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Take Steps to Lower the Risk of ACL Injury this Sports Season
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), high school athletes account for about 2 million injuries and around a half-million doctor visits each year. But few of these injuries, says Oshkosh physical therapist Robert Runge, are as costly to a student-athlete and his or her family that a torn ACL.
“An ACL tear in the knee will often lead to surgery and months of rehabilitation,” said Runge, owner and clinic director of Excel Physical Therapy in Oshkosh. “Often, I’ll see many of these student-athletes during post-surgery rehabilitation, but I’d much rather see them before that – when our goal is preventing this all-too common injury from happening in the first place.”
One of four major ligaments in the knee, the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a band of tissue that connects the thigh bone to the shin bone.
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