Injuries

[darksideofthemoon]

Vaughan's injury seems to be taking a long time to heal for a grade one hamstring tear. They said he has had two injections recently for it and I am wondering what kind of treatment he is having. I had tore a sartorial muscle in my leg and the physio (the same one Lennox Lewis uses ) used a magnetic resonator. Before I couldn't lift my leg and after it was as if it had never happened. I did have to have further treatments. Another item that can be used is ultrasound. Both machines are small and can easily be taken on tour. I wonder if England have them.

One thing I can't understand is why sports injuries are iced. The swelling is the body's way to bring heat to the injury and blood flow to start repairing it. Keeping on icing an injury is preventing that repair from happening. There are doctors who disagree on putting ice on injuries.

A true breakthrough in hamstring injury rehabilitation is ultrasound, you can heal your injured body twice as fast and significantly reduce the pain associated with your injury.
Hamstring injuries are the most common muscle injuries of all. The hamstring is a large muscle and healing can take a long time. What's worse, is that it's just not possible to stop everything and rest the muscle properly. Everyone has demands that make them keep going. In the process we prevent the hamstring from healing and worse, we reinjure it further setting back our recovery.

Constant re-injury needs to be avoided at all costs. Obviously, it delays the healing process, but what's worse is that every re-injury and additional healing cycle increases the amount of scar tissue that builds up in the muscle. Scar tissue is hard, inflexible, and tough to get rid of. The more scar tissue that develops, the more you loose the range of motion for that hamstring. This is going to mean that your muscle doesn't perform as well as it once did and it makes it much more prone to injury again later on.

[Ernest]

If Vaughan needs intensive treatment so close to the World Cup, then IMO he is not going to be fit in time - if indeed ever.

Cold water (Ice) is correct to reduce swelling, this is not to repair the injury - but to stop and reduce swelling short term (like to continue a match).

Also bleeding at the point of injury will contribute to swelling, blood flows more freely when warm, and clots more readily when cold is applied.

EDIT: I have found this site on Google which explains it better that I here

[flanflinger]

Originally Posted by Ernest

If Vaughan needs intensive treatment so close to the World Cup, then IMO he is not going to be fit in time - if indeed ever.

I know you won't agree Ern, but I feel that England are a better team with Vaughan at the helm, than without.

In ODI's he has never performed as he should have done, but if you look at his record as Captain - 59.57% of games are won with him as captain (England win 28% with Flintoff in charge and 33% with Strauss leading). However, in the first round of games I would only have him playing against the Kiwis, I would not risk him against the minnows (Kenya and Canada)

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by flanflinger

I know you won't agree Ern, but I feel that England are a better team with Vaughan at the helm, than without.

I could agree ff if England still had Trescothick and Thorpe in the side, think I have against Vaughan is is prolonged absence from the side, and an even greater run of bad forrm, this England batting just can't IMO carry passengers.

Originally Posted by flanflinger

In ODI's he has never performed as he should have done, but if you look at his record as Captain - 59.57% of games are won with him as captain (England win 28% with Flintoff in charge and 33% with Strauss leading)

Yes but his successes where in the past - England did not fall to #8 just under Flintoff and Strauss, in fact Flintoff has performed quite well in the recent Tri Nations Trophy.

I tell you what ff - what about Vaughan as England coach?, he has a ruthless streak that could well take England back to 2004/5.

[flanflinger]

Originally Posted by Ernest

I tell you what ff - what about Vaughan as England coach?, he has a ruthless streak that could well take England back to 2004/5.

A possible option for the future, but I still hope to see him play for England for a few more years!!