This is Power Athlete Radio.

With your host, Denny K.

Professor Bouti, and the Luke Summers.

And now, toes forward, hips locked, shoulders set, and retract those scampulas.

It's time for some knowledge bombs.

It's tuning into Power Athlete Radio.

This week, we're bringing you one of the best and most informative episodes to date.

The crew welcomes Dr. Tim Hewitt of Ohio State University and the Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Tim is a captivating voice for ongoing epidemiological studies being done to predict and prevent ACL injuries. Tim walks us through his 20-year history in the study of the anterior cruciate

ligament. He explains how the rumors are true. ACL injuries are six times more likely to occur

in females than males, but the scientific reasons

for this may surprise you. Here's a hint. It has little to do with the cue angle or hip-to-k

knee ratio. After our discussion of risk factors and the most commonly affected demographic,

Dr. Tim elaborates on the best forms of injury prevention.

Training in various planes of motion is just one of the suggested means to confront this potentially debilitating injury.

How do you get your sport coaches and athletes on board with the training it takes to keep team safe?

We asked Dr. Hewitt that very question,

and he responds with an NBA story that would make any coach shake

their head in disgust, and any athlete's knees ache, for that matter. For every meandering

question we had, Dr. Hewitt managed to provide a concise and comprehensive answer, something

we're not exactly used to here at Power Athlete HQ. Are you laid up with an ACL tear with nothing

to do? You need to listen to this

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