The ACL Solution: Prevention and Recovery for Sports' Most Devastating Knee Injury

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Demos Medical Publishing, Jun 19, 2012 - Health & Fitness - 286 pages
In The ACL Solution, you'll find close to 50 ACL-specific exercises designed by Dr. Myklebust, a physical therapist for the Norwegian national women's handball, soccer and volleyball teams, and a world-renowned expert on the science of ACL injury prevention. You'll learn how to better balance your body and strengthen the muscles around your knee to provide greater stability and endurance. Whether you're the parent of active children, a promising young athlete, a coach, or a 40-year-old who lives for his or her weekly basketball league, this book is a must read.

The ACL Solution Features:

  • The Prevention Program, the center of this book, describes and illustrates the exercises that prevent ACL injuries.
  • A FAQ section, containing commonly asked questions by people who have had recent ACL tears.
  • An anatomy section that describes the anatomy of the knee
 

Contents

Anatomy and Function of the Knee
2
The Fragile State of the ACL
11
If Your ACL Tears
26
Surgical Treatments
41
Returning Back to Action
54
The ACL Prevention Program
68
Strength Balance and Plyometrics
75
Running Exercises and Program Scheme
124
Frequently Asked Questions
148
References
155
Index
169
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About the author (2012)

Robert G. Marx, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Grethe Mykleburst, PT, PhD, practices at the Norwegian Olympic Sports Centre as a specialist in Sports Physiotherapy in Oslo, Norway. She is an associate professor at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences.

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