How to Advance An Exercise As You Get Stronger
In this ACL Strong Tip, I demonstrate a nice exercise progression if you are working on strength, balance, or injury prevention. The strategy used here is simple. I begin with …
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Podcast: Is Your Athlete At Risk For A Knee Injury?
What can we do to help our athletes succeed in their sport and in life, without getting injured along the way? What can we do to prevent injuries before they …
Coach’s Secret Weapon: 3 Reasons Why a Pre-Season Injury Prevention Program can be a Coach’s Secret Weapon
The “Secret Weapon” that successful proactive coaches are using to prepare their teams to blast into a dynamite, winning season is a pre-season injury prevention program. Here are 3 simple …
3 Fun Partner Exercises to Help Prevent Knee Injuries
If you’re an athlete or coach looking for exercises to help prevent knee injuries, or if you want to add something new and fresh to your warm-up or training session, …
Teams become ACL Strong Together
These teammates have seen too many athletes go out with a ruptured ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), so they are taking matters into their own hands to become “ACL Strong”. Coaches …
How to BE READY for Ski Season, whether you’re a First-Timer or a Pro!
Wondering what you can do to be ready for skiing or snowboarding? As the season gets underway, many of us are now thinking about what we can do to make …
3 Ways Skiers and Snowboarders Should Prepare for Winter
This time of year, seasonal athletes start thinking about how to prepare for Winter. Passionate skiers and snowboarders anticipate the opening of their favorite ski areas, and they might …
Myths About ACL Injuries (Part I)
As an expert in ACL injury prevention, I’ve heard some interesting comments and perspectives about the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) over the years. There’s a lot of misinformation floating …
3 Things You Should Know About Knee “Valgus” and Exercise
The knee is a hinge-joint, right? The simple answer is “Yes”, because the knee bends and straightens for walking and running. But the complex answer is “No”, because it …
Why Female Athletes Have More ACL Injuries
Female athletes rupture their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) more frequently than males…nearly 6-8 times more! The most common sports in which female athletes suffer ACL injuries are soccer and …
Best Off-Season Conditioning Strategy for Serious Athletes
…And How To Help Them Explode into Next Season Every year, as Summer approaches and many sports are winding down for a brief rest period, supportive parents of serious …
Shane’s ACL Injury Story
Shane tells her story about how she tore her ACL, underwent multiple surgeries and complications, and overcame it all in the end. She was inspired by her experience to become …
Returning to Sport after ACL Surgery
Why it might take longer than you think You’ve heard of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)… and the devastating effects of injury as well as the lengthy rehabilitation process …
What I Learned From My Patient Today
Words from an 18 year-old, wise beyond his years… Knee surgery as a young adult can be a heavy burden…and the mental struggle often outweighs the physical. In Tom’s …
3 Ways to Protect Your Knees in 3 Minutes
In this post, I’ve put together 3 exercises showing 3 different pillars of training that will help to strengthen your legs and protect your knees from injury. The best part …