Anterior cruciate ligament injury

Can preseason fitness help prevent injury? In effort to decrease knee join injury, Hewett and colleagues (1999) recommended all young female athletes participate in a training program that includes progressive resistance weight training. This is one of the few studies that collected data on athletes that completed a preseason training program. A trained athlete completed a 6-week muscular training program that incorporated flexibility, plyometric, and weight training. The entire study consisted…

Motocross is considered to be one of the most dangerous sports. Most riders who take the sport of motocross seriously understand and accept the major risks involved with injuries. If you as a rider have not sustained injuries yourself, you certainly know someone who has. Visiting riding friends at the hospital is a common event. Sometimes it seems it is harder for the family of the rider to accept these risks than the rider himself. The risks riders take, range from minor cuts and scrapes to…

An ACL injury is amongst the common, if not the most common injury in the world of sports. An ACL tear is the torn anterior cruciate ligament in the knee, being the cause of over 200,000 injuries each year. In spite of being common in the world of sports, there are many other ways to acquire this injury. In light of all the horror stories stereotyped by this injury, there are many ways to prevent its occurrence. In addition to treatment available for those subjected to a torn ACL, there is…

collateral ligament and medial meniscus was confirmed. About 2 years ago I treated a similar injury sustained by a prospect receiver, Jamie Nelson, at Ohio State, which is why I assume I was referred for this case. However, Cowl is significantly older than Nelson and I’m worried I cannot produce the same results. This is why…

Sophomore English P8 10-7-16 Basketball injuries “My body could stand the crutches, but my mind could not stand the sidelines” - Michael Jordan. What your bones do while playing basketball and how bad they can get injured, they can get injured by jumping and diving for loose balls. Your ligaments and how bad you can and what happens to your ligaments during basketball by jumping and twisting your leg the wrong way by doing this is can injured the ligament called the ACL. Finally your muscles…

249-261 Engineering Design Process in Context: “Ligaments play an important role in stabilizing and balancing knee joint movement. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries remain a challenge in clinical and experimental settings due to the poor healing potential of ACL injuries.” This introductory sentence, found in the Abstract, sums up the first step of the design process: Defining the Problem. This defines the…

A 30-year-old skier takes a sharp turn on the slopes and hears a dreaded “pop” in his right knee. He has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)—a band of tissue that’s important for stabilizing the joint. After icing, compressing, and elevating his swollen knee, he visits the doctor. Now it’s time to decide on treatment. If he’s an elite athlete or has additional knee damage, the choice is fairly clear: reconstructive surgery to replace the ACL, plus intense physical therapy. But if he’s…

today we see many injuries. The level in which an athlete must preform has changed in the past decade. The athletes are becoming bigger, faster, and stronger. Being an athletic training you must now raise your level of expertise in order to meet the demand of the athlete. With this increase level of play we can see injuries becoming more and more outstanding. I will be talking about the injury called an Unhappy Triad. This is one of sports uncommon yet very serious injury. This injury is an…

There are many injuries that athletes sustain, but maybe one of the injuries most people hear most about is the ACL injury. The reason this is one of the most heard about injuries is because of just how devistating this injury is. The amount of recovery and permanent damage makes it one of the most devastating injuries in sports. There are three different degrees of sprains when talking about ACL injuries. Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3. I would go further into depth as to what all of these mean.…

Sport related injuries have consistently been a problem throughout the years. The topic constantly makes headlines, and studies are continuously being performed to help make sports safer for everyone. While proper training and equipment is important in preventing injuries, these factors do not always rule them out. Participation in sports are growing, and we need to do our best to help prevent major problems. ACL injuries, concussions, muscle strains, and rotator cuff tears are some of the most…