No no. We get the most injuries and the worst ones
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We get all the injury.
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lucky they took it easy in the practice match to avoid injuries.
Waterman and Jones play completely different roles, one does not replace the other. So not a change of like for like.
Jones 1 month Essendon equals 6 months
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Strapping an ankle offers support but isnât a silver bullet. Any player who runs and jumps at the footy runs the risk of an ankle.
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The news sucks but it wonât affect our best 22 given Baldwin and Francis have had better pre-seasons.
Extremely exciting to debut and get games into Baldwin.
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Though I am not a medical person, I reckon âtapingâ does sfa.
Did it for 15 yearsâŚwithout correct taping protecting my ankles from rolling, would have been injured most of the time IMOâŚsome people have weak ankles (me), some weak knees etc etc. 100%, correct ankle taping prevents accidental ankle rollsâŚwhen other forces are at play, ankles can still roll I will admit, mostly not though.
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Has to be something like this
Perkins. Baldwin Stringer
Langford. Wright. Martin
Francis, Smith on the I/C
Jones out is a big loss
Perkins & Package are a waste in pockets.
Iâd like to see but doubt I will-
FF.Wanganeen 2MP (must stay at home) Baldwin
HFLangford Franga/Package. Archie
Taping ankles leads to weak ankles as well, which they found in the state netball leagues where it was mandatory. Its just like any injury, a probability game.
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Yeah but pockets arenât really playing in the pockets these days. All forwards generally either roam when attacking or zone when defending.
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They are HFF and Baldwin CHF
I guess at the least, taping makes you aware of the joint and maybe helps you keep things aligned properly. I donât believe tape in itself has the capacity to actually hold anything together in a way that counts. But I think Iâm in the minority about this.
In my playing days, not only did we have our ankles strapped, we also had boots that went over our ankles. We almost never had anyone going down with ankle problems, so it would be interesting if anyone has any statistics to see what change in ankle injuries happened before 1970 and after 1970.
Remember John Coleman? He had ankle covering boots and was a champion. If Jonesâ ankles are a problem and if there is data to back it up, maybe Jones could go back to Coleman-style boots?
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If Coleman didnât have locked ankles, maybe his knee wouldnât have copped the career-ending torque.
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Ankle taping can be beneficial to avoid re-injuring an ankle, but is not beneficial as a preventative for an ankle injury.
Also, you have to be very careful as if you immobilise the ankle it can have a detrimental effect on other parts of the body (knee) as they need to compensate for the immobilised parts.
Ideally the focus will be on mobilising and strengthening to allow Jones to have a long career. Tape may be used initially, but they will be very keen to move away from the need to tape regularly.
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I think and canât remember citing source that it is the focus on reducing knees that sees increase in ankle injuries, being less catostrophic⌠before the rise of syndesmosis anyway
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Who hasnât rolled an ankle and strained a few ligaments playing footy?
Alternate between ice bucket and ultrasound for first week.
By week 2 the more light exercise you put into it the better - walking, swimming.
By week 3 heâll be on the exercise bike, running by end of it.
Strap it up for training week 4, plays week 5.
Shouldnât lose much fitness base at all.