ACL Tear - Testing Your Knee BEFORE it Happens!

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Build more than just knee stability - become an athlete from the inside out! http://athleanx.com/x/builtlikeanathlete ACL tears are one of the most common knee injuries, let alone overall injury in the athlete. The most puzzling thing about acl injuries is that the majority of them occur as non-contact injuries! What this means is that the knee gives out and the ligaments inside the joint are unable to resist the forces that are being applied to them from just moving. That isn't good. In order to have stronger knees, and legs for that matter, you have to train for more than just strength...you kneed stability! In this video I show you a simple 30 second test you can do anywhere you have a wall. This ACL Prevention screen is just one of the many tests that can be done to give you some more information about what the stability of your knee might be like - and therefore what your risk may be for incurring one of these injuries. There are 3 variations on this ACL Tear test. The first is the two leg wall squat. You want to see if you can hold your low position for at least 60 seconds. The second test is the crossover wall test. This one you want to see if you can last for 45 seconds. Finally, the single leg non-crossover test shows you just how effective your quad, glute and hamstring co-contraction is and what your knee joint stability is. The goal is to see if you can last at least 30 seconds on each leg. The bottom line is, with ACL tears and ACL injuries on the

Published 2013-09-26 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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