HOTP #22: Jake Tuura - Tendon Masterclass: Deciphering tendon research to make informed decisions
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The Elasticity of Collagen
I think the elasticity you have elastic fibers within your tendon elastin and elastin is like what is it a hundred times more flexible than collagen. Your tendon it has the elastic fibers so a derian bar I love a derianbar but let's just be hyperbolic just because we don't know does that answer a question? So yeah I mean you have I think the way I'm looking at it I could be wrong and it probably is hyperbolic is the the collagen makes the tendon strong but then the elastic fibers make it flexible and elasticbut you have very few elastic fibers and a tendon like the thing in this video.
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