Read about a new research project conducted by Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Group to prevent ACL Injuries: The PEP Program. For more information on the program including a downloadable pdf describing the program, visit the Web site at www.aclprevent.com. The Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, in conjunction with the creators of the PEP program have created an online video instruction series illustrating the PEP program at www.aafla.org.
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New York Times: The Uneven Playing Field, May 11, 2008
BY THE TIME JANELLE PIERSON SPRINTED ONTO THE FIELD for the start of the Florida high-school soccer playoffs in January, she had competed in hundreds of games since joining her first team at 5. She played soccer year-round — often for two teams at a time when the seasons of her school and club teams overlapped. Like many American children deeply involved in sports, Janelle, a high-school senior, had traveled like a professional athlete since her early teens, routinely flying to out-of-state tournaments. She had given up other sports long ago, quitting basketball and tennis by age 10. There was no time for any of that, and as she put it: “Even if you wanted to keep playing other sports, people would question you. They’d be, like, ‘Why do you want to do that?’ ”
Training May Curb Some Sports Injuries In Women
Women are more prone than their male counterparts to specific injuries — namely knee injuries like tears of the ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament. A prevention program at the University of Cincinnati is aiming to curb these injuries in women.
Head Injuries and Protection
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