If you were to ask me where and what your anterior cruciate
ligament did three months ago, my response would be in your knee somewhere and
I have no clue what it does? This was not the best answer since one of my
favorite sports is soccer. Girls’ soccer holds the number one spot for causes
of tearing ACLs. This would have been helpful to know before I tore my ACL in
this last spring season of soccer.
The authors of this essay bring up a great point. Kwon and
Iverson uses facts and studies to express the importance of limiting the amount
of ACL tears. Iverson states that at the varsity level 1:100 females tear their
ACL compared to 1:500 boys who tear their ACL. With such a high ratio, Kwon and
Iverson believe that it is time to make a pre-training period before someone
starts their sport to prevent the amount of ACL tears.
Also, the author's of this essay wrote in a factual manner. They used facts and studies to back up their main arguments. I like to read these essay's because I can look at the supporting evidence to make my decision if I agree or disagree. Overall, I agree with the author's message that more precautions need to be taken before sports to build up athletes' strength because it really is a life changing injury.
WOW! 1 out of 100 female high school athletes tear their ACL? It is a crazy number but it is believable. All the time you hear about top notch athletes out for the season or a number of seasons because of an ACL injury. I am curious as to why it is a little less common in male athletes but I am no doctor to comprehend. An ACL injury is sadly in the back of many athletes minds. Thanks for the info Gabbie!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like this was a great essay for you to read, Gabbie! I don't think many young athletes know how serious injuries such as a torn ACL really are and how much time and perseverance goes into the recovery. I thought the connection between concussion screening and ACL strengthening you made was also important. It seems as though everyone is determined to educate young athletes about the dangers of concussions and how to recognize them, but say very little about other injuries. If an athlete does end up with an injury, it can be scary not knowing what's wrong, how it's going to be fixed, and what that means for your athletic career. I agree with you that athletes need to take precautions before the start of the season, and that starts with educating them.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you Gup! with ACL injury numbers as high as they are this is a topic that needs to be taken more seriously. If coaches and players take an hour at the beginning of the season to talk about ACL prevention it can save players nine months of rehab! the time to start doing this is before someone tears their ACL too! I've been on several volleyball teams now where girls have torn their ACL's and its confusing to me why it is only after the incident happens when the team is required to do ACL exercises. I think implementing something like this into our school would have very positive results in the long run.
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