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Shelby Schweyen

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Confirmed from a solid Source: Shelby has a partial ACL tear which requires surgery, plus a meniscus tear.
She is pretty much bone-on-bone, she is most likely done with basketball.
 
That is just a shame. So unfortunate for the young woman. Hopefully she can rehab and have the opportunity to return. So why do so many Lady Griz suffer ACL injuries? It is absolutely uncanny the regularity with which this happens in the program. Just bad luck or something else? Inquisitive minds wonder?
 
griz71 said:
That is just a shame. So unfortunate for the young woman. Hopefully she can rehab and have the opportunity to return. So why do so many Lady Griz suffer ACL injuries? It is absolutely uncanny the regularity with which this happens in the program. Just bad luck or something else? Inquisitive minds wonder?

I think she's had knee problems for 2 or 3 years. Think she only played a couple early games for Sentinel last year due to a knee injury. Odd to me she'd have been "signed/committed" prior to her senior HS season.
 
griz71 said:
That is just a shame. So unfortunate for the young woman. Hopefully she can rehab and have the opportunity to return. So why do so many Lady Griz suffer ACL injuries? It is absolutely uncanny the regularity with which this happens in the program. Just bad luck or something else? Inquisitive minds wonder?

It's not just with Lady Griz players. John Henry Anderson, a well-respected physical therapist who has worked in both Missoula and Bozeman and is currently one of the head guys at APRS Physical Therapy in Bozeman, did a study over the span of five or six years of women who play "auxiliary" sports like volleyball (he's a club volleyball coach as well) and basketball.

His study showed that young ladies who play volleyball and/or basketball have an astronomically high chance of tearing their ACLs, something like 1 in 9 or 1 in 8. There are many factors, from anatomical structure to growing bodies to leg strength. The fact of the matter is, you have an extremely high chance of tearing your ACL, man or woman, when jumping into the air if you are not strong enough to do a one-legged squat with each leg. Ideally, you should actually be able to do a one-legged squat jump and land on one leg to be truly strong enough to absorb jumping and landing on the basketball court. Strength and muscle development combined with the way women are built make non-contact ACL injuries rampant in women's hoops.

When you look across the Big Sky, you will find there are SO MANY young ladies who have either had a knee injury in the past or lose their careers to knee injuries. Just off the top of my head, Northern Colorado's Savannah Smith had a knee injury in high school. Claire Lundberg, Montana State's best player, had her career end when she blew out her knee last year. Idaho sharpshooter Mikayla Ferenz suffered a knee injury in high school. Honestly, a lot of players "fall" to the Big Sky because they got hurt in high school and if they stay healthy, become all-league, MVP and, in the case of Smith and Ferenz, all-time greats in the Big Sky.
 
I believe it was 3 or 4 Baylor players suffered ACL injuries last year, but Baylor still had the depth to win it all last year. It is not just the Lady Griz.
 
TrueGriz said:
I believe it was 3 or 4 Baylor players suffered ACL injuries last year, but Baylor still had the depth to win it all last year. It is not just the Lady Griz.

Notre Dame had similar issues as well.
 
Colter_Nuanez56 said:
griz71 said:
That is just a shame. So unfortunate for the young woman. Hopefully she can rehab and have the opportunity to return. So why do so many Lady Griz suffer ACL injuries? It is absolutely uncanny the regularity with which this happens in the program. Just bad luck or something else? Inquisitive minds wonder?

It's not just with Lady Griz players. John Henry Anderson, a well-respected physical therapist who has worked in both Missoula and Bozeman and is currently one of the head guys at APRS Physical Therapy in Bozeman, did a study over the span of five or six years of women who play "auxiliary" sports like volleyball (he's a club volleyball coach as well) and basketball.

His study showed that young ladies who play volleyball and/or basketball have an astronomically high chance of tearing their ACLs, something like 1 in 9 or 1 in 8. There are many factors, from anatomical structure to growing bodies to leg strength. The fact of the matter is, you have an extremely high chance of tearing your ACL, man or woman, when jumping into the air if you are not strong enough to do a one-legged squat with each leg. Ideally, you should actually be able to do a one-legged squat jump and land on one leg to be truly strong enough to absorb jumping and landing on the basketball court. Strength and muscle development combined with the way women are built make non-contact ACL injuries rampant in women's hoops.

When you look across the Big Sky, you will find there are SO MANY young ladies who have either had a knee injury in the past or lose their careers to knee injuries. Just off the top of my head, Northern Colorado's Savannah Smith had a knee injury in high school. Claire Lundberg, Montana State's best player, had her career end when she blew out her knee last year. Idaho sharpshooter Mikayla Ferenz suffered a knee injury in high school. Honestly, a lot of players "fall" to the Big Sky because they got hurt in high school and if they stay healthy, become all-league, MVP and, in the case of Smith and Ferenz, all-time greats in the Big Sky.

Thanks for the insight Colter.
 
griz71 said:
That is just a shame. So unfortunate for the young woman. Hopefully she can rehab and have the opportunity to return. So why do so many Lady Griz suffer ACL injuries? It is absolutely uncanny the regularity with which this happens in the program. Just bad luck or something else? Inquisitive minds wonder?

It isn't just the Lady Griz program. https://www.active.com/articles/female-athletes-suffer-more-knee-injuries-why?page=1 https://globalsportmatters.com/health/2019/06/25/overuse-injuries-hit--hard-in-2019/
 
Mousegriz said:
griz71 said:
That is just a shame. So unfortunate for the young woman. Hopefully she can rehab and have the opportunity to return. So why do so many Lady Griz suffer ACL injuries? It is absolutely uncanny the regularity with which this happens in the program. Just bad luck or something else? Inquisitive minds wonder?

I think she's had knee problems for 2 or 3 years. Think she only played a couple early games for Sentinel last year due to a knee injury. Odd to me she'd have been "signed/committed" prior to her senior HS season.

It is not odd at all. It's called nepotism.
 
Colter_Nuanez56 said:
griz71 said:
That is just a shame. So unfortunate for the young woman. Hopefully she can rehab and have the opportunity to return. So why do so many Lady Griz suffer ACL injuries? It is absolutely uncanny the regularity with which this happens in the program. Just bad luck or something else? Inquisitive minds wonder?

It's not just with Lady Griz players. John Henry Anderson, a well-respected physical therapist who has worked in both Missoula and Bozeman and is currently one of the head guys at APRS Physical Therapy in Bozeman, did a study over the span of five or six years of women who play "auxiliary" sports like volleyball (he's a club volleyball coach as well) and basketball.

His study showed that young ladies who play volleyball and/or basketball have an astronomically high chance of tearing their ACLs, something like 1 in 9 or 1 in 8. There are many factors, from anatomical structure to growing bodies to leg strength. The fact of the matter is, you have an extremely high chance of tearing your ACL, man or woman, when jumping into the air if you are not strong enough to do a one-legged squat with each leg. Ideally, you should actually be able to do a one-legged squat jump and land on one leg to be truly strong enough to absorb jumping and landing on the basketball court. Strength and muscle development combined with the way women are built make non-contact ACL injuries rampant in women's hoops.

When you look across the Big Sky, you will find there are SO MANY young ladies who have either had a knee injury in the past or lose their careers to knee injuries. Just off the top of my head, Northern Colorado's Savannah Smith had a knee injury in high school. Claire Lundberg, Montana State's best player, had her career end when she blew out her knee last year. Idaho sharpshooter Mikayla Ferenz suffered a knee injury in high school. Honestly, a lot of players "fall" to the Big Sky because they got hurt in high school and if they stay healthy, become all-league, MVP and, in the case of Smith and Ferenz, all-time greats in the Big Sky.
Great info!
 
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