Puff piece on JJ McCarthy's shoulder recovery (maybe $)
An article by Austin Meek in The Athletic about JJ McCarthy getting help from Tom House, the throwing guru who's worked with Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Nolan Ryan, etc.
It may be paywalled. I can open the attached link but that may be because I get The Athletic through the NY Times.
Essentially, the article combines 3 threads,
1) McCarthy constantly practicing and working, including throwing after games;
2) his work with House, including cutting back on his throwing to ensure his recovery is solid, and
3) a discussion of House's approach, which combines biomechanics, strength, nutrition, and "mental management."
Any relation to House, M.D. ?
What ever was wrong with his shoulder, it certainly wasn't lupus.
my wife and i have a running joke because of that show.
any time either one of us has anything wrong ("I have a headache" or "oww i stubbed my toe" or "my knuckle hurts") the response is "it's probably lupus."
I think each one of the doctors under House had their own favorite "it's this!" disease. My wife and I binged watched House recently and we could really see the redundancy.
The last episode - where the actors got together and reminisced - was cool when Dr. House "started" talking with a British accent. I knew he had the accent (Monsters vs Aliens!), but it caught me off guard hearing him through all the episodes.
If I'm dying, I'm calling House. Otherwise, it's Cameron and Cuddy... and Thirteen and Adams.
No matter what kind of trouble I'm in--- medical, legal, whatever---I still dial 1-800-Mannix.
Between Joe Mannix and Peggy Fair, they ALWAYS find a solution to everything, usually in an hour or less.
Sarcoidosis?
They just used that diagnosis because it was easy to say on TV.
The episode where they removed half of a guy's brain was entertaining.
"No detail is too small, down to the temperature of the athlete’s bedroom at night, the pH level of their water or the ratio of complex carbohydrates to proteins in their diet." Sounds a little psuedo-sciency but hope it works.
Yeah, though the article was interesting, the writer repeated House's claims as fact, which isn't good journalism.
People laugh at Brady for his TB12 diet, how strictly regimented it is, how just completely restrictive it is on a ton of different foods. But hey, the man is still throwing for 5,000 yards and is just shy of turning 45. Pretty much every other NFL QB's body starts to give out on them by the time they hit 40.
Crazy or not, whatever he's doing is working. So why mess with what works? Especially if you're still a favorite to get your eighth ring.
Survivorship bias at its finest imo.
Tom Brady's diet is ridiculous and not at all responsible for his success. Well, in some ways it is - he's not exactly eating fried chicken and donuts all day long. So in the big picture, eating all organic, avoiding processed foods, eating lots of veggies etc is obviously very good.
But a lot of his stuff is psuedoscience bs. No tomatoes because they cause inflammation? Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, which is an antioxidant
No iodized salt, instead using himalayan pink salt? Cmon now
Eating "alkaline foods" to harmonize his body? Bunk.
The traits that LED him to obsess over his weird diet (insanely competitive, obsessive, detail oriented) are why he's the goat. Plus a good bit of luck and good genes obviously
Avoiding nightshades due to inflammation isn't "pseudoscience", not everyone has the same ability to process the same foods.
Because, while he's free to train that way, he's profiteering off it by selling what is by most accounts a snake-oil approach to training supplements, etc.
pH level of water is a bunch of bunk, especially given that most water has extremely little buffering capacity, and the body regulates its pH level anyways
Yeah, I don't claim to know what makes for good throwing mechanics, etc., but Tom House has been around forever, and he doesn't have a great reputation over in the baseball world. Most famously, he proclaimed Mark Prior to have "perfect mechanics", a claim that didn't age well.
https://www.chrisoleary.com/pitching/pitchers/prior-mark-pitching-mechanics.html
We healing a QB or building a jedi?
Where does pizza fit into this?
For the future, I'm pretty sure everything that the Athletic puts out is paywalled
It appears to only be a 10 ft. paywall. A 12 ft ladder will suffice: https://12ft.io/ Scroll down to the "What," "Why," and "How does it work?" sections if you want to learn more. There are also browser extensions out there that will do it for you automatically.
Premium content is premium content, like recruiting sites or ESPN+ for example. I can respect that. These other sites want to have their cake and eat it too. Fuck em.
Thanks for the link - it worked!
If the wall was built by the Trump admin. a giant Trump fart will bring it down.
$4 MIL is NIL would make that shoulder feel SO good!
I'm glad JJ is getting help from such a QB rehab guru. This may prevent JJ from reinjuring his shoulder before the season.
A couple MGoPoints to you for pointing out to an old idiot that I can sign up for The Athletic through my Times subscription. Thank you, sir!
Dear Old Idiot,
You're welcome.
OOI (Other Old Idiot)
Does the NY Times subscription also get The Athletic? My understanding was that was not the case as it was still totally separate?
Update - yes just confirmed it is included, thanks for posting
I think the TImes only started linking to The Athletic a few weeks ago.
I didn't realize it until I saw this post - many thanks. You use the same email but apparently do have to set a separate password (or my NYT one was too short). I have full access now.
If you had both previously, shouldn't you get a refund for one now that they're combined?