thegazelle
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- Nov 11, 2019
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I wonder whether this condition was precipitated by something that happened in the last game against Tampa. I was actually pretty surprised the Leafs played their full team in what really was a meaningless game (standings wise) whereas the Oilers rested all of their top players to ensure nothing happens to them before the playoffs.
I don't know whether Nylander's situation is related to a possible concussion, but I remember years ago when Crosby was dealing with concussions and he said the resulting sensitivity to noise and light were overwhelming. And his family was encouraging him to perhaps hang up the skates, for the sake of a viable life after hockey. Crosby took a lot of time to rest and heal and certain he and his team and fans are better for it.
I know a lot of people can be very dismissive of migraines and headaches in general. It is true, that today's generation of young people generally are less tolerant of pain as a whole compared to the young people who stormed Normandy, etc. But I also think medical advances have been such that they can find correlations to other conditions that may be more serious, for which headaches/migraines were but only a symptom. Not too long ago I had migraines which were pretty debilitating, but being a single father, I just pushed through and went to work and drove the kids around, etc. Until the day I blacked out while driving. Went to the ER and turns out that it was a heart issue. I would have never connected it, but glad I got it checked out and took time to recover.
Not saying that's the case with Nylanders but his doctors should rightfully be cautious just to rule out something like concussions, etc.
Playing through physical injuries has always been something that has set aside the mental and physical toughness of NHL players to other sports. But I think medical science has gotten to the point where there can be a difference between playing through a physical injury without much ramifications and playing through an injury/condition for which the results can have long term permanent adverse and detrimental effects. I am not a fan of Nylander in the least (never liked him since he demanded that contract initially), but certainly, I don't wish for him to end up with a long term sustained injury which will affect his life later, if taking proper precautionary measures could have prevented it.
I don't know whether Nylander's situation is related to a possible concussion, but I remember years ago when Crosby was dealing with concussions and he said the resulting sensitivity to noise and light were overwhelming. And his family was encouraging him to perhaps hang up the skates, for the sake of a viable life after hockey. Crosby took a lot of time to rest and heal and certain he and his team and fans are better for it.
I know a lot of people can be very dismissive of migraines and headaches in general. It is true, that today's generation of young people generally are less tolerant of pain as a whole compared to the young people who stormed Normandy, etc. But I also think medical advances have been such that they can find correlations to other conditions that may be more serious, for which headaches/migraines were but only a symptom. Not too long ago I had migraines which were pretty debilitating, but being a single father, I just pushed through and went to work and drove the kids around, etc. Until the day I blacked out while driving. Went to the ER and turns out that it was a heart issue. I would have never connected it, but glad I got it checked out and took time to recover.
Not saying that's the case with Nylanders but his doctors should rightfully be cautious just to rule out something like concussions, etc.
Playing through physical injuries has always been something that has set aside the mental and physical toughness of NHL players to other sports. But I think medical science has gotten to the point where there can be a difference between playing through a physical injury without much ramifications and playing through an injury/condition for which the results can have long term permanent adverse and detrimental effects. I am not a fan of Nylander in the least (never liked him since he demanded that contract initially), but certainly, I don't wish for him to end up with a long term sustained injury which will affect his life later, if taking proper precautionary measures could have prevented it.
