HALLELUKA: Luka Clinches All-NBA 1st team. 4th in 5 years

[Hogmelon]

https://bicycle2work.com/cycling-with-a-calf-strain

Very interesting:

"A calf strain manages to be both painful and annoying in equal measure. It can hurt, but sometimes not as much as other strains, and yet it has this amazing ability to restrict your movement in so many ways.

But here’s the big question for us cycling nuts – can you cycle with a calf strain?

You should not cycle with a calf strain, as this can antagonize the injury, and lead to a much longer period off your bike than if you rested. The medical solution to a calf strain is relatively simple – rest, ice, and patience.

Of course, there are different levels of calf strains and different stages of injury."

I might be totally misremembering something I learned in an biomechanics class (it's been like 2 years) so take this with a grain of salt but I believe biking is a good way to strengthen calf muscles without having to fully engage them as they're mainly used to balance you on the bike. 

As in this is the one exercise Luka can do safely without hurting himself further. And if anything it's going to help in his recovery since he's on a stationary bike with no shift in terrain so there isn't much balancing needed here. 

Again take this with a grain of salt I have shit memory.

If Casey Smith is really "the best head athletic trainer in the entire NBA," then he is surely an expert on "Cycling with a Calf Strain."  And if athletes "should not cycle with a calf strain," then maybe Luka really just suffered a bad cramp in his calf last Sunday night.


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