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Will the NBA Lockout Mean More Player Injuries?
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Last updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Former Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association Billy Hunter and NBA Commissioner David Stern announcing a tentative labor agreement on Nov. 26. The NBA is set to return — on Christmas Day — after its well-chronicled labor dispute. Will that lead to a rash of player injuries in a shortened training camp? (The same issue came up after the football lockout ended.) Ralph Reiff, executive director and athletic trainer at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis, says there’s some reason to be concerned. The type of good, hard physical conditioning that can help players get used to changes in direction and speed can be tough to get outside an official training camp, he says. And that kind of conditioning can help prevent soft-tissue injuries such as those to the Achilles tendon, says Reiff, whose facility provides medical and performance service for athletes at all levels, including professional athletes. While some players likely maintained a high level of fitness during their extended break, others probably weren’t so diligent, he says. Aerobic conditioning is essential, Reiff says. “Can I go up and down the floor at a high level for an extended period of time?” he says. Some players will have “underestimated” the preparation needed and will be deconditioned compared to the rest of the group — and when they tire and strain to keep up, they may be at risk of injury, he says. He adds that based on anecdotal observations

and discussions, NFL players who were in lesser shape when they reported to camp were at greater risk of a soft-tissue injury. But while it sounds logical that an extended layoff and shortened training camp equal trouble, one sports-injury expert isn’t convinced. Will Carroll, of SportsIllustrated.com, wrote yesterday that a lot of NBA injuries will be unfairly blamed on the lockout. He mentions a proprietary study he did for an NBA team two years ago, saying that “certain events [he cites jumping as an example] make a player more likely to be injured traumatically and that traumatic injuries predict chronic ones.” There’s no evidence, he writes, “that the lockout or even just a time away from the paternalistic embrace of a team increase the risk of injury.” And he says, in fact, the general injury numbers for the NFL have been in “the normal range” from camp through the season, despite the lockout. Besides the risk of fresh injuries, Reiff is also concerned that athletes may not have had contact with their usual medical support staff during the lockout. “Athletes develop a trust,” and that history has been disrupted, he says. That may mean “some players will be slow to return to basketball if they’ve had a previous injury.” Tim Frank, senior vice president for basketball communications at the NBA, had no comment. Photo: Getty Images

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Will the NBA Lockout Mean More Player Injuries?

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Last updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Former Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association Billy Hunter and NBA Commissioner David Stern announcing a tentative labor agreement on Nov. 26. The NBA is set to return — on Christmas Day — after its well-chronicled labor dispute. Will that lead to a rash of player injuries in a shortened training camp? (The same issue came up after the football lockout ended.) Ralph Reiff, executive director and athletic trainer at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis, says there’s some reason to be concerned. The type of good, hard physical conditioning that can help players get used to changes in direction and speed can be tough to get outside an official training camp, he says. And that kind of conditioning can help prevent soft-tissue injuries such as those to the Achilles tendon, says Reiff, whose facility provides medical and performance service for athletes at all levels, including professional athletes. While some players likely maintained a high level of fitness during their extended break, others probably weren’t so diligent, he says. Aerobic conditioning is essential, Reiff says. “Can I go up and down the floor at a high level for an extended period of time?” he says. Some players will have “underestimated” the preparation needed and will be deconditioned compared to the rest of the group — and when they tire and strain to keep up, they may be at risk of injury, he says. He adds that based on anecdotal

observations and discussions, NFL players who were in lesser shape when they reported to camp were at greater risk of a soft-tissue injury. But while it sounds logical that an extended layoff and shortened training camp equal trouble, one sports-injury expert isn’t convinced. Will Carroll, of SportsIllustrated.com, wrote yesterday that a lot of NBA injuries will be unfairly blamed on the lockout. He mentions a proprietary study he did for an NBA team two years ago, saying that “certain events [he cites jumping as an example] make a player more likely to be injured traumatically and that traumatic injuries predict chronic ones.” There’s no evidence, he writes, “that the lockout or even just a time away from the paternalistic embrace of a team increase the risk of injury.” And he says, in fact, the general injury numbers for the NFL have been in “the normal range” from camp through the season, despite the lockout. Besides the risk of fresh injuries, Reiff is also concerned that athletes may not have had contact with their usual medical support staff during the lockout. “Athletes develop a trust,” and that history has been disrupted, he says. That may mean “some players will be slow to return to basketball if they’ve had a previous injury.” Tim Frank, senior vice president for basketball communications at the NBA, had no comment. Photo: Getty Images

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