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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
I was actually having some sports therapy work done this morning and the therapist mentioned to me that she treats a member of the Jets during the offseason. She mentioned that he had COVID19 in November, and the Jets were running multitudes of cardiovascular tests on him for the following month because his resting heart rate was in the 90s when when usually ~50. This lasted for over a month after recovery. Crazy to think about how this even affects professional athletes in the picture of health.
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I am not sure if this was at all discussed on this forum (I am guessing it was, and I must have missed it), but here is an interesting and kind of scary complication of Covid.
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/0...among-athletes
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Jules Heningburg was sprinting up hills and playing pick-up basketball about a month after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
He was asymptomatic and not contagious. After quarantining and following proper health guidelines, the Premier Lacrosse League player felt fit and ready to return to the field.
His season ended before it began. The 24-year-old Redwoods LC star left the league's bubble in July after doctors said that tests showed he was at high risk for cardiac arrest with high-intensity training.
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The concern transcends sports. In a small JAMA Cardiology study, researchers found abnormalities in the hearts of 3 in 4 people who had recently recovered from COVID-19 and "ongoing myocardial inflammation" in more than half.
"We're still learning," said Dr. Matthew Martinez, director of Atlantic Health System Sports Cardiology at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey. He is the cardiologist for the New York Jets, NBA Players Association and Major League Soccer, as well as a member of the NFL's medical team.
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3 out of 4 having heart abnormalities is scary. I remember a few months ago a preliminary study showed that about 20% of professional athletes showed myocarditis IIRC, even in asymptomatic cases.
However, some further studies have refuted similar findings, and place the percentage at around 3% (much lower thankfully), but they cited that further studies need to be conducted.
Even at 3%, with all the cases that have been cropping up among NHL players south of the border, there probably will be a few players that will have their season cancelled, and perhaps their careers.
It will probably take a few years for scientists and the medical community to fully understand what the long-term health effects will be, and what the percentages look like for various sub-groups like athletes are.