Chapter 32 : Professional Physical Examination for Joining the Team

  Just when all the female medical students were at a loss for an answer, a girl in a black suspender dress stood up and said, "Teacher, I know that the most important part of the physical examination for professional players is... heart examination."  

Gu Ran couldn't help but take a look at this girl... She was quite pretty, a bit like Ronaldinho's ex-girlfriend.

  The girl who looked like Ronaldinho's ex-girlfriend saw Gu Ran looking at her, and then boldly responded with a charming smile.

  Oh, flirtatious and frivolous...

  Gu Ran turned his head away seriously.

  Maria nodded in satisfaction. "Very good answer! You really deserve to be my class representative! Students, remember this knowledge point. The most important factor in player testing, no matter in which club, professional or amateur, is not height and weight, nor lung function or muscle capacity, but the heart."

  "The heart is the most important organ in the human body, and it is even more important for athletes."

  "Without a healthy heart, you can't play sports, let alone become a professional player."

  "So our first test is a heart test."

  "This is the latest model of heart monitor. I will stick the wires to Gu Ran's heart and monitor his heart health throughout the physical examination."

  "Student Gu Ran, please lie down on this bed and let me glue the wires for you."

  Gu Ran walked over numbly and lay down at one side.

  Maria pointed to the location of Gu Ran's myocardium very professionally and said, "The heart is in the lower left part of the middle of the chest. If you can't determine the exact location, then it's very simple. Just touch the myocardium. The muscle that beats most violently is the myocardium - it's right here."

  Maria touched Gu Ran's myocardium with her hand, and at the same time stuck the wire of the heart monitor to Gu Ran's left chest.

  The female students present made a sound similar to sucking saliva.

  Maria continued, "The heart monitor can efficiently and accurately detect whether a player has a potential heart disease. This is also the most important way to prevent players from sudden death during intense competition.

Now we can see on the monitor that Gu Ran's heartbeat is very stable and normal. His heartbeat is very strong. I can feel it with my hands."

  "Also, if there is no heart monitor available, doctors can use a stethoscope to measure it."

  "A long time ago, before the stethoscope was invented, we doctors made diagnoses by putting our ears to the patient's heart and listening to the heartbeat. Just like this -"

  Maria put her ear against Gu Ran's chest.

  Gu Ran's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up.

  "Well, your heart is very strong! Just by listening to the stethoscope, I can actually tell that there is nothing wrong with your heart."

  Maria smiled, raised her head and said to the female students, "Pay attention, here comes the knowledge point - the doctor who invented the stethoscope was named Henri Theophilus Hyacinthus Laennec. Please remember this name, it will be tested."

  After the heart examination, Maria looked at the results displayed on the instrument, then nodded and said to Gu Ran: "Gu Ran, congratulations, your heart is currently very healthy. Normally, I still need you to provide the electrocardiogram and echo test during the hospital physical examination, and also ask you to fill out a questionnaire on your family heart disease history... However, due to time constraints, I will not be so verbose."

  "Of course, you still need to keep the wires of the heart monitor attached until the entire physical examination is completed."

  Maria turned back around and picked up the leads of the muscle tester. "The second test is a musculoskeletal stability test.

In addition to the obvious external muscles that can be seen, the key areas to test are the back and pelvic areas. These areas may be the source of hamstring and adductor muscle problems."

  As she spoke, Maria attached muscle detection wires to Gu Ran's back and thighs.

  Maria introduced very professionally: "This muscle is called the vastus lateralis muscle, this muscle is called the vastus medialis muscle, this one is called the vastus medialis muscle, and this one is called the rectus femoris. Together, they make up the quadriceps muscle group in the front of the thigh..."

  In order to explain it more clearly, Maria lifted up Gu Ran's shorts.

  Several girls let out exaggerated exclamations.

  There were a few wild girls who even whistled.

  At this moment, Gu Ran was completely numb:

  Others were reborn at the highest level, punching Ronaldo and kicking Messi.

  Why did I have to suffer a social death before I even started my career after my rebirth?  

  I paid so much to be able to play football...

  Destroy it...quickly...

  Maria glued a dozen wires to Gu Ran's thighs and said, "Student Gu Ran, now I need you to do ten jumps to test your muscle relaxation."

  Gu Ran immediately and skillfully performed ten jumps on the spot.

  Gu Ran has a good foundation, and with the muscle memory from his previous life, his jumping ability is naturally good as well.

  With each jump, the female students cheered in adoration.

  "Wow! He jumps so high!"

  "His muscles are like a piece of iron!"

  "He looks so handsome when he jumps! I like him!"

  Some of the female students have already started to become obsessed with him.

  Just now, Gu Ran still felt that he was a social loser, but with the admiring looks from the girls, Gu Ran's feeling of social loss was not so strong anymore, and he gradually felt a little more proud.

  The muscle tester quickly generated a test report.

  Maria looked at the report and nodded with satisfaction. "Very good, Gu Ran. Your thigh muscles are very strong and powerful, and your bones are very stable during exercise."

  Maria pulled a pen from her breast pocket, signed the musculoskeletal stability test and wrote the assessment: Fit to Play.

  "Next is the third test: isokinetic strength test."

  Maria took Gu Ran to a special flexion and extension chair and used the straps on the chair to fix Gu Ran's shoulders and ankles.

  Maria said to the female students, "What is isokinetic strength? From a professional perspective, it means setting a speed.

No matter how much force the test subject generates through muscle contraction, the limbs always move at the predetermined speed. The movement speed will not change with changes in muscle tension - except for the initial acceleration and final deceleration."

  "In simple terms, this test is mainly to see whether the knee flexion and extension and other related muscle tension can be at the same speed value."

  "The knee joint is one of the most complex joints in the human body and the most important weight-bearing joint in football. It is very prone to injury and degeneration.

The main function of the knee joint is flexion and extension, and it is greatly affected by the surrounding flexion and extension muscles.

Isokinetic muscle strength testing can comprehensively reflect muscle strength, muscle explosiveness, muscle endurance, as well as joint mobility, flexibility, stability, etc."

  "The reference data ratio of this test is 50%-80%. If it is below the lower limit of 50%, the muscle tension is insufficient and it is very easy to get injured during high-intensity sports confrontation.

If it is above the upper limit of 80%, the muscle and joint toughness is insufficient and it is also very easy to get injured. For players, the best isokinetic muscle strength should be maintained at around 70%."

  After the explanation, Maria turned back to Gu Ran and reminded him, "Student Gu Ran, now do ten knee flexions and extensions. Pay attention, the machine will increase the strength in sequence."

  Gu Ran nodded slightly and got ready.

  I played baseball for so many years in my previous life in China, but I had never done such a professional physical examination test.

  Gu Ran was also a little nervous.

  Maria turned on the isokinetic muscle tester. After Gu Ran felt the pressure on his legs, he immediately began to flex and extend his legs with his knees as the axis.

  The pressure on the legs became greater each time. By the last time, Gu Ran's muscles were tense and the muscles on his thighs swelled up like an explosion!

  One word: rough!

  The girls at the scene all covered their mouths and exclaimed in a low voice!

  Oh, little girls, you have never seen the world... Maria smiled disdainfully, flicked her hair, turned back to wipe the saliva from the corner of her mouth, and pressed the button to end the isokinetic muscle strength test.

  The results of the isokinetic strength test were then released.

  (End of this chapter)