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What Are The Best Ways To Prevent Knee Injuries?

I play a lot of "flat ground sports" that involve a lot of running. I recently noticed that more of my friends are getting knee injuries and one of my friends has permanent damage! What should I do to prevent this from happening to me?

Answer:Simple warm up exercise. Walk on the ball of your feet for about 5 mins, on outside of your feet for 5 mins, inside of your feet, tippy toes, then walk bawkwards. This will strengthen the ligaments and muscles of your ankles and knees, and you'll notice that not only your risk of injury has reduced, your ability to run or any othere foot work has increased a bit.

How Do You Prevent Getting Ankle And Knee Injuries?

I'm a basketball player and have seen many people get injured. I was wondering, how can you prevent getting ankle and knee injuries.

Answer:Keep all of your leg muscles strong, stretch, and learn to land corretcly. Sometimes we will see injuries if a person has bad feet, they are flat footed or something and also if their quads or hams are much stronger than the othere. Just make sure you stay strong and flexible and control your landings as much as possible, don't land with your knees locked that kind of simple stuff. You can also get your ankles taped for preventative purposes and even wear a knee brace if you are that worried about injuries.

What Are Some Tips To Avoid Knee Injuries In Soccer/Football?

How common are knee injuries? Would not doing slide tackles help?

Answer:I tore my ACL in my left knee, Going for second surgery to fix it. Protetc your knees, try to jump when you can. Don;t plant your feet down if your off balance, and ALWAYS BEND YOUR KNEES when you land or stand. TRy to slow down after running to pivot, if you don;t you might suffer the consequences, so ned your knees, and jump when getting tackled

In What Sports Are Knee Injuries Most Common?

Just looking for information on what sports knee injuries happen the most in. Anything helps. References would be nice also. Thank you.

Answer:Football, just because it's such a high impact sport. Soccer, especially at professional levels where slide tackling is common. A person who accidentally gets hit during a slide tackle can easily wrench their knee. Plus the quick changes of diretcion while running put a lot of strain on the knees. Running can cause knee injuries if the runner is over training or is using an old or poorly fitting pair of sneakers. The repetitive stress can cause damage to the joints.

Is There A Certain Time Of Year When Knee Injuries Are More Common?

It seems like over the past couple months a number of people that I know have had knee problems, and have eithere had or will be having surgery shortly. Not just in my family, but people I know at work and at church have been having knee problems. I was wondering if theree is a certain time of year when people are more prone to knee injuries. Are knee injuries more common during the winter?

Answer:The distribution and incidence of orthopedic injuries in general is pretty much even across the calender year. However, in certain regions certain times of the year can see an increase in specificic injuries based on activities. An example would be in during ski season in the mountains, due to the high number of knee injuries associated with that activity. In terms of surgery, if the problems were not acute and surgery could be delaid until a convenient time, most people choose winter to do that because being cooped up indoors, off your feet isn't as big a problem as in spring or summer when you might want to be outdoors more. And then again, it could just be coincidence in your case. Hard to say, really.

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