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Elite Mindset — Be Connective
Muscles are our strength but we can only use them fully when we also focus on our Connective Tissue
About 35 years ago, my life largely revolved around playing Basketball (with a little study and work in there somewhere!). At that time, if anyone tore their ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament, connecting the knee joint) it was a career-ending injury, the end.
Around 20 years ago, I was playing squash one evening with a top female player when her ACL “went”. She collapsed to the floor suddenly. We could tell what had happened, and, stoic as she was, it was a devastating blow at a young age. That said, she soon was fitted with the latest in leg braces and, due to the gracefulness of her particular style of movement, was back playing soon. A few years later, that same player was able to get a new operation and, ultimately, fully recover function and use of her knee and playing back at 100% of the level of strength and flexibility as before.
Medicine, science, sports have learned so, so much about ligament and other connective tissue in recent decades, leading to great advances in not only areas such as reconstructive surgery (as with ACL injuries), but also a proactive focus on the connective tissue that can release tension and generate increased flexibility and access to your full muscle strength.
