The most common traumatically injured body part in skiing is the knee-representing 35% of all body parts injured.
Even a mild ACL sprain from skiing causes the athlete to miss at least 28 days from the sport.
That’s one whole month!
If you have been skiing for a long time, this is not earth shattering news.
As many of you know someone who has, or you have, torn the ACL skiing.
So what can you do to avoid ACL injuries in skiing?
The first step is being educated on how ACL tears in skiing occur.
Thats a staggering number.
So what did they learn that helped them avoid ACL injuries?
Watch the video below of me breaking down the events that lead up to this skiers ACL injury.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/967298/Film-Room--Slip-Catch
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Watch the video below of me breaking down the events that lead up to this skiers ACL injury.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/967299/Film-Room--Landing-Back-Weighted3.
Watch the video below of me breaking down the events that lead up to this skiers ACL injury.
So what do you do with this knowledge?
Dr. Benjamin Pierce Costa, PT, DPT
US Ski Team Rotational Physical Therapist
Telephysio PT-Owner
@the_ski_doc
