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David Pastrnak made a massive change to his game due to his health problem
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Recently, it was revealed that David Pastrnak has been playing through a health problem, and he recently revealed that he made a big change to his pregame ritual because of it.
Right before on ice sessions began for the Boston Bruins, Don Sweeney reported that Pastrnak was not going to be with the team for a bit of time due to having tendinitis.
Sweeney: Pastrnak won't fully practice for a couple of days to open camp. Dealing with some tendinitis, but Sweeney deemed it as «load management».
Recently, Pastrnak returned back to the ice with the Bruins, and spoke with reporters for the first time since the reports of his tendinitis.
While speaking to reporters, Pastrnak revealed that this health problem caused him to make a change to his workouts.
Pastrnak admitted that he dealt with this health problem all last season, and it caused him to start biking instead of running:
Pastrnak said he dealt with tendinitis all last season, precipitating his switch from running to biking. Said it had gotten better over the summer. While it may be something he has to maintain, he didn't sound overly concerned
Pastrnak talks on how it will affect the upcoming year
While speaking to the media, Pastrnak was asked how he thinks it will affect him during this up coming season, and this is what he had to say:
David Pastrnak's tendinitis didn't just suddenly arise. It was something he dealt with throughout last season while playing in all 82 games. How will it affect him moving forward?
«Time will tell.»
«Time will tell.»
It will be interesting to see how this affects him moving forward, and hopefully it doesn't hurt him.
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