ACL Tear: How Can I Prevent This? - Dr. Mullen
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Prevention
ACL tears are often due to noncontact injuries. Precautions can be taken to prevent them.
- When jumping and landing, or turning and pivoting, your hips and knees should be bent, not straight
- Incorporate adequate warm-up exercises to prepare the knee for your sport
- Plyometrics , a form of jumping exercises, can be used to train and strengthen the leg muscles for jumping and landing (should only be done under professional supervision)
- Strengthen both the quadriceps and the hamstrings
- Keep the quadriceps and hamstrings flexible by stretching regularly
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