…who want to relate to something they know, here’s a site that talks about ACL injuries in football. Most of them are contact (versus non-contact in young female athletes), but it is a good primer for those looking to understand their daughters/players a little better through a sport that they watch consistently.
Keep in mind, professional [...]
Calling all soccer lovers! Check out this awesome blog called The Science of Soccer Online. Talk about awesome! I’d like to think that they are great inspiration for Strong Women are Better Athletes in the sense that they bring their subject-related research to the masses. I don’t know about you, but research papers are mostly [...]
ClubGas: ACL Injury
“Today on ClubhouseGas, another reason girls have to be tougher than boys.”
In this video, ClubHouseGas interviews Dr. David Marshall, an orthopedic surgeon, regarding ACL injuries in girls vs. boys.
I’d like to highlight one very important thing: Dr. Marshall points out that the quadriceps are ‘mirror muscles,’ meaning when you work your quads you [...]
Dr. Jeff Cubos, a Chiropractor and author of the “evidence-informed sports health” blog, does a comprehensive review of the current status of ACL injury research, here. The short post does a great job summarizing the main points in the full-length research article entitled “Non-contact ACL injuries in female athletes: an International Olympic Committee current concepts [...]