The NBA’s billion-dollar experiment in “load management” was supposed to protect athletes — yet injuries are not decreasing. In fact, they're increasing. Why? Because sports science has been focused on the wrong half of the injury equation.

This episode dives deep into the critical flaw in modern injury prevention: it obsessively manages load (minutes, games, volume) while ignoring capacity — the tissue’s ability to withstand force. Over 70% of sports injuries occur in connective tissues like tendons, ligaments, and fascia — not muscle. And yet, our training, rehab, and prevention protocols still prioritize muscle output over structural durability.

We break down:

• Why “load management” alone doesn’t protect athletes

• The hidden danger of load distribution and tissue-specific overload

• How standard rehab sets athletes up for re-injury

• The role of entropy in tissue degradation

• Why strength ≠ resilience when it comes to ligaments and tendons

• A new blueprint for injury mitigation: targeted, progressive connective tissue loading

This is the conversation the performance world needs — controversial, necessary, and long overdue. If you're serious about athlete durability, this episode will shift your entire framework.

👉 Stop counting minutes. Start building microns of tissue resilience.