Cricketers have limits set from early in their careers to reduce the risk of injury. But could these be detrimental instead of being preventative?
A Sydney based Physio who works with the Sydney Sixers team as well as having his own city based clinic suggests that injuries may be around the corner in any case, possibly due to a lack of tolerance to fast bowling as they develop.
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| Sydney Cricket Ground where New South Wales play |
Currently fast bowlers are restricted like elite bowlers in a prophylactic measure designed to manage the volumes of what is an unusual physical effort. It is recommended as a means of managing low back pain and stress fractures or pars defects.
But Patrick Farhart, head physio to New South Wales from 1990 to 2009 considers that these restrictive measures may merely be delaying the onset of injuries rather than preventing them. Farhart believes young bowlers cannot build a tolerance to the stresses of fast bowling with limits in place.
Read the full Bowling Limits: The Age article
This should get us thinking about adaptations made early in a young sporting career, and also begs questions as to whether restrictions on practice actually prevent potentially useful and beneficial adaptations taking place?
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