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Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks

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611 points sohkamyung | 5 comments | 19 Feb 25 12:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.876s | source
1. nasmorn ◴[20 Feb 25 15:43 UTC] No.43116061[source]▶
A friend of mine who is a doctor, osteopath a once played pro basketball in Austria said: if pro sports injuries would be treated like the general population is treated there would be no pro sports.
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2. hosteur ◴[20 Feb 25 16:15 UTC] No.43116504[source]▶
Care to elaborate on what they meant by that?
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3. theultdev ◴[20 Feb 25 17:04 UTC] No.43117213[source]▶
It means pro-athletes would never recover so there would be noone left to play pro sports.

Because pro athletes get procedures that actually work, vs general population procedures that can be detrimental.

4. __mharrison__ ◴[20 Feb 25 17:09 UTC] No.43117304[source]▶
Many athletes are playing with injuries?
5. nasmorn ◴[20 Feb 25 17:28 UTC] No.43117584[source]▶
Basically conservative therapy takes off so much load that you have no muscle strength left once you start training. Pro athletes will always apply the max stress they can currently handle.