Wayne Cubed Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) It's a bleacher article, so you are going to have to search it out, but here's some of the good points: @MikeTanier: How to reduce NFL ACL tears by 50-70% withOUT cancelling the preseason: http://t.co/z1SoSh1fa8 "You can reduce risk [of non-contact ACL injuries in the http://bleacherreport.com/nfl] somewhere between 50 and 70 percent," according to Dr. Timothy Hewett, director of biomechanics and sports medicine research at the Mayo Clinic, who has researched knee injuries for over 20 years. These players don't have to take a helmet to the knee to suffer an ACL tear; in fact, Hewett's research indicates that 70 percent of ACL injuries in the NFL, like many of this preseason's high-profile injuries, are not contact-related. Many outstanding athletes jump, land and plant their feet in ways that, combined with their great size and speed, create forces that will inevitably result in injuries. "Here's the good news," Hewett said. "There are things that can be done that have been demonstrated again and again to work in randomized trials. With neuromuscular training, we can reduce those risk factors." But here's the bad news: Not many teams are doing it. "The data is there, but the implementation and compliance is very weak," Hewett said. Some very interesting stuff in there. Edited August 27, 2015 by Wayne Cubed
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