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The 49ers being the most injury prone team is probably due to electrical substation sound
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:27 pm
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- The thread by @living_energy attributes the San Francisco 49ers' elevated soft-tissue injury rates since relocating to Levi's Stadium in 2014—such as 7-8 Achilles/patellar ruptures and over 40 major hamstring tears, far exceeding league averages—to chronic exposure to extremely low-frequency (ELF) magnetic fields from an adjacent 60 kV electrical substation, with gaussmeter readings of 8.5+ milligauss on practice fields versus typical 0.5-3 milligauss backgrounds.
- Player Jon Feliciano publicly noted in early 2025 that teammates have joked about the substation contributing to injuries, aligning with the team's league-leading 2,036 games missed due to injury since 2017, as corroborated by NFL data sources like Fantasy Points and ESPN injury reports.
- While peer-reviewed studies often show pulsed electromagnetic fields enhancing collagen synthesis and tendon healing (e.g., a 2018 study in Bioelectromagnetics found increased metabolism and collagen in tendon cells), the post cites critiques like the 2022 ICBE-EMF review in Environmental Health arguing that regulatory guidelines overlook non-thermal ELF effects, such as potential mitochondrial disruption leading to collagen degradation in chronic exposure scenarios.
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Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:27 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:27 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:29 pm to hawgfaninc
Zion Williamson probably shouldn't have built his house right next to one I guess
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:29 pm to hawgfaninc
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:50 pm to hawgfaninc
The National Magnet Lab (the largest & highest-powered magnet lab in the world) is a little over 2 miles from Doak Campbell. Kind of makes you think.
This post was edited on 1/7/26 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:55 pm to hawgfaninc
well shite
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:57 pm to hawgfaninc
DeMeco Ryan’s is a 49ers guy and now head coach of the Texans. I feel like his players are always getting injured too.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 2:46 pm to BogeyTX
quote:It's contagious.
DeMeco Ryan’s is a 49ers guy and now head coach of the Texans. I feel like his players are always getting injured too.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 2:46 pm to hawgfaninc
Are one of these places next to the Smoothie King Center or on Airline Drive?
Posted on 1/7/26 at 3:00 pm to Hetfield
Not at the current practice facility but there is a large one looking at Google Earth by the old facility.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 3:04 pm to double d
Trust the science
Posted on 1/7/26 at 3:20 pm to hawgfaninc
As a Niner fan
Posted on 1/7/26 at 3:25 pm to hawgfaninc
More injuries are due to artificial turf than all the ELFs in the world combined. They need to start there.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 8:22 pm to hawgfaninc
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Posted on 1/7/26 at 9:02 pm to Jebadeb
This sounds right. Although I did have an edible an hour ago...
Posted on 1/8/26 at 1:53 am to YouKnowImRight
If everyone played on grass what would you blame the injuries on?
Posted on 1/8/26 at 6:27 am to hawgfaninc
Saints' old facility off David Dr was right next to a big power station HMMM
Posted on 1/8/26 at 10:04 am to hawgfaninc
Just saying, I have a pocket TENS machine, that shoots electrical pulses on a gel pad to your muscles, and that helped repair, not hurt repair. Prob not the same, but its what I thought here.
This post was edited on 1/8/26 at 10:05 am
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