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Originally Posted by xztop123
1) you’re extrapolating medical data from the past and medical science is constantly improving. - Simmons had a special type of repair if you read up not the normal type.
2) he’s younger
3) it’s not a skill position. - most data on injuries and failures to recover from them come from skill positions. Where cutting and micro adjustments mean everything.
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Data was taken between 2010 and 2023. It's not dated.
There isn't really a "special" hidden procedure. The repair happens with sutures or grafting and those can be reinforced or not. He didn't have some magic fairy dust sprinkled on it.
If you realized what that tendon does, you'd see why your statement about skill positions is patently false. It is critical in the transmission of power from your quadriceps to your tibia in knee extension.
When the tendon is torn, that tendon doesn't have the elasticity it used to in order to remain taut and stretch during transmission. Post-repair, it's like putting slack in the rope between your quad and your shin. It'll be like having a weaker quad.
Generally speaking, the athlete will never generate as much power as they could before. That's pretty important for a guy who weighs 325 pounds pushing on other 325-pound dudes.
And age simply doesn't matter.