Injury Prevention

All athletes train for better performance. They want to run faster, jump higher, increase stamina and do it all with less knee and ankle injuries. Unfortunately, injuries will happen.

In the past an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), could terminate an athlete's career. Today, with advanced sports medicine it's about a one year test of patience, but, most non-contact ACL injuries can be prevented through proper training.

The body knows nothing of muscle, only movement. When we train movements we train hundreds of muscles at once. All movement begins in the body's core. It's important that stabilization is performed in a ramping fashion starting with the Transverse Abdominus (TVA), Hips and lower Abs.

The TVA is especially important and when working properly communicates upper body extremity movements with lower body movements.

Training for ACL injury prevention focuses on progressional concepts to increase single leg strength (to start and restart movement), eccentric strength (to put on the brakes), and proprioceptive development (to create a stable landing). These are key componets in ACL injury prevention, especially for female athletes who have a 30% greater chance of injury.

At Xcelerated Performance we use functional core training, jump training, and total body power moves to help prevent injury and increase power production.