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Players ache for the big game

Especially in Super Bowl, pain often overlooked for good of team

By Kay Lazar

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 04, 2012

NFL players manage to overcome aches and nagging injuries to perform at peak level in the Superbowl because of their training, strength, tolerance for pain, and, when that fails, powerful drugs, say retired players and team doctors. Playing through their pain and injuries has a cost, however: Much attention has been paid to long-term brain damage caused by repeated concussions and head banging, and now some ex-players have sued the NFL over the use of the painkiller Toradol.

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