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	<title>Torn ACL Prevention and Recovery</title>
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		<title>Braces and Supports</title>
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Unless told to do otherwise by your doctor, you should not wear a brace or support during routine activities. The supporting muscles and connective tissue surrounding your knee need to be stronger and more flexible. Slapping on a brace that forces your knee to move in a single plane can actually be detrimental to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutrition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Proper nutrition will lead to a healthier body, less fat, more muscle, and ultimately less stress on your knees&#8211;all key to reducing the risk of a torn ACL. Everyone seems to have a &#34;diet&#34; program, but an active, athletic person needs a nutrition plan, not a diet.
Look for a plan that is geared toward athletes: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stretching Routines</title>
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Flexibility is a key element in preventing a torn ACL. Sometimes people get an image of floppiness or looseness when they hear the term &#34;flexibility.&#34; Quite the contrary, having flexible connective tissue-tendons and ligaments-as well as the muscles themselves allows these structures to operate in their full range of motion without injury and to respond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Gym Equipment</title>
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Even if you belong to a club or team with access to strength training equipment&#8230;even if you are a member of that state of the art gym across town&#8230;you still want to have your own home gym setup so you can continue to build strength, even if you can&#8217;t make it to your usual workout [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://torn-acl.com/home-gym-equipment/</link>
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		<title>Excercises to Strenghten Your Knees</title>
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Don&#8217;t fall for the obsession with isolating the VMO (vastus medialis obliquus) muscle as a way to strengthen the knee. The VMO is one of the quadriceps muscles&#8211;the one that attaches to the inside of the knee&#8211;and it is often underdeveloped compared to the other quad muscles. This has lead some to suggest strengthening it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://torn-acl.com/excercises-to-strenghten-your-knees/</link>
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		<title>Full Body Strength Training</title>
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There are many approaches to achieving functional full-body strength improvement, and you need to choose what works for you. Of course, if you are part of an organized team, you will probably have a strength and conditioning program already laid out for you. Even in those cases, you can supplement your sport-specific training with training [...]]]></description>
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