Wimbledon

Now that Wimbledon has come and gone for another year its time to begin the preparation for the NFL season. In another few weeks many of the camps will be opening up and injury is surely to follow. In the advent of players getting bigger, faster, and stronger most people don't realize that the injury rate has risen faster than some wide receivers forty times.

I have gotten to really appreciate tennis in its grace, speed and difficulty. Until you've been on the court with a top 100 player in the world it's hard to understand how good these athletes really are. To hit a ball in the rise at 120 miles per hour is as difficult as Michael Jackson keeping his lunch tray even on his lap while watching recess. Returning someone serve traveling at 140 miles per hour is enough for anyone to lay down and cry at the mere fact that a ball can travel that fast - let alone have the ability to hit it on the rise.

As with any professional sport that I work at it's eire to know that most of the sports and the athletes are alike. The athletes are young, naive, and full of piss and vinegar. They all want the coveted ring, trophy or cup that comes with their particular sport. They all have the perception that if they don't make it to the very top of their sport than everything else has been a waste of time. They've put in thousands of hours of practice and conditioning that rival a deep southern chain gang and to come up short is more than disheartening.

Injury has been something that has been over looked in many professional sports. Injury in the way that most people don't think about. Minor injuries and restrictions of the body begin to accumulate which slowly diminish the athletes abilities - slowly but surely to the point of major injury. This is why so many athletes that have the ability to win slowly self destruct. Injuries can alter any athlete at any level. That's why its so important to be able to have a specialist who is trained to see what part of the body is breaking down and to be able to correct it before it turns into a major injury.