NJ.com reports:
No matter the girl. No matter the sport. It usually happens the same way.
A sudden stop, change of direction or landing from a jump.
A loud pop or crack followed by a scream.
A teenager crumbles to the ground in excruciating pain.
And there’s a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the most common knee injury among female scholastic athletes.
It’s
an injury to a ligament smaller than a pinkie finger, yet it carries a
six- to nine-month recovery process that includes painful and tedious
rehab. What’s worse, female teenage athletes are two to six times more
likely to tear their ACLs than teenage boys.
Allegra Ondrejka was
an all-county and all-state goal scorer in each of her first two seasons
as a member of the Washington Township High School girls soccer team. Click here to continue reading.
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