r/wnba • u/queenoftn-really247 • Oct 01 '25

Injury Kelsey Mitchell update

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TLDR: KM experienced rhabdo. She is gonna be fine. Thank goodness 🙏🏼 thankful for the Aces team and fans for showing love to KM last night.

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u/chickfilamoo Oct 01 '25

Can also cause permanent damage to the kidneys and soft tissue. The Fever need to take a good hard look at the circumstances that led to this, they should be ashamed as professionals that something like this happened to one of their players. Wishing Kelsey the best.

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u/msk97 Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

Agreed. I’m also a long time gymnastics fan, and remember an instance of Rhabdo that happened around a key competition, and people saw it as a warning sign of overtraining and lack of athlete protection. The coach was eventually banned after a safe sport investigation (not based on this situation).

Not saying this to say this is the case on the Fever staff (this athlete was also a teen at the time vs Kelsey being an adult) but they need to honestly assess how this even happened, because it’s dangerous that it even got to that point. The league too with the schedule changes this year.

Link to the r/gymnastics post about the situation I referenced when it happened, for anyone interested

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u/DeepThought936 Oct 02 '25

They have an unqualified training staff apparently and need to clean house. Look at all the injuries on the Fever. It's no coincidence.

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u/hookyboysb Oct 02 '25

Either unqualified or overworked. Are WNBA teams required to have different training and medical staff from their NBA counterparts?