It would seem that the calendar has shrunk in sports.
Time has changed value. More and more, players who are out for injury seem to be coming back quicker. Is this a medical miracle or a new problem for players?
Seeing players like Amar'e Stoudemire, Iman Shumpert and David Lee return from once-devastating injuries not only helps their team (and career) but resets the expectations we have, setting the stage for the Derrick Rose backlash.
The change in the rehabilitation clock is difficult to understand for many, but most revolutions are. The difference we've seen over the last decade in terms of timeline is not one single factor, the way it was in the 1980s.
At that point, the introduction of the arthroscope changed the recovery timelines and allowed new surgical techniques to rapidly deploy. The reduced trauma to the damaged joints allowed for better results and quicker comebacks.
Now, we're seeing a multi-factorial change that is not quite so clear, and a differential spread that has disguised the causations. Understanding what is going on behind the scenes is, by definition, not broa ...
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