Kyler Brown

And I had some metrics I was able to discuss with him and he felt really confident in the stability of your shoulder. So if we're speaking to a general population, I would say that no sling or sling decision was based on what we knew exactly what we did. The other thing is that you followed everything to a T. One of the big complications in rehab, athlete or not, is are people following the rules?

And I had some metrics I was able to discuss with him and he felt really confident in the stability of your shoulder. So if we're speaking to a general population, I would say that no sling or sling decision was based on what we knew exactly what we did. The other thing is that you followed everything to a T. One of the big complications in rehab, athlete or not, is are people following the rules?

Are we going to take this athlete or individual out of a sling and are they going to forget about it and all of a sudden go reach for the cereal or are they going to follow the rules? And you were definitely a rule follower. So he and I had a high confidence in minimizing the risk.

Are we going to take this athlete or individual out of a sling and are they going to forget about it and all of a sudden go reach for the cereal or are they going to follow the rules? And you were definitely a rule follower. So he and I had a high confidence in minimizing the risk.

Right, right.

Right, right.

And very early on, preoperatively and post-operatively, We were able to do very gentle but targeted isometrics where there wasn't complexity in the joint itself, but we were loading the tissues in a very articulate and specific way. And that's how you, again, put this support structure around it. I always kind of describe it as like the roll cage in a car.

And very early on, preoperatively and post-operatively, We were able to do very gentle but targeted isometrics where there wasn't complexity in the joint itself, but we were loading the tissues in a very articulate and specific way. And that's how you, again, put this support structure around it. I always kind of describe it as like the roll cage in a car.

We want all the muscles around that to be ready to absorb force. So those joint structures that are getting the staples or whatever else in there aren't stressed. We don't want to yank on those things while they're healing.

We want all the muscles around that to be ready to absorb force. So those joint structures that are getting the staples or whatever else in there aren't stressed. We don't want to yank on those things while they're healing.

It's a really analogous to the pro athletes I've worked with as well, where it's really interesting to see these mature athletes who've been playing their sport eight or 10 years, and they're starting to kind of look this reality that their career is going to be over. And they start recalibrating how they train because they start thinking about the long term.

It's a really analogous to the pro athletes I've worked with as well, where it's really interesting to see these mature athletes who've been playing their sport eight or 10 years, and they're starting to kind of look this reality that their career is going to be over. And they start recalibrating how they train because they start thinking about the long term.

And what's really fun for me is when they start to get that perspective of it's not just about this weekend, it's about the long game here. And I think to your point, a lot of people out there have the best intentions and they're maybe even working hard. But there's no precision.

And what's really fun for me is when they start to get that perspective of it's not just about this weekend, it's about the long game here. And I think to your point, a lot of people out there have the best intentions and they're maybe even working hard. But there's no precision.

Nothing's accounting for their specific details, their nuances of their joints and how they move and how their body feels when they move and their trust in their body and all these variables. And a lot of people either want to put in the effort and don't know where to start or a lot of people are putting in the effort, but it's not calibrated.

Nothing's accounting for their specific details, their nuances of their joints and how they move and how their body feels when they move and their trust in their body and all these variables. And a lot of people either want to put in the effort and don't know where to start or a lot of people are putting in the effort, but it's not calibrated.

Yeah, I mean, specialization is one. Some people are just born jumpers and then you train it and they practice it when they play and they get better and better at jumping. Absolutely. But moreover, it's almost like we're set up for failure.

Yeah, I mean, specialization is one. Some people are just born jumpers and then you train it and they practice it when they play and they get better and better at jumping. Absolutely. But moreover, it's almost like we're set up for failure.

We're set up with this baseline norm of, I could bench press 225 when I was a senior in high school, but then that individual is not accounting for the 20 years of lack of activity, lack of practice, they've atrophied, and then they jump right back into the gym and then they hurt things or they feel like they, quote, can't do it anymore. And the reality is it's all about capacity.

We're set up with this baseline norm of, I could bench press 225 when I was a senior in high school, but then that individual is not accounting for the 20 years of lack of activity, lack of practice, they've atrophied, and then they jump right back into the gym and then they hurt things or they feel like they, quote, can't do it anymore. And the reality is it's all about capacity.