ACL Injury
Avoid ACL Injuries in Softball with PREP
The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is one of four major ligaments that provide stability to the knee joined. ACL injuries are most common during...
Preventing ACL Injuries in Soccer Players
Soccer is an incredibly fast and dynamic game. Players are constantly sprinting, decelerating and changing direction to make plays on the pitch. All this movement can place serious stress on [...]
3 Steps to Prevent Soccer ACL Injuries
It takes time to build speed and fitness for soccer. When players get injured, time does not stop. Too often, performance gains diminish, leaving athletes stressed and frustrated. Injuries are [...]
Prevent ACL Injuries With This Exercise
ACL injuries happen to the best of us, an unfortunate consequence of pushing your body to its limits. However, you can reduce the risk of an ACL injury by strengthening [...]
Texas A&M OT Cedric Ogbuehi Works Out Harder Than You—On a Torn ACL
Injuries suck. Any athlete can tell you that. But how you deal with an injury is what defines you as a player. Last January, Cedric Ogbuehi had the world at [...]
Connective Tissue: The Key to Preventing ACL Injuries
The Anterior Cruciate Ligament, or ACL, is the last thing you want to hear your doctor tell you that is injured. Even though you can live life without...
Female Athletes: 4 Ways to Test if Your Knees Are Durable
This fall one of my newer athletes, a volleyball player, tore her meniscus – the cartilage in her knee.These are common knee injuries to a volleyball...
Impressive Advances in ACL Rehab
No one needs to be reminded that anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are one of the most debilitating injuries in sports today. This year in the United States alone, approximately [...]
NaVorro Bowman Runs 4.5-Second 40-Yard Dash, is Poised to Return to Elite Form
Good news, Niners fans: reports out of Santa Clara indicate that NaVorro Bowman is progressing well as he rehabs from surgery to repair the torn ACL in his left knee. [...]
Prevent ACL Injuries With This Hamstring-Focused Workout
An Injury to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament, or ACL, was once a career ending injury. Thankfully, we now see instances where athletes recover from ACL...