As I read this article this morning it got me wondering if the IPF (or MPF) will benefit us in reducing injury. I run - a lot - and I know that weather, surface conditions and the like play a huge role in how muscles and joints react and recover. With practices now being outdoors and often on the hard patch of dirt behind Peden, that combination has to be brutal on legs.
Does anyone know of studies or ad hoc riffs on injury rates indoors on turf vs. outdoors on dirt? With the proliferation of turf and indoor facilities, the question must have come up.
I feel like this came up on one of the IPF threads when it was first announced, or during the fundraising campaign
Football practices in Peden on the Field Turf for every practice, except maybe a light monday. IPF will have same surface in it as Peden.
Not to mention the grass fields behind Peden are neither dirt patches nor are they hard. Every day when I'm running after work I see those things being watered by the irrigation system, so they cannot be hard.
Last Edited: 12/4/2012 12:03:38 PM by BillyTheCat