| As a female soccer player your time on the soccer | | | | joins the keep cap to the lower leg, pain under the |
| field may be limited due to unavoidable injury. This | | | | knee cap and pain walking up or down stairs. It is |
| article will inform you of three injuries you need to be | | | | common to find this in girls soccer during adolescence |
| aware of that may occur in either a soccer game or | | | | when their are changes in your body. |
| training. | | | | From my experience I have found that this type of |
| First an anterior cruciate ligament (Acl) tear is the most | | | | injury occurs in girls soccer with players who also train |
| devastating soft tissue injury in girls soccer. This | | | | for cross country. |
| ligament is located inside the knee joint and prevents | | | | This type of knee injury is very correctable with |
| over rotation at the knee. You will most likely be out | | | | introducing proper training and conditioning routines. You |
| for the rest of season and longer depending on the | | | | must find the cause and then eliminate the cause of |
| route you take. This injury is usually the result of a | | | | the problem. |
| twisting action in which the foot stays planted on the | | | | Finally the rolled or twisted ankle injury for a young |
| ground and he thigh continues to rotate. This usually | | | | female playing girls soccer can be quite traumatic. |
| occurs with some change of direction motion. | | | | Generally you are looking at a four to six week |
| The degree of an Acl tear will decide whether or not | | | | recovery period for this soccer injury. This injury |
| an Acl repair is necessary. Rehabilitation for an Acl | | | | occurs because the soccer player lacks balance and |
| repair is any where from six to nine months. | | | | stability from landing on one foot as well as the |
| Unfortunately female soccer players as young as | | | | strength to stop and change direction. |
| twelve can get an Acl tear. | | | | For you to decrease the opportunity for this ankle |
| To minimize the chance of an Acl tear you need to be | | | | injury to occur you must do both strength and agility |
| on a strength and conditioning program that includes | | | | training. This type of training prepares you for the |
| single leg exercises, agility exercises, jump training, | | | | movements in a soccer game. |
| acceleration and deceleration training. | | | | There is opportunity to reduce the risk for these knee |
| The next injury is known as patella femoral syndrome. | | | | injuries and ankle injury. It is just as important for |
| This type of knee injury is more of an overuse or | | | | female soccer players to be on a strength and |
| muscle imbalance injury. The typical symptoms of this | | | | conditioning program as males. |
| injury is pain below the knee cap on the tendon that | | | | |