What a f***ing loser.
Fun fact for y'all - when patients get a full ACL reconstruction surgery and are rehabbing it, they must clear some functional tests for return to sport. A lot of what needs to be measured is a 90-95% goal of function/strength relative to the unaffected side. However, athletes are recommended NOT to return unless they have psychosocial clearance - ie confidence, fear of movement, load apprehension, etc.
If a player on a scan has full restoration of some physiological metric of interest, that absolutely does not mean they're ready for return to sport. It's how I hazard a bunch of players end up being injury prone and get life long issues physically and psychologically.
I f***ing hate so much about the culture of sports - injury provoking and minimal focus on psychosocial wellbeing upon return to sport behaviours are deeply ingrained so early in childhood sports.
All in all, I wanted to use this post to highlight once again that Mark Spector eats rocks and recently learned to breathe from his nose.