There are certain injuries that will occur with athletes and seem to bring some familiarity to parents when they hear the diagnosis. One such injury that seems to be more prevalent than most are Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tears in our youth athletes. It seems that more athletes have been dealing with this injury at a younger ages in middle school and very commonly in high school. Although the majority of these ACL tears seem to be targeted towards young female athletes as compared to their male counterparts the problem is still too prevalent. The rise of such injuries seem to be … [Read more...]
