and the variability between athletes makes it nearly impossible to generalize. ![]() Furthermore, the research on injury “prediction” and pattern recognition is far from bulletproof. Many individuals with this compensation attempt to make up for lack of hip strength and ankle motion. An example of a player who might fall into this category is Jerry Jeudy, who has the nastiest knee valgus this side of the Mississippi. In Other Words: Anatomical deficits (like limited ankle motion) are real and can help predict downstream injuries. In that spirit, what I’m not saying: What I’m Not Saying Not Saying: Exceptions Don’t Exist/Patterns Don’t Exist So, let’s differentiate between injury narrative and objective sports medicine.Īs a full-time physical therapist, I’ve learned that when it comes to communication, it’s just as important to clarify what I’m not saying. This is meant to be an evergreen article outlining the basics of injury analysis to help gain the upper hand on trade partners, snipe leaguemates on draft day, and be an objectively more accurate fantasy football prognosticator. For that reason, the goal of this two part series is to first give fantasy players a clear understanding of how to view injury histories from a big-picture perspective and debunk the reductionist mindset of “injury prone.” Then in part two, I’ll present a tangible method to quantify and categorize injuries with expected future impact for the most common skill player injuries will be given in a simple to understand framework. Now, there are certainly instances in which much of this is mental masturbation and really isn’t actionable. ![]() The term “injury prone” (“IP” moving forward) was and continues to be thrown around consistently in fantasy circles and is used to describe any player who misses even a quarter of game action. Much to my dismay, it was a new concept to many fantasy players and analysts alike. When I started saying this is in late 2019, it wasn’t a foreign concept to the sports medicine community.
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