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Carroll: Palmer, Addai and Giants

By Will Carroll
ESPN.com

Friday, December 22, 2006

Jim Mora said that Jerious Norwood didn't understand the difference between pain and injury. He's not alone; I've heard variations on that theme in sports since I was 13 and it was me who'd just dislocated a finger. Nothings going to change about the macho, pain intolerant sports culture, but perhaps we can understand what the difference actually is between pain and injury. I talked with one of the top neurologists in the country, Dr. Vernon Williams, and asked him what the difference was. "It ...

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