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Training Technique May Be Cause Of Sports Hernia

by Paul on 05/27/07 at 11:49 AM ET
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from Tony Gallagher of the Vancouver Province,

Jonathan Cheechoo had sports hernias on both sides when he finished and both Bill Guerin and Mark Smith were also troubled by the same ailment. And we all know about the trials of Ed Jovanovski.
Most of the players are blaming poor ice conditions, which force them to move their feet at enormous speed through slow, slushy conditions, but the experts are not so sure the ice is to blame. To be sure, the teams are taking a very serious look at this and wondering whether or not a lot of this core training, which has been ongoing of late, is the main factor.
“The core work that is being done is allowing these guys to get stronger and to perform better but it’s putting a lot of torque and strain on that area and we’re seeing this injury on the rise,” says Canucks medical trainer Mike Burnstein.

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