The overuse injury had led Abrahamsen to overcompensate and, as a result, she tore her ACL. As competitive cheer, which involves highly acrobatic and athletic moves, has proliferated, and the ...

"With an ACL, I not only need to get them over the injury and surgery, I need to train them and condition them so it doesn't happen again." Cheerleaders also need to avoid participating injured ...

Female athletes have a higher risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury than males. Combining exercises, such as strength, balance, and flexibility, in a preventive training program may help ...

There are approximately 150,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears a year ... Here are 9 yoga and physical therapy exercises that can be extremely helpful to the recovery process.

Meg Watkins, a former cheerleader for Chandler High School, tore her ACL, LCL and meniscus after ... assistant professor of Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology at West Virginia University.

When you tear your anterior cruciate ligament or ACL, it’s less about the pain ... encourages parents to try to implement these exercises themselves. He says around puberty is a good time ...

One person who understands just how important strong quads really are is certified personal trainer and athlete Lauren Pak, who had to completely rebuild her quad strength after sustaining an ACL ...

"Our group has long believed that incorporating eccentrics into PT is beneficial to muscle," said Lepley, whose earlier research found that incorporating eccentric exercise into an ACL ...