Exercises Female Athletes Should Be Doing For ACL Injury Prevention: Single Leg RDL with Rotation

02 Feb Exercises Female Athletes Should Be Doing For ACL Injury Prevention: Single Leg RDL with Rotation

“Just find balance” seems to be the buzz phrase of the century.

Busy?

“Just find balance.”

Juggling having two jobs, schools, kids?

“Just find balance.”

Coaching 7 days a week, while writing programs, while trying to keep up with the stock market shenanigans?

“Just find a balance.”

Admittedly, I want to jolt the “just find balance” crowd and just say it isn’t possible.

There are seasons that will encompass an extra grind, minimal time to regroup, and a slim amount of self care. But doing our best to find balance allows us to escape over-stimulation and give our nervous systems a break.

When it comes to ACL injury prevention for female athletes, “just find balance” is a general rule of thumb. However, static balancing can become easy for many athletes, mind you, it is not specific to the forces happening in the game.

Here is a challenging balance movement that forces female athletes maintain stability of the knee in the rotational plane:

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