{"id":520006,"date":"2026-01-16T09:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/520006\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:15:10","slug":"proximity-to-electrical-substation-catches-fire-as-potential-explanation-for-49ers-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/520006\/","title":{"rendered":"Proximity to electrical substation catches fire as potential explanation for 49ers&#8217; injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent days, an unusual theory has emerged to explain the rash of 49ers\u2019 injuries. On Thursday, it became the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/49ers-injury-power-plant-theory\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=49ers%20Injury%20Theory%20Debunked&amp;utm_content=49ers%20Injury%20Theory%20Debunked+CID_af4a02877e0c328787276624bc3578e6&amp;utm_source=FOS%20Daily%20Newsletter&amp;utm_term=here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subject of an article<\/a> from Margaret Fleming of FrontOfficeSports.com.<\/p>\n<p>It goes like this. The 49ers practice next to an electrical substation operated by Silicon Valley Power. The question is whether time spent in proximity to low-frequency electromagnetic fields weakens tendons and causes soft-tissue damage. <\/p>\n<p>Fleming reports, citing a \u201cbevy of medical experts,\u201d that the science doesn\u2019t support the connection. The bigger logical flaw seems to be that the 49ers have practiced in the same facility since 1988. They\u2019ve won three Super Bowls, and qualified for three others, practicing there.<\/p>\n<p>Should any team that has a rash of injuries resist chalking it up to bad luck and explore and any all potential explanations beyond \u201cshit happens\u201d? Yes. If there\u2019s nothing to this one, however, the 49ers need to persuade some of the former players who have been giving credence to the idea that there\u2019s a link.<\/p>\n<p>Especially after Sunday\u2019s Achilles tendon tear suffered by tight end George Kittle.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years, the 49ers have had more than their fair share of injuries. The fact that they\u2019re still competing for a Super Bowl berth is amazing, and a testament to the players they have and their coaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In recent days, an unusual theory has emerged to explain the rash of 49ers\u2019 injuries. On Thursday, it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":520007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-520006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115904022094118745","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}