When you walk or run, you are actually placing two to eight times your body weight on the knee joint. It is the job of the meniscus to absorb this weight and distribute it evenly throughout the joint.

From soccer to basketball to volleyball and beyond, the risk for injury is always there for female athletes.

When we fix an ACL, we actually have to take out the old ACL and put something new in to replace it.

It's not a secret that female athletes have a higher risk of tearing the Anterior Cruciate Ligament.

Unfortunately, an ACL tear can be a major setback the health and well-being of the young athlete.

Having been the Head Team Physician for the US Women’s Alpine Ski Team since 1997 and one of the USOC Physicians for Women’s Sports in the past 4 winter Olympics, I’ve had to know quite a bit about this syndrome and help educate our athletes.

Ok, so some people are loose-jointed. But why does it matter? Here's why. Hyper-lax female athletes actually have a 4-5 times higher ACL risk than other female athletes.

We’ve talked about the way some of our female athletes land when jumping as a risk factor for ACL injury. It turns out, it may be more than just whether or not the knee turns inward.