F Cayden Lindstrom - Medicine Hat Tigers, WHL (2024, 4th, CBJ)

[FlyguyOX]

You see a lot of power lifters say things like "don't deadlift unless you are just trying to get good at deadlifting". Risk vs reward there. Now imagine your average Joe at home moving heavy stuff at home with absolutely no idea how to brace his core, have horrible mechanics and just overall be a lot weaker than he wants to admit.

On the brightside it's very fixable and why the no pain from surgery actually was a big deal. Lindstrom will be going through a lot of what you did I imagine. Tons of core work, probably a lot of flexibility work, strengthening things like the spiral erectors with safer movements. I'm about 5 years removed from my injury and the only after effect I sometimes feel (rare) is a tightness in my lower back down to my left glute but it's pretty easy to loosen up and train/work without restriction.

This is why I've been much less worried than most. Add up the success rate for a lot of this, the fact he's a kid who will rebound easier than someone in his 40's and the fact he obviously has a strong work ethic... he'll be fine. He just might be a year behind making the NHL compared to what he could have been

I hear you, I just worry about how taxing skating is on the hips and how hips can impact back pain. Add in checking and awkward falls and it could be easy to aggravate.

 

[stevo61]

I hear you, I just worry about how taxing skating is on the hips and how hips can impact back pain. Add in checking and awkward falls and it could be easy to aggravate.

Which is why I think this is taking so long. I'd bet they easily could have had him on the ice awhile ago if they wanted to push it but this is them giving him every chance in the world to be in the best position to come out the other side healthy

 

[MoneyManny]

And while the nifty skilled forwards are the most fun to follow as prospects, if you look at the playoffs every year, it’s kind of easy to see why teams are constantly chasing big forwards that skate well and have skill. Insanely hard to find. Immensely valuable if you do. High risk (often), high reward.

Except those big forwards, when they receive debilitating injuries, they tend to start playing softer for self preservation and to stretch their careers, negating their size advantage.

 

[Jacob]

It is unlikely that weightlifting would have been the primary cause of such an injury. Only if the guy is an idiot and doesn't do the exercises properly.

So like every teenager in the gym.

 

[FlyguyOX]

So like every teenager in the gym.

facts

 

[MrCreamm]

Well I hope he can recover and stop this from becoming too much of a hinderance.