ESPN reveals incredible details about Bryce Young shoulder recovery, medical machines

Alabama‘s medical staff is doing everything to help Bryce Young recover from his shoulder injury, including using state-of-the-art machines. According to a mid-game report from ESPN’s Holly Rowe, Young is currently undertaking a 24-7 recovery plan that includes machines worn to classes at Alabama and more machines kept at his house for use during the night.

Bryce Young and Alabama using machines to boost recovery

“That shoulder injury is still a situation,” started Rowe during the first half of Saturday’s matchup with Mississippi State. “He didn’t throw at practice on Thursday, they’re keeping him on a pitch count during the week. He’s doing a 24-7 rehab, he’s got machines that he has taken home to his house. He knows how to use them, he uses them overnight.

“He is wearing a neuromuscular stimulator unit to class. He’s using ultrasound lasers, he’s doing table work for five-to-six hours a day with his rotator cuff to keep it strong. They said the biggest thing to do right now is minimize the swelling and the soreness.

“The other thing they’re trying to do is maintain his mobility and strength. So even as he’s not throwing and taking that pitch count off — that he’s staying strong with that arm. So 24-7, five-to-six hours a day in the athletic training room. But at his house he has several different types of machines and they’ve trained him on how to use [them].”

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According to Rowe’s breakdown, the former Heisman-winner has access to more technology at Alabama right now than most people have even heard of. The use of a battery-powered neuromuscular stimulator while attending classes will certainly only add to the legend of Young at Alabama.

The devices being used to support his recovery seem to be Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) machines that are designed to stimulate the muscles for the purposes of strengthening and healing them — instead of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) machines that have become popular as well. TENS machines focus on pain relief, while EMS machines focus on keeping the muscles strong like Young needs with limited activity during the week in practice.