Dan Smith destroyed his ankle. The 2 lower bones were shattered and his ankle was dislocated after that tackle. It was completely needless and basically consigned him to be a footballer in title only.
The vast majority of those subsequent injuries listed on that info graph occurred after the tackle.
@ Yorkie - The body is a funny thing, nerves, tendons etc are all obviously connected, but the strange thing is if damage occurs in one area, or one location, it can cause issues in an other.
ie having a broken, or wounded leg for a long time can cause issues down the line with the other leg due to it having to over compensate to carry the wounded leg.
Theres a spot in your upper arm that if its pressed hard enough, you can move your fingers!
Flat feet can cause massive back problems in later life due to a poorer posture which puts more pressure on certain joints/makes cartilage rub away quicker than normal.
I know you're probably pulling legs (pun intended) in any case, but just thought id say it anyway!
Interesting party trick / magic trick -
put your left hand flat on a table.
tuck your middle finger in underneath your hand without moving the other fingers.
Your middle finger should have 3 lengths, the length between knuckle and middle length, the middle length and the smallest length with your finger tip on.
have that middle length flat on the table.
Keep your hand in that exact position.
Try and lift your ring finger off the table, without moving any of your other fingers/thumb, including the middle finger tucked underneath your hand.
f***ked up innit!
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:06 pm
Look at the types of injuries he had before and after the tackle he took at Sunderland. He quite clearly could never recover from it.
