Michael Thomas likes Nader's Tweet on the Saints Medical Staff

NS_Saint said

I don't know enough about the medical staff of the Saints or any other team but what else are they supposed to do when the league culture emphasizes that you have to play hurt or you'll be replaced. I mean they ask these guys to play a physically violent sport with injuries that take a lot of time and rest to heal. They'll shoot them up with painkillers and cortisone to get through games, taking the risk of making that injury worse or developing a new injury because other parts of the body are overcompensating.

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The last part is true. Speaking from experience, cortisone shots can create tendon issues. I’ve torn two tendons and after evaluating the MRI, the ortho said the fraying of tendon fibers that eventually snapped was largely due to overaggressive conservative treatment of tendinitis- which means administering cortisone shots way more frequently than typical, mainly to avoid surgery, while allowing me to continue competing and to also provide relief. I trust this guys opinion as he was part of the medical team for the Dodgers, Lakers, Ducks, and Kings and has seen tons of similar issues with athletes.