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Re: Let me put this in very simple terms so you can understand
>Obviously the slide takes much of the impact away from the "crashing down"
>on the knees. Pete does numerous jumps throughout a show, and the constant
>impact as he lands each time is clearly more damaging over the long term
>than one slide/leap accross the stage per show. Ask any orthopedist or
>athletic trainer. One might bruise the knees with the "leap," but the
>constant landing on the feet after aggressive jumps with the added weight
>of a guitar can do damage to the cartilage in the knee.
Pete has a ballet dancer's build plus years of experience, and a plywood
deck is a live floor. There's not much danger that he's going to hurt his
knees jumping straight up and down. What generally tears cartilage is a
twisting movement.
As far as injuries goes, Pete is much more likely to strain a muscle in the
split, because he's got to get enough height to split and then get his legs
back together in a solid landing. I didn't see or hear anyting about a limp
on the last tour. What he did was hurt his wrist instead.
keets
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