How high level athletes prevent their joints from deterioration with so much impact suffered everyday?

Question

Just watched some basketball and parkour videos and I was wondering how their bodies can handle it

In: Biology

Answer 1

They do a metric ton of preventative care as well as rehab. But even that doesn’t stop it, just slows it down.

For example as a baseball player (specifically pitcher) we would do rotator cuff work at minimum 4x a week since I was 11 all the way up to my final collegiate year at something 22