1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Actually, let's talk about your back. I'm Andrew Riddall, host 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: of Big Fish, Small Pot, providing coverage today on Brian 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: Anderson's back injury. So as we speak, the Marlins are 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: in like an ongoing series with the Philadelphia Phillies one 5 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: in one for this away set, and it feels like 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: a lots on the line. There have been two just 7 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: really strongly fought games with the Phillies, with the loss 8 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: on a great start by Sandy al Contra and then 9 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: a real offensive chase that the Marlins beat out the 10 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: Phillies in the ninth inning. 11 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 2: This one's in the right and it is gonna get 12 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: down and go to the wall one runners in jazz 13 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: racing around through. 14 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: But anyhow, what I'm talking about today to qualify myself 15 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 1: on the topic of Brian Anderson's back injury, a bulging 16 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: disk in his lower lumbar. I'm a human. I've experienced 17 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: back pain from sport at a similar twenty eight years 18 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: of age as BA, and mine stemmed from a hamstring 19 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: injury issue thing due to running a lot that I 20 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: don't have as like a well defined treatment plan as 21 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:45,839 Speaker 1: I'd like to pursue. That's for you, listener, who might 22 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: be able to guide me in that direction. It's a 23 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: real chot to just go through all of these exercises. 24 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: There's so many different things you need to be doing 25 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:02,559 Speaker 1: two fully, like strength and the areas of your body 26 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: that like kind of didn't give your back the support 27 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: that it needed. I've been doing these like such silly, 28 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: like systematic exercises that seemingly like apply to like every 29 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: part of the body just to fix this one. So 30 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: what Brian Anderson's coming back from is like a really 31 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: difficult injury to come back from, not in like any 32 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: sort of like catastrophic sense. Thinking back through Marlin's history, 33 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: like Josh Williamham, who was like brought up with the 34 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: Marlins like a catcher turned outfielder. He had like a 35 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: herringated disk. It took him out for some like good 36 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: chunks of time, but he still had like a silver 37 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: slugger to look forward to in his career. So it's 38 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: not like what's affecting Brian Anderson now is in some 39 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: like prohibitive of success and greater success going forward. It's 40 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: more that like this exact moment is caught in physical therapy. 41 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: Pulling from the Mayfield Clinic, Dot COM's definition of physical therapy. 42 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: The goal of physical therapy is to help you return 43 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: to full activity as soon as possible and prevent re injury. 44 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: Physical therapists can construct you on proper posture, lifting and 45 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: walking technique, and they'll work with you to strengthen your 46 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: lower back, leg and stomach muscles. They'll also encourage you 47 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: to stretch and increase the flexibility of your spine and legs, 48 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: increase in strengthening exercise. In strengthening exercises are key elements 49 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: to your treatment and should be part of your life 50 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: long fitness. Given my experience, I can certainly attest that 51 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: flexibility has been like the most impactful for me, specifically 52 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: as an athlete. I feel like I'm able to reach 53 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: like higher speeds. As a distance runner, it was never 54 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: like a strength of mind to sprint in like a 55 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: track setting per se. So by doing these like flexibility 56 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,839 Speaker 1: exercise that I've been doing now, I feel like I've 57 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 1: been able to get better turnover in my stride, which 58 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: I say is like a bit of encouragement for the 59 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: position Brian Anderson is in. Clearly you can still take 60 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: steps forward to improve well coming back from this type 61 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: of injury. Like a really like integral part of your body, 62 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: the back, that's just in any way you like swing it. 63 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: It's just so important to the baseball athlete. So what 64 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: we're seeing is hopefully like a really like positive prognosis. 65 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: It seems like a manageable, but like painful and delicate 66 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: injury to come back from because it is the back 67 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: and it's so integral to that motion. What we've heard 68 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: at fish Strips from Noah Berger and told to me 69 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: via Eli Sussman, is that Brian Anderson is working out 70 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: with the medicine ball, hitting off a tique, scratching the 71 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: surface of baseball activities, and still several days away from 72 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: facing life pitching several more from running normally. With a 73 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: brief minor league rehab assignment, Eli suggested that no setbacks, 74 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: he could be returning to the active roster at the 75 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: very end of June. And it really does sound like 76 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: this injury is being handled with the proper finesse to 77 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: build back athletically eased in strength and fitness, still a 78 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: bit away from the high impact fastball. Mayfield Clinic also 79 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: offered that the key to avoiding recurrens is proper lifting 80 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: technique with an appropriate exercise program to strengthen weak abdominal muscles. 81 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: Going further, that back pain effects eight out of ten 82 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: people at least some time in their lives, and it 83 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: usually does resolve within six weeks. Positive mental attitude, regular activity, 84 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: and a prompt or return to work are all very 85 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: important elements of recovery. Adding that if your regular job 86 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 1: cannot be done initially, it is in the patient's best 87 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: interest to return to some kind of modified, light or 88 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: restricted duty. So it would serve to reason that Anderson 89 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,559 Speaker 1: might ease in too regular playing time once he's back 90 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: on the roster, and hopefully that gets you covered on 91 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: Brian Anderson's latest. This does get me thinking a bit 92 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: about the fact that Joey Wendell has a hamstring issue, 93 00:06:54,680 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: maybe something that could progress further if not taken with 94 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: like the proper medical hand. That's so far from mine 95 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: in this podcast. But anyhow, here we are kind of 96 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: finishing up with an episode of Big Fish, Big Fish 97 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: Small Pod. Hopefully that gets you covered on Brian Anderson. 98 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: The rest of the Marlins behind whoever is pitching for them. 99 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: We'll take the field at one ten to face Kyle 100 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: Gibson in the Philadelphia Phillies. Follow Noah Berger on Twitter 101 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: at train Boy one hundred for the latest for the 102 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: podcast I've been Andrew Ridal. I'll be back to your 103 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: ears on Friday.