Something About ACL Injuries

Over the last 4 days, I have written four articles on ACL injuries.

==> Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries <---- New Blog Post

I have had a lot of questions about ACL injuries and a lot of emails from the general public on ACL injuries.

So I decided to write a bit about it.

==> Here is Part 4 of the Knee Injury Series <---- Here is Part 4

I think I got about another 3 parts to go.

So if you like the articles, check back to the blog again tomorrow.

Rick Kaselj, MS

P.S. - At the bottom of the article, I highlight another 7 articles that I have done on knee pain and injuries.

==> More Articles on Knee Injuries <---- More Stuff on Knee Injuries



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Registered Kinesiologist Specializing in Injury Rehabilitation
Surrey, BC, Canada
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Surrey Personal Trainer Calls Exercise the Answer to Decreasing ACL Injuries

ACL injuries in female athlete is a huge issue. It is excellent to see, simple exercises or drills that can be added to a practice can help them decrease their risk of ACL injuries.

Exercise: Program Reduces a Knee Injury in Women

By ERIC NAGOURNEYPublished: October 13, 2008

A newly designed program of strengthening exercises may help guard against a knee injury that sidelines many girls and young women who play sports, a study says.

The program, which is described in a recent article in The American Journal of Sports Medicine, is intended to reduce injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament, which often require surgery and months of rehabilitation. The lead author is Dr. Julie Gilchrist of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

While other strengthening and flexibility programs have been found to reduce injuries to the ligament, known as the A.C.L., they often require special equipment. The researchers said they wanted one that could be easily incorporated into regular team practices.

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Olympics Opion on Female ACL Injuries

International Olympic Committee Position Statement on ACL Injuries in Female Athletes

IOC Consensus Statement Non-contact ACL injury in the female athlete IOC headquarters, Lausanne, Coubertin Room, 7-9 February, 2008. The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury remains high,especially in the young, athletic population 14-19 years of age.

The incidence of non-contact ACL tears as a function of gender shows that female subjects have
a much higher incidence in some sports such as basketball,netball and team handball versus male subjects. In spite of the fact that some successful ACL injury prevention programmes have been introduced, the ACL injury continues to be the largest single problem in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

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