Player Health, Condition and Strength.

22 injured players on the roster.
A fan consensus of negative Juju on the word injury as topic of discussion (agreed).
So wanted to look at the positives and dig a little further in to what and who drives the strength and conditioning department.
Feel free to contribute if you have inside knowledge.

First cab off the rank and probably lowest in influencing the players is Assistant Cameron Bustos.

"I am currently an Administrative Assistant with the San Francisco 49ers, assisting the Player Health & Performance department with special projects."

Claim to fame:-
22 Sept 2022 — SANTA CLARA — Jimmy Garoppolo's favorite — and, basically, only — receiver this training camp: Cam Bustos, a 6-foot-3, 22-year-old staffer ...

With this kind of versatility you may assume that he is very busy with the 22 special projects on the team right now.

Next up is Head Athletic Trainer Dustin Little.

He joined in 2019 from 5 years at the Broncos as rehab specialist. Niners had a lot of players to Rehab.
This was just after the broom was put through Strength and Conditioning unit when the team suffered badly in team injuries.

The team has had its fair share of issues but made it through fairly unscathed since he came on board.
The time it has taken for players to heal seems to have been faster. Is this the greatest impact of Dustin?
Or is it a smoke screen and he is the problem now?
I mean, how many of our defense are trained athletically enough to tackle, or sustain a large amount of reps?

Not this again...

Playing back-to-back seasons into late January/early February likely has far more to do with the injuries (many of which are minor anyway) than any change in S&C staff.

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:
22 injured players on the roster.
A fan consensus of negative Juju on the word injury as topic of discussion (agreed).
So wanted to look at the positives and dig a little further in to what and who drives the strength and conditioning department.
Feel free to contribute if you have inside knowledge.

you should merge or bump with the injury thread, we have a compendium of knowledge over there

It's the most injured team in the league every year. We must be really unlucky. Or there is something wrong.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
It's the most injured team in the league every year. We must be really unlucky. Or there is something wrong.

it all started when we traded Joe to KC, look at KC now and us

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
It's the most injured team in the league every year. We must be really unlucky. Or there is something wrong.

it all started when we traded Joe to KC, look at KC now and us

...right cuz we didn't win a SB since then?

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
It's the most injured team in the league every year. We must be really unlucky. Or there is something wrong.

it all started when we traded Joe to KC, look at KC now and us

...right cuz we didn't win a SB since then?

don't let facts get in the way of my theory

Originally posted by captveg:
Not this again...

Playing back-to-back seasons into late January/early February likely has far more to do with the injuries (many of which are minor anyway) than any change in S&C staff.

I like this sentiment and hope you are 100% correct.

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:

Originally posted by captveg:
Not this again...

Playing back-to-back seasons into late January/early February likely has far more to do with the injuries (many of which are minor anyway) than any change in S&C staff.

I like this sentiment and hope you are 100% correct.

My guess is most of these camp injuries are ways to stay out of practice. Unless there's surgery involved they're mostly minor involving soreness that comes with contact. Think back to when you played high school ball and remember how siore you were after the first few practices. The difference is you couldn't jst sit out and expect to make the team.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by KeepRabbitsOut:

Originally posted by captveg:
Not this again...

Playing back-to-back seasons into late January/early February likely has far more to do with the injuries (many of which are minor anyway) than any change in S&C staff.

I like this sentiment and hope you are 100% correct.

My guess is most of these camp injuries are ways to stay out of practice. Unless there's surgery involved they're mostly minor involving soreness that comes with contact. Think back to when you played high school ball and remember how siore you were after the first few practices. The difference is you couldn't jst sit out and expect to make the team.

I remember it well. So soft for a pro sport.
Makes you wonder what the 10 or so professionals in this department at HO do all day........conduct STD lectures?

Yall been blaming the strength and conditioning coaches for 20+ years now. All these players have coaches back home that are with these athletes far more than the 49ers staff.

Originally posted by miked1978:
Yall been blaming the strength and conditioning coaches for 20+ years now. All these players have coaches back home that are with these athletes far more than the 49ers staff.

Meanwhile other teams are also suffering injures. Some worse than the 49ers.

When you play deep into the offseason every year and you play the tough physical Shanahan style of ball injuries are an unfortunate reality. We've been one of the more injured teams since Shanahan took over, that's not a coincidence.