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Elphick will defy gravity as he bounces back (From The Argus)
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Elphick will defy gravity as he bounces back
5:00pm Saturday 30th June 2012 in Albion By Brian Owen
Nearly there: Tommy Elphick is close to playing again
Tommy Elphick has been told to take the weight off his feet as pre-season gathers pace.
But the fit-again central defender is on course to feature in Albion’s friendlies.
Elphick will be in the thick of it when pre-season training kicks off in earnest on Monday.
But the centre-back who suffered a ruptured Achilles just 40 minutes from the end of the 2010-11 season will do his running in a newly-installed anti-gravity treadmill at The Amex.
His Achilles has healed but Albion’s medical team, headed by Nathan Ring and Dr Helge Riepenhof, are keen to avoid any other problems.
He is doing his running with the force of impact reduced by an anti-gravity mechanism while team mates pound the firm pitches outside.
Elphick told The Argus last night: “The anti-gravity running is not because of the Achilles.
“Anybody coming back from time away to do the amount of running we are doing would be sore.
“This is just to reduce that soreness, which might set me back a bit or affect me psychologically when we get the balls out.
“The machine takes 10-15% off my body weight and makes it a bit easier.
“It makes sense. But I did nearly everything with the lads last week apart from a short cross country.”
Elphick is likely to be left out of the opening pre-season friendly, on an artificial surface at Maidstone’s new stadium on July 14.
He said: “I think I will be kept out of that game and I might not be the only one.
“But there are a lot of friendlies to look forward to.
“I’m not setting targets, There’s a difference between being back in training and having your timing and rhythm back for matches. But I was doing 95% of the stuff with the other boys last week to a good level.”with the other boys last week to a good level.”
Comments(29)
Tommy from the Amex
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5:15pm Sat 30 Jun 12
Hovite
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5:17pm Sat 30 Jun 12
farside
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6:05pm Sat 30 Jun 12
fretlessbass
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6:11pm Sat 30 Jun 12
6:05pm Sat 30 Jun 12
no it is a pukka treadmill covered by an airtight curtain to create a partial vacuum - clever stuff and very very good for deaing with sports injuries and pretty much top of the range. Good to see the club investing in high quality physio. It absolutely beggars belief that many don't
- Very informative farside - thank you.
tug509
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6:14pm Sat 30 Jun 12
Gee Jay
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6:27pm Sat 30 Jun 12
Seriously, good luck in your recovery Tommy......Tommy can you hear me?
Good to hear they are back and starting training. According to the Yorkshire Post Neil Warnock does not want his squad back until 11th July! Is he confident or something else?
football's coming home
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6:33pm Sat 30 Jun 12
Wilka wrote:Think he may have spent too much time training with Joe Mattock. ;-)
“This is just to reduce that soreness, which might set me back a bit or affect me psychologically when we get the balls out."
Snigger......
farside
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6:34pm Sat 30 Jun 12
tug509 wrote:You're not wrong!
Can think of someone else to connect that bunjee chord to,and where!!!
Alfie T
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6:45pm Sat 30 Jun 12
Zamora25
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7:01pm Sat 30 Jun 12
Any news on Hall?
Captain Haddock
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8:35pm Sat 30 Jun 12
Hovite wrote:Hehe. Having fun picturing that!
This anti-gravity treadmill sounds state of the art but it basically a pair of pants contected to a bunjee cord.
The Real Ryfish
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8:36pm Sat 30 Jun 12
farside wrote:A vacuum affecting gravity? I think that's worthy of a Nobel Prize for Physics!
no it is a pukka treadmill covered by an airtight curtain to create a partial vacuum - clever stuff and very very good for deaing with sports injuries and pretty much top of the range. Good to see the club investing in high quality physio. It absolutely beggars belief that many don't.
thewhitehawker
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9:37pm Sat 30 Jun 12
farside
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9:40pm Sat 30 Jun 12
The Real Ryfish wrote:Maybe wrong but as far as I know they work by reducing pressure - nothing to do with defying gravity but the name sells product I'm sure.
farside wrote:A vacuum affecting gravity? I think that's worthy of a Nobel Prize for Physics!
no it is a pukka treadmill covered by an airtight curtain to create a partial vacuum - clever stuff and very very good for deaing with sports injuries and pretty much top of the range. Good to see the club investing in high quality physio. It absolutely beggars belief that many don't.
Not so sure about Tommy being 5th choice. At his best and from memory he is more of an aerial attacking threat than any of our other central defenders and he is a match for Dunk defensively so by my reckoning he will be in with a shout once fit
Hovite
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11:19pm Sat 30 Jun 12
Captain Haddock wrote:Just done a bit of quick research on this and funnily enough you have to wear rubber pants which then connect to the treadmill. Bit of a cheek calling it an anti gravity treadmill, trade descriptions and all that lol
Hovite wrote:Hehe. Having fun picturing that!
This anti-gravity treadmill sounds state of the art but it basically a pair of pants contected to a bunjee cord.
championshipgull
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12:26am Sun 1 Jul 12
Hovite
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12:28am Sun 1 Jul 12
mikeygit
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9:25am Sun 1 Jul 12
smegbuster
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11:51am Sun 1 Jul 12
Hovite wrote:A bit like the article on "This Morning" the other day about "Zero-Gravity Yoga" - basically just using a hammock to get into other positions where you're just part-hanging or part-resting on the hammock. How the heck does that make it ZeroG?
Captain Haddock wrote:Just done a bit of quick research on this and funnily enough you have to wear rubber pants which then connect to the treadmill. Bit of a cheek calling it an anti gravity treadmill, trade descriptions and all that lol
Hovite wrote:Hehe. Having fun picturing that!
This anti-gravity treadmill sounds state of the art but it basically a pair of pants contected to a bunjee cord.
Hovite
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12:13pm Sun 1 Jul 12
smegbuster wrote:Yeah it's a bit like calling a space hopper an anti-gravity squat machine.
Hovite wrote:A bit like the article on "This Morning" the other day about "Zero-Gravity Yoga" - basically just using a hammock to get into other positions where you're just part-hanging or part-resting on the hammock. How the heck does that make it ZeroG?
Captain Haddock wrote:Just done a bit of quick research on this and funnily enough you have to wear rubber pants which then connect to the treadmill. Bit of a cheek calling it an anti gravity treadmill, trade descriptions and all that lol
Hovite wrote:Hehe. Having fun picturing that!
This anti-gravity treadmill sounds state of the art but it basically a pair of pants contected to a bunjee cord.
namgo49
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12:57pm Sun 1 Jul 12
Tommy from the Amex wrote:I heard this equipment was pioneered unsuccessfully at Valencia where there star player Vicente Rodriguez was undergoing extensive rehab following a number of psycologically induced injuries.
Fantastic ! A story at last that does not mention the V word !
This ultimately led to the club deciding enough was enough and sent him on his way.
He later joined a Championship side in the English League who gave him a one year contract with a further one year option which, having now been patiently nursed back to health by that club, he and his agent feel aggrieved the club wants to exercise this option as he would rather be playing back in his native Spain for family reasons for a club who can just about afford his wages but apparently not enough to buy out the contract his current club has so harshly invoked.
tug509
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1:36pm Sun 1 Jul 12
namgo49 wrote:Lifes so unfair!!!
Tommy from the Amex wrote:I heard this equipment was pioneered unsuccessfully at Valencia where there star player Vicente Rodriguez was undergoing extensive rehab following a number of psycologically induced injuries.
Fantastic ! A story at last that does not mention the V word !
This ultimately led to the club deciding enough was enough and sent him on his way.
He later joined a Championship side in the English League who gave him a one year contract with a further one year option which, having now been patiently nursed back to health by that club, he and his agent feel aggrieved the club wants to exercise this option as he would rather be playing back in his native Spain for family reasons for a club who can just about afford his wages but apparently not enough to buy out the contract his current club has so harshly invoked.
BHArulz
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5:20pm Sun 1 Jul 12
tug509
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5:55pm Sun 1 Jul 12
Neville
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7:32pm Sun 1 Jul 12
Alfie T
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8:57pm Sun 1 Jul 12
tug509 wrote:Simon Church, there's a name to strike fear into the opposition! According to the Reading fans he is very average,and we don't want average at this football club. Steve Sidwell was in Brighton with his family this weekend,now he would do very nicely....
Just read on a rumours page that we are close to signing Simon Church for 1.5mil,not the first time i`ve heard his name connected to us.Anyone know anything?..UTA
pte
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7:26am Mon 2 Jul 12
SMF20
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9:28am Mon 2 Jul 12
Wilka says...
5:09pm Sat 30 Jun 12
Snigger......