Harden up Joel Corey...
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Harden up Joel Corey...
Joel Corey is struggling with plantar fasciitis, a foot condition which St Kilda champion Robert Harvey once famously solved by jumping off a chair onto a concrete floor until he snapped the offending band of tissue that runs from the heel along the arch of the foot, thus enabling him to play again.
Balme said he had spoken to Corey about the Harvey method, but said the midfielder had seemed underwhelmed by the suggestion.
Love that story of Harves and his sheer dedication to get out on the park...
Balme said he had spoken to Corey about the Harvey method, but said the midfielder had seemed underwhelmed by the suggestion.
Love that story of Harves and his sheer dedication to get out on the park...
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Didn't G break it in a match?
I believe Ottens also had it from Geelong.
I believe Ottens also had it from Geelong.
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He may be very tough but I dont think he would even deliberately snap a bone.True Blue Sainter wrote:Far out.
Harves was tough in so many ways. I struggle to think of any other players that have deliberately snapped a bone to cure a debilitating condition. Amazing stuff. We were so blessed to have watched him all those years.
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As far as I understand it's not a bone but it is tissue that hardens to become similar to a bone if not monitored and once it gets to that stage you can have an operation on it which would rule you out of footy for a few months, you can wait for it to snap which will impede your ability to run until it snaps or you can go and do it yourself which is what Harvey would do.plugger66 wrote:He may be very tough but I dont think he would even deliberately snap a bone.True Blue Sainter wrote:Far out.
Harves was tough in so many ways. I struggle to think of any other players that have deliberately snapped a bone to cure a debilitating condition. Amazing stuff. We were so blessed to have watched him all those years.
And I can tell you Harvey would have gone through the pain of a bone breaking any day of the week if it would get him up for the next match.
I have broken about 20 bones in my life and if it meant getting to play a game with my team that I would have otherwise missed I would be more than willing to take that pain.
However it requires a completely different level of commitment to do it to yourself.
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Yes, tissue, my mistake.Armoooo wrote:As far as I understand it's not a bone but it is tissue that hardens to become similar to a bone if not monitored and once it gets to that stage you can have an operation on it which would rule you out of footy for a few months, you can wait for it to snap which will impede your ability to run until it snaps or you can go and do it yourself which is what Harvey would do.plugger66 wrote:He may be very tough but I dont think he would even deliberately snap a bone.True Blue Sainter wrote:Far out.
Harves was tough in so many ways. I struggle to think of any other players that have deliberately snapped a bone to cure a debilitating condition. Amazing stuff. We were so blessed to have watched him all those years.
And I can tell you Harvey would have gone through the pain of a bone breaking any day of the week if it would get him up for the next match.
I have broken about 20 bones in my life and if it meant getting to play a game with my team that I would have otherwise missed I would be more than willing to take that pain.
However it requires a completely different level of commitment to do it to yourself.
But the fact that he was willing to inflict pain on himself is amazing. Commitment.
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Armoooo wrote:As far as I understand it's not a bone but it is tissue that hardens to become similar to a bone if not monitored and once it gets to that stage you can have an operation on it which would rule you out of footy for a few months, you can wait for it to snap which will impede your ability to run until it snaps or you can go and do it yourself which is what Harvey would do.plugger66 wrote:He may be very tough but I dont think he would even deliberately snap a bone.True Blue Sainter wrote:Far out.
Harves was tough in so many ways. I struggle to think of any other players that have deliberately snapped a bone to cure a debilitating condition. Amazing stuff. We were so blessed to have watched him all those years.
And I can tell you Harvey would have gone through the pain of a bone breaking any day of the week if it would get him up for the next match.
I have broken about 20 bones in my life and if it meant getting to play a game with my team that I would have otherwise missed I would be more than willing to take that pain.
However it requires a completely different level of commitment to do it to yourself.
how do you break that many bones? do you have osteo arthritas?
or are you a maniac on the footy field?
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The Krusty Demons must give him a lift to the footy.Batnoe wrote:Armoooo wrote:As far as I understand it's not a bone but it is tissue that hardens to become similar to a bone if not monitored and once it gets to that stage you can have an operation on it which would rule you out of footy for a few months, you can wait for it to snap which will impede your ability to run until it snaps or you can go and do it yourself which is what Harvey would do.plugger66 wrote:He may be very tough but I dont think he would even deliberately snap a bone.True Blue Sainter wrote:Far out.
Harves was tough in so many ways. I struggle to think of any other players that have deliberately snapped a bone to cure a debilitating condition. Amazing stuff. We were so blessed to have watched him all those years.
And I can tell you Harvey would have gone through the pain of a bone breaking any day of the week if it would get him up for the next match.
I have broken about 20 bones in my life and if it meant getting to play a game with my team that I would have otherwise missed I would be more than willing to take that pain.
However it requires a completely different level of commitment to do it to yourself.
how do you break that many bones? do you have osteo arthritas?
or are you a maniac on the footy field?
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Just a shocking case of bad luck across a wide range of sports and bike riding.Ghost Like wrote:The Krusty Demons must give him a lift to the footy.Batnoe wrote:Armoooo wrote:As far as I understand it's not a bone but it is tissue that hardens to become similar to a bone if not monitored and once it gets to that stage you can have an operation on it which would rule you out of footy for a few months, you can wait for it to snap which will impede your ability to run until it snaps or you can go and do it yourself which is what Harvey would do.plugger66 wrote:He may be very tough but I dont think he would even deliberately snap a bone.True Blue Sainter wrote:Far out.
Harves was tough in so many ways. I struggle to think of any other players that have deliberately snapped a bone to cure a debilitating condition. Amazing stuff. We were so blessed to have watched him all those years.
And I can tell you Harvey would have gone through the pain of a bone breaking any day of the week if it would get him up for the next match.
I have broken about 20 bones in my life and if it meant getting to play a game with my team that I would have otherwise missed I would be more than willing to take that pain.
However it requires a completely different level of commitment to do it to yourself.
how do you break that many bones? do you have osteo arthritas?
or are you a maniac on the footy field?
Also torn ligaments in my knee, elbow and completely buggered my shoulder and had to get a complete reco and have it permantently pinned in place at 15.
Add that to a punctured lung and I have had the worst run, my mates went through a phase were they'd all call me Kosi, because if anything could go wrong it would.
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Autobiography's by definition are written by the guy in the biography but yes they often have a ghost writer putting the guy's words into prose.perfectionist wrote:Who wrote it?clarky449 wrote:Can you still buy the autobiography? and how much?
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The laidback style and vernacular suggests they are Harves's words, probably transcribed by someone elseace wrote:Autobiography's by definition are written by the guy in the biography but yes they often have a ghost writer putting the guy's words into prose.perfectionist wrote:Who wrote it?clarky449 wrote:Can you still buy the autobiography? and how much?
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