February 27, 2005
On Mended Knee
Barry Bonds' knees seem to be coming along quite nicely. I wonder how much this has to do with it:
While other players can relax in the afternoon, Bonds has been straining through an hour of water exercises designed to improve his strength and wind after the surgery. But that's fine with Bonds as long as his knee stays as sound as it appears.
"I keep it at a lower impact so I can push myself a little bit harder ... without having my entire body weight on it," Bonds said. "The good news is, it's coming back. The good news is, it's not progressive soreness. As the day goes on, it kind of subsides away. Hopefully, I don't have that progressive pain."
Many years ago I was on a tour of New Comiskey Park and they pointed out the water tank that had been installed for Bo Jackson to rehabilitate his hip. Ozzie Guillen had suffered an injury that season, and we were told the tank had cut his recovery time in half. Looks like it's helping Barry as well.
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I saw a short film clip a couple years ago with A-Rod working out in a water tank too. Don't think he was rehabbing as much as just working out.
TO used the water tank extensively to rehab from his ankle injury before the Super Bowl. I think we will see more and more of this for leg injuries of all kinds in the future.