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NaVorro Bowman says he is frustrated with his knee brace

Published Jun. 1, 2015 11:49 a.m. ET

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San Francisco 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman is making his return from ACL surgery, and while the progress has been mostly positive, there is one thing that is holding him back. It is the huge plastic knee brace he is forced to wear during practice.

“They are not friends,” Jim Tomsula said of the brace, via the Sac Bee.

“I just might light it on fire,” Bowman said.

Bowman says the brace is limiting how fast he can go and exactly what he wants to do in drills. He knows the brace is only temporary and it is keeping everything in place, but that still does not change his frustration. 

“I don’t want to (wear it),” he said. “But I’m doing exactly what the doctors ask me to do. Later on down the road, I’ll get rid of it. I don’t like it. It’s not letting me run as fast as I want to, but it’s keeping my knee safe, and that’s what’s most important.”

Bowman knows the recovery is a process and he has to remain patient, but for someone that is used to going 100 percent at all times, it is something he is still trying to get used to. 

“I go out there some days, and I feel great, and some days I have to fight through it,” Bowman said. “That’s part of the process. I understand that. But mentally, it messes with me sometimes.”

(h/t Sac Bee)

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