How Female Athletes Can Avoid ACL Injuries

Did you know women are four to six times more likely to experience an ACL injury than men? An expert explains some reasons behind this statistic and what women can do to help prevent such traumas from occurring.

If you’ve ever torn your ACL, you know it’s an incredibly painful experience and that the recovery is long and challenging. Julie Thompson, a postdoctoral fellow at the Boswell Human Performance Lab at Stanford University, specializes in female injuries and has extensively studied ACL problems in women. In this short video, Thompson explains various factors that increase a woman’s risk of hurting her ACL and what female athletes can do to avoid knee injuries altogether.

By Sonia Jones
Published on September 28, 2015