ACL INJURIES AND PROTOCOLS; PEAK PERFORMANCE OFFERS INJURY SCREENING

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PeakPTRochester.com | Hello@PeakPTRochester.com | (585) 218-0240 Newsletter – Table of Contents SPORTS INJURY SCREENING AT PEAK PERFORMANCE ACL PROTOCOLS: Why You Should Love ‘em and Why to Hate Them! ACL – SO WHAT ABOUT THE POST-OP PROCESS? FEMALE ATHLETES AND THE ACL FROM NFL PLAYERS TO YOUR YOUNG ATHLETE….THE LETTERS A-C-L BRING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN THE CALL YOU JUST DON’T WANT TO HEAR… SPORTS INJURY SCREENING AT PEAK PERFORMANCE WHERE DO YOU GO FIRST WHEN INJURED? HOW DO YOU GET PEACE OF MIND? WHAT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO? We’ve had so many athletes and parents talk with our Physical Therapists and staff over the years about just not being sure what to do when first injured. For those who have an Athletic Trainer at their school they have potential access to a skilled professional who’s there to help. But many tell… Read More ACL PROTOCOLS: Why You Should Love ‘em and Why to Hate Them! Have you ever gone to a professional or college sports game?When you walk up to the gate who are you……..JUST ANOTHER TICKET HOLDER, RIGHT?Is there anything special about you that matters to the person at the gate ? Does where you’re going to sit matter to that first ticket taker?YOU’RE JUST A NUMBER!When you walk into the game you’re just another body…a paying fan who has a ticket. You’re not really different than any other person… Read More ACL – SO WHAT ABOUT THE POST-OP PROCESS? First, let me reassure you that the majority of young athletes who have an ACL Reconstruction out there do recover well enough to resume sports. Some may choose not to. But physically speaking it doesn’t equate to a finished athletic career. There’s even examples out there of athletes who’ve had surgery more than one time and returned, and even more than once on the same side and still returned. Depends on the athlete. Depends on their sport. Depends on… Read More FEMALE ATHLETES AND THE ACL Greg asked about the hot topic of ACL injuries in female athletics. The literature is pretty clear that females tend to injure their ACL 5-7x more than males do. This research comes primarily from looking at young athletes in high school or college sports. It’s been studied for at least two decades as to why this seems to be the case. There’s no clear consensus but many factors have been identified. Is there one or two main factors that are always at play … Read More FROM NFL PLAYERS TO YOUR YOUNG ATHLETE….THE LETTERS A-C-L BRING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN This past weekend at least two NFL players went down with ACL injuries and are lost for the season. At least 11 look to have occurred in the NFL alone since training camp. That’s just one sport. Some studies suggest in the US alone there are 200,000 new ACL injuries every single year! For many athletes, parents, and coaches they just don’t know much about the feared ACL…what the letters stand for, what it does, how the recovery from surgery goes… Read More THE CALL YOU JUST DON’T WANT TO HEAR… Your son or daughter is at an away game that you couldn’t make. The phone rings and it’s the coach. Your young one went down with a knee injury. They were helped off the field and eventually able to walk but it hurt and they limped. Now what?  There was no Athletic Trainer there to check them out. Your pediatricians office can’t get them in for two days. The last time you went to the Emergency Dept at the hospital they took X-rays… Read More Like Us! Follow Us! Find Us! Peak Performance, proud sponsor of Youth Sports Now featuring Mike Napierala PT (92.1 WYSL, Wed 6:30 – 7:30PM / Archives) © 2013 PEAK PERFORMANCE

 

 

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