I got infected, and I pushed too hard too early. Make goddamn sure that you squat with as vertical a shin angle as you can produce. If you're careful, you'll be okay.
Hi all,
In a recent podcast, Mark and Will Morris were discussing Mark's quad tendon rupture, and his re-injury. It came up in passing, but I think they said one in five re-rupture? I ruptured mine about a year ago, and this is the first I’ve heard of the re-injury rate.
I seem to be recovering well, that quad is still not as strong as the other, but I'm back under the bar and my squats are moving up. I would love to hear more about that re-injury, and how, if possible, I might avoid such a fate.
Thanks
I got infected, and I pushed too hard too early. Make goddamn sure that you squat with as vertical a shin angle as you can produce. If you're careful, you'll be okay.
Thank you. I'm sorry to hear that you got an infection. Vertical shin? That sounds different than how you teach it, or at least as I'm trying to visualize it. I'mAny video on that anywhere? Still have the bar in the low bar position, bend over, etc? Glad you’re better now.
Hi Mark,
You are right, it didn't hurt when the tendon ruptured, I didn't think much about that at the time. I felt pain at the site of the attachment, and any movement after that was painful, but the rupture itself, no.
So why is tendonitis painful? I don't understand the mechanism there.
Thanks.