Bryce Young’s return from shoulder injury aided by innovative medical treatment, per ESPN
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Alabama star quarterback Bryce Young sustained a shoulder injury earlier this season against Arkansas.
He missed the following week’s game against Texas A&M but has since returned and played well.
During ESPN’s coverage of the Crimson Tide’s game with Mississippi State on Saturday night, the announce team detailed some of the techniques that Alabama used to get Young back on the field, including the use of specialized machinery.
“That shoulder injury is still a situation,” said ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe, per On3.com. “He didn’t throw at practice on Thursday, they’re keeping him on a pitch count during the week. He’s doing a 24-7 rehab, he’s got machines that he has taken home to his house. He knows how to use them, he uses them overnight.”
“He is wearing a neuromuscular stimulator unit to class,” Rowe added. He’s using ultrasound lasers, he’s doing table work for five-to-six hours a day with his rotator cuff to keep it strong. They said the biggest thing to do right now is minimize the swelling and the soreness.
“The other thing they’re trying to do is maintain his mobility and strength. … So 24-7, five-to-six hours a day in the athletic training room. But at his house he has several different types of machines and they’ve trained him on how to use [them].”
Amazing stuff and it makes the way that Young played last week against Tennessee and tonight against the Bulldogs even more impressive.
Young and Alabama lead Mississippi State 24-0 in the 3rd quarter.
"Chris Wallace covers college football for Saturday Down South. He has covered college athletics for multiple newspapers and also worked previously for Rivals.com and GolfChannel.com."
