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לפי זכרוני ה- ACL היא הרצועה הצולבת...(הוספתי גם תמונה בסוף)
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There's been a series of articles in the New York Times lately about the
prevalence of ACL tears amongst girls and women athletes. Everyone knows
this is a pretty common injury for Ultimate players to sustain. Below is
link to an exercise program recently developed -- 20 minutes of exercises --
aimed at strengthening supporting muscles in an effort to prevent the
injury.
http://aclprevent.com/pepprogram.htm
As noted in one of the articles
[http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/protecting-knees-of-young-athletes
/], ACL reconstructive surgery "involves drilling into a growth plate, an
area of still-developing tissue at the end of the leg bone," so it is
particularly important to take measures to avoid this injury in players
under 25.
Play well,
Melle
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Response: Craig Buchanan
Melle,
Great site..as a former girls high school basketball and softball coach I
have seen many ACL tears over the years. I hate it. There has been a
recent trend to attribute the higher prevalence of ACL tears amongst girls
and women athletes to the menstrual cycle. If you Google ACL's and
menstrual cycle you will find a lot of information. It suggest there are
more ACL tears during the ovulation phase of the cycle. Not sure exactly
when that is! J But I'm sure you ladies know that.
Over the past 10 years in my own informal study I would say about 75% of the young women I asked who tore ACL's have told me they were some where in their menstrual cycle. I really became convinced in a non scientific way that it appeared to me that the menstrual cycles were having an effect. We started making anyone in a pre menstrual cycle (that's what we called it) had to wear knee braces in practice and be very careful. It did limit some of our ACL tears but not all.
As Melle as so wisely pointed out in her e-mail, one of the other reasons
for ACL tears in women is the positioning of their knees in relation to
their hips. Another is not landing in correct position.
I instituted quickly a plyometrics program for all our girls athletic programs. These types programs work on strengthening the knees and the surrounding areas, builds up other leg and core muscles, and teaches you how to land properly. I would suggest plyometrics for any young female athlete who competes on a high level in any sport.
Here is a link that you can check out to get you started if you would like
more information on this subject.
http://www.orthojournalhms.org/volume2/ ... cles22.htm
Good job Melle.
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