In an interview with The Scotsman, Ross Ford talks about the unusual syndrome which could have easily ruled him out of action for two years.
"Ross Ford may have been the strongest player in Scotland's World Cup squad for some time, but he has discovered this year that there is a limit even to what he can do.
"The 6ft 1in, 27-year-old hooker is a veritable beast of a man, his flexing biceps virtually blocking out the sun behind him, and the pleasant view of the Old Course in St Andrews, as we sit discussing Scotland's potential ahead of tomorrow's opening Warm-up Test with Ireland at Murrayfield.
"As for the width of his quads and calf muscles, 'bulbous' does not begin to quantify them but gives an impression of their strongman-like shape.
"It was always thus with Ford, a Head Boy at high school in Kelso, whose appetite for hard work in rugby knew no bounds. Until this year. His insatiable desire had always been applauded by coaches as the model example of what it takes to compete with the best in sport, until the lines on medical graphs began to veer worryingly into the red."
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