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What are the most common sports-related injuries in women?

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What are the most common sports-related injuries in women?

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Mild ankle sprain, when there is acute stretching of the ligaments on the outside of the ankle joint, is more common in women. An acl tear also is more common in women. The ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament, is a band of collagen that helps to stabilize the knee joint and stretching of the ligament or a tear can occur even without contact injury in sport. In young female athletes, stress fractures are more common. Stress fractures are tiny breaks that occur when bone is weak from too much activity, not enough nutrients, or a hormonal imbalance.Since these three symptoms are all related, we call this the female athlete triad. What are the physiologic reasons why injuries, such as mild ankle sprains and acl tears, are more common in women? We are still learning about how injuries to the ligaments are different in women and men. One theory is that women have looser ligaments than men due to our different hormones. Women are clearly subject to different neuromuscular imbalances than men d

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