… ACL tears are 4 to 8 times more frequent in females than males …
I’m still trying to get my head around that statistic. It’s simply not what I’ve seen in gymnastics knee injury over my lifetime.
Update – Commenters quickly pointed out that female gymnasts are far more fit than the average female athlete. These statistics are for all sports. Our stats are likely quite different.
Perfect 10 Physical Therapy and Personal Training has launched a program oddly named:
Cincinnati DNA Plyometeric and agility program
… increase jumping height, improve jumping and landing efficiency, improve landing mechanics for a perfect stick and in the process decrease the risk for injuries including ACL injuries. …
It’s a a 6 week program, 3x/wk plyometrics and agility, 2x/wk weights geared to physically prepare the female gymnast.
Click through to see a 7min video on the program.
And contact Perfect 10 if you want to know more. We might get some ideas of drills to include in our own injury prevention conditioning programs.
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