your injury risk, you can start trying to bring that risk down with work specific to your body. To me, that's pretty clearly the future.
Thanks. I can imagine it's hard for players to maintain the new landing/stability habits for the season but this still sounds like there's potential for relatively quick progress if they commit. Would be nice to see the Cavs stay healthy come playoffs.