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ACL Injury Prevention

ACL Injury Prevention

Melissa Baudo2022-08-09T09:47:17-04:00June 7th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Anterior cruciate ligament injury, RTT, Physical exercise, Clinical medicine, Manual therapy, Sports injuries, Sports medicine, Strength and conditioning coach, Rehabilitation medicine, Sports injury, Athletic training, Medicine, Knee ligaments, Anterior cruciate ligament, Medical specialties, ACL, ACL injury, ACL injuries in the Australian Football League, Plyometrics, Surgical specialties, Heart rate variability, ACL injury prevention, health|

One on One Physical Therapy is excited to launch a comprehensive ACL Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement Program. We know you have many choices for preseason training, which is why we wanted to outline a few of the great reasons to join us now. What Makes Our Program Different? As discussed in part 3 of this blog series, ACL Injury Prevention Programs, our program incorporates all essential elements of a successful ACL prevention program which are: Flexibility Running Balance Strength [...]

Risk Factors for ACL Injury

Melissa Baudo2022-08-08T10:19:14-04:00May 17th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: orthotics, Medical Subject Headings, Medicine, RTT, Sports injuries, Skeletal system, Sports injury, Anatomy, Knee, Anterior cruciate ligament injury, Knee ligaments, Anterior cruciate ligament, Medical specialties, Musculoskeletal system, Organ systems, ACL, Cruciate ligament, Hamstring, Sports physical examination|

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE AT INCREASED RISK FOR AN ACL INJURY As we previously described in the blog ACL Injury in Sport, ACL injuries are an EPIDEMIC! Step one of tackling any epidemic is to look at the risk factors. In regards to ACL injury, there are non-modifiable risk factors (things we cannot change) and modifiable risk factors (things we can change). Did you know that an athletes risk of initial ACL injury is 1 in 60 to 1 [...]

ACL Injury In Sport

Melissa Baudo2022-08-08T10:21:12-04:00May 6th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Organ systems, injuries, Medical Subject Headings, RTT, Sports injuries, Sports injury, Knee, Anterior cruciate ligament injury, Knee ligaments, Anterior cruciate ligament, Musculoskeletal system, Movement assessment, Ligament, ACL, Osteoarthritis, Cruciate ligament, ACL injury, ACL-R, Ligaments|

ACL injury occurs in about 200,000 people in the United States. Athletes between the ages of 6 and 18 years old are highly vulnerable to ACL injury. Just over half of the knee injuries in this age group are ACL tears. An athlete’s risk level varies depending on sport. A research study of high school athletes showed the highest risk sports for ACL injury was girl’s soccer, followed by football, girl’s basketball, and boy’s soccer. This high incidence of ACL [...]