#102 – Injury Persona Weekly Wrap: What Tom Trbojevic’s Hamstring Injury Reveals About Performance Limits (+ More Injury Insights)

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I just think what a difference he could

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make in those communities, but then also

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communities across multiple different

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areas if he was able to

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remove those blocks and and be the

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absolute superstar that he is capable of

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being. What's interesting is that.

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Not long after.

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Turbo goes off injured that.

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Dolly Cherry Evans does. He's back.

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And Remember Me talking last week about

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those injuries that are about feeling

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like you're holding?The weight of so

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many different things I talked about.

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I'm Ian Hawkins and this is Sporty's

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life. The purpose of sport, as I

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see it, is to see your vision become a

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reality, find your voice, create

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strong connections and learn to trust

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your body.

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Such was the feedback I got after I did

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that episode last week around

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the injury personas. I'm

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gonna make it a weekly wrap. So starting

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from this week, the injury persona weekly

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wrap and before I

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dive into the high profile injuries that

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I saw this week and discuss what's going

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on, just wanna make it clear that.

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Not saying that these people are

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deliberately going out and getting

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injured, On the contrary, it's all

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happening at a subconscious level. There

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are certain beliefs

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below the surface at that subconscious

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level which is stopping them from

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having that consistency which are

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resulting in those injuries. That on a

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logical level, on a more

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of an ego level, they're actually

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fighting desperately to stay

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fit to continue to hit

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those same levels and then of course

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improve and take their performance to

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another level. So this is not about them

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deliberately getting themselves into into

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injury situations. We all

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have different.

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Subconscious beliefs coming from years of

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programming, a lot of it's formed in our

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very earliest years and we run

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certain patterns and and they repeat and

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they can keep us from actually moving

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forward to where we want to get to. And

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it's no different in sport and it's no

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different when it comes to the physical

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body. So that's what's playing out.

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So let's get to the first one. And this

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seems to be someone that's been in the

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injury. News way too often,

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because we all know what he's capable of,

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and that's Tom Dubois. Well, it looks

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like it's not a serious injury, which is

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great to hear for all us footy fans who

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love watching him play. Especially the

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Manly fans, I'm sure, But a

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hamstring injury again. And So what I

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know of hamstring injuries is that

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there's a whole lot of depth to it. But I

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don't want to go into the full depth

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because I'll just bore you with the

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details. But essentially

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it's about moving forward and

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and the different levels. So if you think

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of maybe a sprinter

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that is at a level. Perhaps

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beyond where they think their

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subconscious sorry at a level.

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That at a subconscious level, they don't

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believe they belong.

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Maybe. They're

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like feeling out of their depth in a in a

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race more than the hamstring tear will

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happen.

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And they won't have to get to the end of

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that race to see the disappointment of

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not being quite up to that level. There's

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a there's a pattern playing out. But then

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also sometimes those injuries happen when

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people are out in front. So hamstrings

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also can be when you have

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gone beyond the level that you actually

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believe or that believe you're capable

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of, but probably more so believe that you

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are deserving of. And sometimes

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it's also like it almost gets too

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easy. And I think this is probably the

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case for Tom. It's like he's playing so

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many levels above when he had his best,

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so many levels above. It's almost like.

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He could just change the game at will and

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has done and it's

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like that's for him to be that

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much of A standout. Just

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subconsciously there's a pattern there

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that's saying, oh, I'm not ready for that

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level of. And if it's fame, but

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to be put in that higher level of.

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Top tier of player. It's also like, I

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feel like, you know, it would take him

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because hamstrings are also around your

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roots and where you come from. And

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it would maybe he would feel that again

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at a subconscious level that would take

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him away from his roots from being that

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local boy that's stayed at manly all that

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time. And because you know the

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pardon me, both of those or both or

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three of those boys playing for Manly,

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it's well known that they've still highly

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involved in the local community and, and

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really. They're, they're part

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of the community at a much deeper level.

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And, and maybe there's a, there's a

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belief there that that that would take

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him away from that because there are,

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there are times when when he's playing at

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his best, that it's like he's, he's

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untouchable. And imagine if he could

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string that together for a long period of

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time. And of course, with a lot of

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injuries, but particularly around

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hamstrings, it's self trust and.

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The level of. Trust he

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has in himself around a whole lot of

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different topics and I'm not going to

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pretend to know what they are because I

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don't know him. I haven't met him, but I

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would. If I have a conversation

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with him, we could work out what that is.

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We can move those obstacles out of the

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way to allow him to thrive.

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Because I just think what a difference he

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could make in those communities, but then

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also communities across multiple

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different areas if he was

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able to remove those blocks and and be

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the absolute superstar that he is capable

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of being. What's interesting is that.

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Not long after.

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Turbo goes off injured that.

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Dolly Cherry Evans does. He's back.

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And Remember Me talking last week about

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those injuries that are about feeling

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like you're holding?The weight of so

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many different things I talked about.

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The responsibility and Michael Clarke

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when he was having to shoulder the burden

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when all of those.

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Stars of the Australian cricket team had

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moved on and he was having to bring this

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new transition, this new team

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of of young players through and and yeah,

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he was feeling the weight of that and

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he's back when and and I was almost

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almost instantly, it was like 5-10

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minutes later DC ES back goes and

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and the spasm. And again, thankfully it

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doesn't sound like it's serious to be

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playing, but it just shows how quickly

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these things can unfold when when the

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reality of our like, you know, it's going

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to be all on me again. Of course, he's

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got a whole lot of other good players

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around him and it's not all on him,

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but that's the feeling that he would

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have, right? Maybe consciously,

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definitely subconsciously that OK, it's

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up to me because this is what high

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performers that they, that's how they

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look at things and he's been a high

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performer for a long time. Again, we'll

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use the example of State of Origin and

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and test matches and, and he and he's

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not had to shoulder that burden and

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he's not the primary person as good as

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he's been. He's not been necessarily the

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the out and out star, the captain, yes,

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but not feeling like all that

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responsibilities on his shoulders and

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that hasn't been a problem. And then

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there's Mitch Moses who's who's had

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another set back. It looks like he's

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going to be out for another 3 or 4 weeks,

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well after that first week from para.

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They were diabolical, let's be honest,

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against a red hot Melbourne team,

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suddenly the pressure they'd be feeling

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of on him to come back and change

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all of that, probably consciously,

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definitely at a deeper level and

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suddenly like a blood flow to the foot,

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it's not recovering. It's going to be a

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few more weeks out. And that wouldn't

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have been helped any by the weekend's

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result either. So.

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It's really interesting from since that

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conversation, how many of these things

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have been repeated in the week after and

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then the other two want to talk about is.

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Matt Burton and Liam Mika from the

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Bulldogs. Not 100%

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, confirmedbut both suspected of

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MCL damage to their knee.

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They'll be both be out for

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significant periods of time by the sound

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of it. The MCL is all about

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stability. Stops the leg,

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stops the knees sort of going side to

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side when when you're.

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When you're in, when you're moving,

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basically. So there's an

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imbalance there for them and

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that that team is on the rise and and

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there'd be a certain amount of pressure

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on those two players in particular. And

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when there's an imbalance around moving

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forward, then that's when those sort of

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injuries can happen. My best

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guess would be they're in the process of

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trying to master something, that the

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coaches set them a certain target and

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they're not getting in 100%

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rightagain, at their

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lofty standards, they're probably doing

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it at a level that's acceptable, but but

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their own standards, they're feeling like

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that should be better. And again, the

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high performer just wants to be at that

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elite level of time, wants to hit what

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they know they're capable of it

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consistently,

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consistently, and so

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they crack the shit. And

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then the result is the injury

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because of

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that frustration, then going through the

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body and and creating more of that block.

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So.

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I've done this sort of work for hundreds

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of clients already.

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People having results like

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instantly pain removed from certain areas

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that they couldn't get right. We spent

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countless hours and dollars on different

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sort of processes to improve things and

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I reckon it'd be hyper fun to be able to

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do this in at this elite level

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and yeah I.

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What I'm looking for is.

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3 elite level sports people. So that's

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you or. You

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know someone that is

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having repeated injuries then?

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I'm Yeah, I want to speak

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to you. I want to, I want to look for

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three people in this space who I can take

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on and.

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Process this, help them clear this

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for free. Umm.

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Because I know the impact that this will

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have on sport if this is something that

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becomes the norm. So yeah, that's

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my challenge to you to either get in

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contact with me directly or if you know

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someone, let me know and or let

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them know. And yeah, let's see if we

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can change that pattern for good so that

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you can move on to what it is that you

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really want, the results you want, that

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level of performance that you know you're

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capable of and doing it consistently

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again and again.

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You've taken the time to listen to this

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whole episode. Now it's time to take

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action. Commit to one thing you've

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learned today and make it happen. And to

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