Today is two years on from the revision ACL reconstruction surgery and I certainly didn't think I'd be a) blogging about it and b) STILL blogging about it.
It's pretty snowy here today so I'm cooped up inside and stumbled over the latest blog from the team at Shift Movement Science and wanted to share it. (I love snow because of its rarity here, and the chaos it brings to a supposedly civilised society that likes to think it's incredibly advanced in so many ways but can't cope at all with the white stuff. But, with a bump and a knee to protect, actually enjoying the snow will have to wait for another year).
In short, the blog looks at some of the stretches routinely used in gymnastics (who can't remember having someone sit on their shoulders in the gym to get them down the last few inches into splits?) and asks whether these may, in fact, contribute to common injuries in the sport, including torn ACLs.
What do you think? Food for thought?
We certainly did a lot of oversplits when I was doing gym, and my ACL leg is the lead one. Did that lead to/increase hypermobility in that joint? Who knows, it certainly never sorted out my split leaps though!
NB - Please read to the end of the blog. Post-surgery rehab is a different kettle of fish to straight-legs/oversplits training in the gym