Posts Tagged ‘ACL injury in sport’
ACL Injury Research – Meet Global Expert Professor Kate Webster
Women’s football is full of talk about an ACL injury ‘epidemic’ – but is this the case? To help us find answers we are delighted to welcome to the podcast, world-leading ACL injury research expert Professor Kate Webster who is Director of the Sport, Exercise, and Research Focus Area at La Trobe University in Melbourne,…
Read MoreFootballer Ifeoma Dieke – from Cumbernauld to International stardom & beating serious knee injury
Our guest this episode is pro-football superstar Ifeoma Dieke who has been capped 123 times for Scotland. Iffy’s is a remarkable journey – from playing as a schoolgirl on the pitches of Cumbernauld to taking a scholarship place in Miami and becoming the first black woman to captain Scotland. Then in 2012 she was named…
Read MoreACL injuries and how to survive them
Rupturing your ACL can be devastating but it is no longer the career-ending injury it used to be. In this episode, we cover everything you always wanted to know about the ACL – from its function in the knee, how to recognise you have injured yours (which is often trickier than you think) through to…
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