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wildnkrazykat said:
i'm kinda superstitious lol. i think things happen in cycles. you could have a few years where in a whole ath. dept you have maybe 3 acl tears, and then you cycle through a few years where it seems like you're having that many in each sport that season.

i'll be the first to say that in the last 3 years i've not kept up on current trends/research as much as i should, just due to the schedule i've kept.

some acl tears are just a freak accident - w/out knowing JH's history anymore than I do i'd classify his in that manner. he was doing something he did everyday and this time just landed wrong for whatever reason and it happened --- i'd classify almost all non-contact acl tears this way

another thing is athletes are bigger/faster/stronger, and their muscles are more hypertrophic than they have ever been. ligaments size and tensile strength are pretty much predetermined and an overload on that ligament structure due to the amount of power that the muscles can produce can contribute in my opinion

i'd feel comfortable saying that yes females are at a higher risk. a number of things go into that. my personal, and slightly old fashioned, take is that biologically women's bodies weren't meant to handle the demands that competitive athletics put on the body. in middle/high school many times their isn't a base strength in place and in college athletics the demands are at the same level as on their male counterparts.
The Q-angle in women is greater than men, due to the fact that we have wider hips and this has been thought to cause some additional joint stress in women and many in research or who have been injured believe (including a few of my athletes/former athletes) that the female hormonal cycle can influence, possibly, the tensile strength of the ligament at certain points in the cycle

weak coreand especially hip strength is also a risk factor in both m/f acl tears.

i know it's not a lot to help, but my brain is kinda frazzled
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Kat, lot of info there and I appreciate. What got me going was that Purdue had 10 athletes out last year with ACL's and I guess JH's injury got me going on it. Seems like, basically, the design of the human body doesn't lend to the torture/torques being demanded in today's sports. Is there a designated mass number on tensile that can be exerted on particular joints/muscle mass? Had not heard or thought about that one? Everything has a tensile strength, but I hadn't thought of concerning human bodies. Makes sense, though. So, it appears we're stressing the body beyond stress forces that we're capable of in some/many instances. Thinking that is the same we do when we strain a knee/ankle or break a bone. Pushed a part beyond tensile strength capabilities. Thanks. Your description of the ACL and how you can see the reverse rotation of parts was something I was unaware of. When I saw it on the replay, it was obvious.
 
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Coach Grizz said:
Same, different day. Just got off the phone with my little sister, havnt talked to her in a while. It was good to talk to her.
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Hope the Sis talk was good, Grizz. Always wished I had a sister that could have clued me in on things beforehand. Would have saved me some grief.
 
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Slydell said:
Kat, lot of info there and I appreciate. What got me going was that Purdue had 10 athletes out last year with ACL's and I guess JH's injury got me going on it. Seems like, basically, the design of the human body doesn't lend to the torture/torques being demanded in today's sports. Is there a designated mass number on tensile that can be exerted on particular joints/muscle mass? Had not heard or thought about that one? Everything has a tensile strength, but I hadn't thought of concerning human bodies. Makes sense, though. So, it appears we're stressing the body beyond stress forces that we're capable of in some/many instances. Thinking that is the same we do when we strain a knee/ankle or break a bone. Pushed a part beyond tensile strength capabilities. Thanks. Your description of the ACL and how you can see the reverse rotation of parts was something I was unaware of. When I saw it on the replay, it was obvious.
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just hope it wasn't too boring for you
 
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Slydell said:
Hope the Sis talk was good, Grizz. Always wished I had a sister that could have clued me in on things beforehand. Would have saved me some grief.
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It was, I'm the big brother but ever since she was old enough to walk she has been my 2nd mama lol. When we were little she use to boss me around lol. She graduated from WKU back in 2010, she's very out spoken and sometimes harsh. But that's her lol.
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Coach Grizz said:
It was, I'm the big brother but ever since she was old enough to walk she has been my 2nd mama lol. When we were little she use to boss me around lol. She graduated from WKU back in 2010, she's very out spoken and sometimes harsh. But that's her lol.
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She's a tough love believer too
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Coach Grizz said:
It was, I'm the big brother but ever since she was old enough to walk she has been my 2nd mama lol. When we were little she use to boss me around lol. She graduated from WKU back in 2010, she's very out spoken and sometimes harsh. But that's her lol.
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I was thinking about you last night. I was reading and remembering a bunch of people who played on the "Chittlin' Circuit" back in the day. Jimi, Ray, Aretha, Lena, Etta, John Hooker, Smokey, Otis, Muddy, etc.

Hang in there Grizz. I will tell you from a personal point of view that tryin' to hang on to what don't want to be hung onto ain't never gonna work.
 
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Slydell said:
I was thinking about you last night. I was reading and remembering a bunch of people who played on the "Chittlin' Circuit" back in the day. Jimi, Ray, Aretha, Lena, Etta, John Hooker, Smokey, Otis, Muddy, etc.

Hang in there Grizz. I will tell you from a personal point of view that tryin' to hang on to what don't want to be hung onto ain't never gonna work.
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I would had loved to seen the chittlin circuit!! That was real music!!

Yeah, I seeing that now. It's fighting a losing battle. One day I will get tired of fighting and give up.
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Coach Grizz said:
I would had loved to seen the chittlin circuit!! That was real music!!

Yeah, I seeing that now. It's fighting a losing battle. One day I will get tired of fighting and give up.
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Grizz, I know it's tough. I won't ever make light of it. Been there. Learned. Took a long damn time.
 
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