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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
He was able to skate, just no contact. Blood thinners have no effect on exercise tolerance. If his INR (the test to see how long it takes your blood to clot) was too high now and then they may have stopped him from skating for a few days until it came back down, but otherwise it makes zero difference.
If he is out of shape, he doesn't really have a medical excuse
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Well I'd argue that not being able to participate in contact would impact your conditioning. Battling for a puck or fighting through a check tax you in a different way than simply skating, no matter how hard you work.