Andrew Graham Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Hi Forum In the interview with Rob Woolf (episode 230) when coach talks about the healing dates and times, he mentions that muscle takes 90 days and connective tissue takes 210 days. In episode 213, Coach mentions that connective tissue has a metabolic rate of 1/10th that of muscle tissue. So my question here is, If muscle tissue takes 90 days to regenerate, wouldn't connective tissue take 900 days to regenerate?? cheers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Dierl Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 From what I understand, the 90 and 210 days refers to adapting to a training stimulus (not injury). The metabolic part refers to when injury happens, it takes 1/10th the time for connective tissue to repair itself because of its metabolic rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Mainente Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 injury...if light probably 6-7 monthsif not light probably 1 - 1.5 yearif partial tear it does not healof course adapting to a stimuli it's one thing, heal from injury it's another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Graham Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 Yer but circulation is circulation surely?? whether it's micro-trauma from exercise or full blown injury...the remodeling of that tissue should be the same shouldn't it? If the blood and nutrient supply to connective tissue is 1/10th of muscle tissue....then it's 1/10th regardless of what the condition the tissue is in or how it's being used...!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Mainente Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 the rate of heal depends on the condition of tendons and blood supply. correct progression and preparation could increase the specific capacity of a tendon to heal faster by increasing what i've cited above. For more specific information about that i've written a post that specify in depth what happens when microtrauma are progressively submitted to connective tissue with proper time of regeneration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Graham Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Ok cool, link to post?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Trambulo Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Andrew, Your logic is correct regarding tissue adaptation. However this is for intact tissue. However if a torn ligament, tendon, muscle, is small enough then scarring can occur to fill the tear. If the tear/damage is substantial then external intervention is required either via surgery, PRP, Stem cell, etc. For example, for a rotator cuff tear a surgeon would sew the tear together. Then the body will be able to create scar tissue to attach the torn segments and allow the body's healing process to do the rest. The rehab process takes into the account the process of tissue adaptation to get to full recovery. I know it has been some time since the last post but I hope this might be helpful. JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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