Female youth athletics has become more popular over the last few decades with volleyball specifically reaching some all-time highs with nearly ½ million girls currently involved in playing high school volleyball (Olson, 2024). However, females involved in this sport specifically, or other similar sports which involve higher volumes of jumping, cutting, reactive movements, and other aspects of explosive power can be more vulnerable to a variety of pain and injuries during thei

Best practices for management of post-rehab training of an ACL injury in females. First, we will focus on making sure the athlete is ready for return to sport (RTS) after the rehab. We need to make sure their body and mind can exceed the capacity and demands needed in their sport. Currently, a metanalysis found that only about 69% of female athletes can return to their previous sport and 79% of elite females return to their sport with literature lacking on reasons for the hig