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Message: [QUOTE="Charliebball, post: 3164963, member: 6831"] I can name eight basketball players on my daughter's basketball team that have had serious ACL injuries over the past three seasons...............as orthopedic doctors have explained to us the female knee has several design flaws that make women far more likely to suffer this kind of injury while playing..............there is no question that playing basketball twelve months out of the year is unnecessary and somewhat risky...............playing on hard surfaces especially outdoors is also cause for additional wear and tear injuries....................I've read articles that claim stretching is helpful while other recent studies claim otherwise....................actually the latest news is kind of strange................it's now claimed that female athlete's taking the contraceptive pill are less likely to have ACL issues...........here's one of the many articles on this [URL='https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-oral-contraceptives-knee-injuries-women.html']Oral contraceptives may protect against serious knee injuries in women[/URL] BTW I've been reading threads where posters have said ACL tears take 12 to 18 months to fully heal..............that's not necessarily true any more as there are new techniques that have lowered recovery times to 6 to 9 months depending on the severity of the injury......... [/QUOTE]