🚨 ACL Injuries: A Silent Public Health Crisis 🚨

In our latest PoseIQ™ Expert Chat, I spoke with Prof. Evangelos Pappas (RMIT) about why ACL injuries are more than “just sports injuries.”

👉 A ligament the size of your pinky can tear in a split second — changing an athlete’s health and future.

• Teens and young athletes are hit hardest, with females at higher risk.

• One ACL tear raises the chance of another up to 16x.

• Many end up with “30-year-olds who have 80-year-old knees.”

💡 The good news? Proven warm-up and neuromuscular programs can cut risk by half — yet most teams don’t use them.

Prof. Pappas was clear:
✔️ ACL injuries are a public health issue
✔️ We need coach adoption & prevention programs
✔️ Tech and biomechanics (like PoseIQ™) can help spot risk & support safer return-to-play

🙏 Huge thanks to Prof. Pappas for the insights. Time to treat ACL injuries as preventable and manageable, not just unlucky.

🔗 Full interview: https://lnkd.in/g8bH_6QP
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