Cricket: Physiotherapists outline the risk of lumbar injuries to Jasprit Bumrah

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The Indian bowling attack’s spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as turned up on multiple occasions to emerge as a saviour. But his uniqueness may come back to bite him as multiple experts fear that he might suffer from lumbar injuries as his career progresses.

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Notable physiotherapist John Gloster and expert in strength and conditioning sciences Dr Simon Feros, elaborated the benefits and consequences of the pace bowler’s unique action.

“Bumrah tends to release the ball outside the line of the front foot. This means he can ‘push’ at the ball, usually resulting in an excellent in-swing delivery to a right-hand batter.

“However, if he exceeds 45 degrees of trunk lateral flexion (which I think he may on some occasions), then this element of his action may pose some injury concerns to his lumbar vertebrae,” said Feros.

The lumbar vertebrae are made up of five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.

The experts also revealed the reason behind Bumrah’s ability to land perfect yorkers on a consistent basis is his unique action while also terming him as a “deceptive” bowler. They added:

“I’m not sure if unpredictable is the best word here. I would say he is certainly more deceptive than most other fast bowlers. This is because most bowlers gather the ball to the chin when they jump, and batters can get a good read on the ball.

“With Bumrah, the ball is harder to detect as its higher and behind his body. He also runs in quite slowly, which would affect the rhythm or coordination of the batter in being able to time the stroke appropriately given the arm speed and delivery speed of Bumrah is so fast compared to his other segments.”

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