Premier League ACL injuries: Examining the scale and causes of this season’s ‘epidemic’

Front cruciate ligament injuries.

They are four words that set in the hearts of football players at every level, and in Premier League The level, they are heard more frequent than ever. In fact, this season is on a record of ACL since the infection data began.

According to Dinri’s milk, head of the injury analyst Prime Minister injuriesThere were 10 ACL injuries on the highest trip in England so far this season, putting the league in a record number 2024-25.

This year alone, there were seven injuries in ACL, Recently, Manchester United defender Lezandro Martinez.

For context, the average number of six seasons between 2017-18 and 2022-23 is only 6.3; Between 2012-13 (when the PRRMIER data was collected) and 2016-17, the average was 10.4. As, the Premier League is on the right path to end the campaign with 13. There have been 20 accidents registered for players in WSL since January 2024, according to Premier injuries.

This is the collapse of the Premier League players who have suffered from an AFC Champions League injury this season:

The schedule highlights that the center was affected frequently in terms of ACL, but there was also a selection of midfielders and front who had suffered from injury. Wolves are the only club that has suffered more injury than ACL.

For more details about the comparative height of ACL injuries in the Premier League, Athlete He spoke to Nick Worth, a consultant sports physiotherapist with experience in working in medical departments in various professional clubs, including West Burum and Fulham.

What causes ACL injury?

“ACL injuries usually occur when you have a weight carrier on a slightly bent knee, and there is a rotational element.

“Imagine that a player in the ground is stuck to the ground while they are turning. This may mean that the front cruciate ligament extends to the point that you cannot bear, and this is when it gives.”

Why are they very serious?

Without Acl, you will have the so -called functional instability. Ensure that it is stable and fixed.

“The repair of the surgeon requires moving another part of the body, either a piece of tendon of the knee or a little bit of pigeon (the middle part of the decision under your knee). This takes time to sleep, recover and reinforcement, which is why recovery takes a long time.”

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Are there certain periods in a season that ACLS is more prevalent?

“Maybe not, because it can happen when someone lands embarrassing, or wrapping. A lot of time is not due to treatment. It is often from someone who turns or changes the direction quickly, or he may go up to a head and fall badly.

“The only thing is that, sometimes, when people are more tired, your muscle control over the knee is not very good. If you are playing matches on Tuesday and Saturday for several weeks, the chances of fatigue are slightly higher, but it can occur at any time.”

Why there may be an ACL injury this season? Could the lack of a winter vacation be a problem?

“If you look at what happened over the past few years, with a number of games and additional time in matches now, and even looking at the European championships extending with more games, it increases the possibility of fatigue. But this has been going on for years.

“It is really difficult to predict exactly why there are periods with many ACL injuries and those in which they are few and far apart. But if you go down badly, it doesn’t matter how strong your legs, ACL can still go.”

Gabriel Jesus suffered from ACL injury in a harmful challenge with Bruno Fernandez (Alex Banteeng/Geti Em.

“The stadiums sometimes occur in a difference, in terms of the way the shoes interact with them. This type of fiber on the field sometimes means that the player’s shoe may stumble.

“They are happening all the time; I think it is just a level of players (in the Premier League) who seem to be getting them at the present time, which increases attention.”

Does age play a role in the ability of ACL injuries?

“It is not necessarily a problem, but again, the older and the more games you play, the more fatigue you can. Certainly, at the age of 30 and beyond, you may be more likely because you are less mobile and perhaps more tired.

“You will not recover at the speed of 25 years, for example. So I think this plays a small role, and it should not be ignored, but I don’t think it is” only because you are old, it means you will be more likely to get the ACL. “

“The injury mechanism means that you should put your body in a slightly embarrassing position to get a ligament. This will lead to damage to anyone.”

Rodri’s knee injury had a profound effect on the Manchester City season (Michael Reagan/Getty Imas)

ACL injuries decreased in COVID seasons and after. Can a fracture or lack of intensity help cause it?

“I can definitely see the rest period would help. It is better to get a break in the middle of the season and a greater opportunity to rest between games.

“You should look at more detailed data regarding intensity to see if the number or intensity of the infections differ in Covid games. I can understand that there may have been little: they may lack little intensity.

“I think the biggest thing would reduce the presence of fewer games because travel would have been reduced. This means that people can recover between Saturday and Saturday. Less number of mid -week games and less fatigue are the biggest things.

“With the European Champions League and the European League this season, people travel more, and players play more games, and this does not generally help.”

What can clubs do to reduce the opportunity of players to suffer?

It is related to recovery and air conditioning strategies. For example, exercise that involves quad and knee tendons to stabilize knee.

“The knee strings help to repeat what ACL will do in the knee, so it comes to ensuring its stability and clarifying different demands. You want to support the knee muscles, so it is not only the ligament that will be under pressure if they land in a certain way.

“Balance, flexibility and powerful exercises are really important. Just the ability to control some movements as if they were in the game. For example, mobility, jumping, rotation, this type of things.

“The type of repair makes a difference, whether it is bone tendon or knee strings. Different surgeons have different methods: some brackets wearing clothes, and some crutches. They differ greatly.

“Surgical management differs from one place to another or a team to a team. In the end, it has been a long time, but this is because it takes a long time to recover. The better, you do not always benefit from rushing to the players. The elimination of more Time to recover and get the strength of a really useful matter. “

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