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00:00 How will it take athletes for them to get back into physical shape, even if they don't contract COVID-19?
00:07 Sure, so that varies. It varies by sport, it varies by athlete.
00:11 But I spoke to some prominent athletic trainers, college athletic trainers, who are the folks that are on the front lines dealing with medical care with athletes.
00:19 And their general message was that this is not going to be normal.
00:23 Whenever athletes return pro, college, high school, they need to be carefully evaluated. Their strength and conditioning coaches need to do careful evaluations of where their cardiovascular and muscular health is and abilities are.
00:35 The athletic trainers need to take their time with each one and ask about two, three months away, they're training at home, doing maybe new unconventional workouts.
00:43 Maybe you sprained something or pulled something. You need to get a full download on their medical history.
00:48 Particularly elite level athletes are not away from their medical personnel or strength and conditioning coaches for more than a matter of weeks throughout the year.
00:56 While they may have contact over the phone, they're going to be physically away from them for a while.
01:00 So any number of injuries or conditions may have popped up in the interim.
01:05 We're all going to be clamoring for sports to come back, right?
01:08 But the second that we start to see shelter in place orders lifted or mass gathering restrictions eased, people are going to say, good, I want the NBA back tomorrow.
01:16 Well, the athletes have been away from traditional training for quite a while and are going to need some time to ramp up to acclimatize if you're in a sport that plays in the heat.
01:26 When football rushes back after time away, these guys' bodies are going to need some time to reacclimate.
01:31 You can't throw them in at full speed and expect them to come out unscathed.