Defending and ACL Injury Risk in Soccer In a recent study, video analysis of ACL injuries in males and females showed that soccer players are at greatest risk for ACL injury when defending. In fact, 73% of the injuries analyzed occurred this way. 51% of the injuries happened while tackling another player to gain control of the ball and 15% … Read More
How Necessary is Hamstring Strengthening for Preventing ACL Injury?
FOR ATHLETES: Bottom line info you need to #GETBETTER The hamstring muscles work with the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) to maintain knee stability during sports. Research over the past few years has shown that females who injured their ACL’s had weaker hamstrings than uninjured females or males. Because of this, the sports medicine community thought that strengthening the hamstrings … Read More