ACL Prevention

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Squats. Deadlifts. Monster walks with a resistance band. Clamshells and other hip complex strengtheners every day. Leg strength, especially lateral strength, helps hold the bones in place, might result in a sprain/strain rather than a rupture in the same injury situation.

How often should female players be doing these?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

that amount of running is definitely assigned. kl at bsc for sure does it. know from first hand experience.

[Anonymous]

Former female soccer player here with 2 ACL surgeries under my belt. What I wish someone had known or told me when I was younger was that women’s bodies tend to build muscle overload in the quad area. Unless you are specifically training (as someone else mentioned previously) the posterior chain then you are always at risk for an ACL tear as a woman. That means deliberately focusing on hamstring and glute strength.
There a lots of ways to do this if you google it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Play another sport at least at the rec level. Girls especially build up strength in their legs but in very specific zones. Too strong on one end leads to over extension on those ligaments by muscles not being used as hard on a regular basis. Some clubs have zero understanding of this and have their players running way to much when out of practice. Running is great for conditioning but if you are never using ligaments or tendons except in one way you are risking a tear when one set of muscles is a lot stronger than another. Again, coaches that assign miles and miles of running and are not consulting with experts are most guilty of this. Does your coach require more than 10 miles running a week outside practice below the age of 16 (girls especially?) This is building endurance but increasing the risk of acl or mcl injuries

I’ve never heard of any coach assigning this amount of running to players. Why are you making things up?

Nobody is making anything up idiot. This is my first hand experience and thank you to the former player who verified her injuries although I am really sorry to hear about them. Watch your kids. Running 10 miles or more a week for the sake of running given regular practices is insane. Be careful.

[Anonymous]

The group at Healthy Baller does good work in injury prevention.