Best Around the Web #2 ACL, Knee Pain, Ankle Mobility

Love me some drop vertical jump testing.

We all know that landing from a jump poorly can lead to ACL injuries but we're also finding out that it can lead to good old knee pain (Patellar tendinopathy).  I feel like I've been talking about this ad nauseum.

• Here's some research in male basketball players correlating poor landing mechanics with increased patellar tendinopathy

While we're on the topic of ACLs it appears that females still have poor landing and movement mechanics at the knee even after they return to their sport.  Anyone else smell another ACL injury?

• Here's the research

So why are females showing poor landing mechanics?  Here's some food for thought:

• Females with poor landing mechanics have on average lower hamstring strength then those with better landing mechanics

Nordic Hamstring curls anyone?

While we're on the topic of the knee:

• Ankle joint mobility improves landing kinematics in chronic ankle instability patients

The above study used trained professionals in order to mobilize the subjects ankles:

• Here are some do it yourself mobilizations you can try on your own from Kelly Starrett.

Want more ankle mobility, I love Chris Johnson's stuff.

• Here are some ankle mobility drills he uses with his runners.

That's it for now!

Dan

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