Why Johnny Can't Plant the Foot

[Boom_70]

I wrote a story on the increasing amount of arm injuries in baseball a year or two ago, and this was the prevailing theory from orthopedics:

The growing epidemic of ligament and tendon damage in athletics today is partially due to the superior conditioning of today's athletes. They push themselves to physical limits that athletes in past generations just didn't reach, and their bodies simply can't keep up.

Increasing muscle mass puts stress on ligaments and tendons. That's obvious. But with the growth of the high-intensity circuit training that emphasizes quickness, the bigger muscles are moving faster, making athletes move faster, and it creates a perfect storm for ligament damage.

Athletes are supernatural, in a way. Their bodies aren't built to withstand the pressure and intensity that athletes put them through.

Dads trying to teach Johnny how to throw a slider at age 9 have a lot to do with those arm injuries. Kids shouldn't be throwing breaking balls at that age.

That is not what the great Cal Ripkin says

 

[novelist_wannabe]

I had the proliferation of female ACL tears explained to me this way: The female ACL is narrower than the male one and bone gaps in the female knee are also narrower, and many times the result is that a sudden change in direction or jump-stop is cause the bone to essentially cut the ligament.

 

[Boom_70]

I had the proliferation of female ACL tears explained to me this way: The female ACL is narrower than the male one and bone gaps in the female knee are also narrower, and many times the result is that a sudden change in direction or jump-stop is cause the bone to essentially cut the ligament.

That makes sense . Also see that girls are playing more competitive sports at a much younger age than they used to.

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

I had the proliferation of female ACL tears explained to me this way: The female ACL is narrower than the male one and bone gaps in the female knee are also narrower, and many times the result is that a sudden change in direction or jump-stop is cause the bone to essentially cut the ligament.

That makes sense . Also see that girls are playing more competitive sports at a much younger age than they used to.

Girls shouldn't be playing sports. It takes away from their home ec classes.

 

[sportschick]

I had the proliferation of female ACL tears explained to me this way: The female ACL is narrower than the male one and bone gaps in the female knee are also narrower, and many times the result is that a sudden change in direction or jump-stop is cause the bone to essentially cut the ligament.

That makes sense . Also see that girls are playing more competitive sports at a much younger age than they used to.

Not just at younger ages, Boom, but in general there are a lot more girls playing competitive sports period.

 

[Boom_70]

I had the proliferation of female ACL tears explained to me this way: The female ACL is narrower than the male one and bone gaps in the female knee are also narrower, and many times the result is that a sudden change in direction or jump-stop is cause the bone to essentially cut the ligament.

That makes sense . Also see that girls are playing more competitive sports at a much younger age than they used to.

Not just at younger ages, Boom, but in general there are a lot more girls playing competitive sports period.

that's true also. All of which increase the odds of girls tearing an ACL

I have a 9 year old niece that plays travel soccer and hockey - sometimes seasons overlap and she has to do both . I think it is too much .

 

[DocTalk]

http://www.hughston.com/hha/a_11_3_2.htm

This is a nice explanation why women are at increased risk of ACL tears. It has to do with Q angles and intercondylar notch space differences. At its root, orthopedics is all about carpentry and architectural design.