Showing posts with label acl injury prevention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acl injury prevention. Show all posts

Thursday, April 16, 2009

ACL Injury Prevention

ACL tears are primarily a non contact inujury.

How do you prevent them? Or more accurately, reduce the risk of them occurring in the first place.

Training. A progression to plyometrics and dynamic movement in a controlled environment. Don't try to be a hero and start jumping around without a goal in mind.

Mike Boyle has a fantastic article on this at strengthcoach.com

Mike Boyle's ACL Injury Prevention Article

He is the man when it comes to training athletes and injury prevention.

So talk to a professional. Get assessed, do a Hop & Stop test, and start training those legs immediately!