Welcome MAC parents and gymnasts,

Thank you for participating in The Knee Training Zone,  Orthopedic & Fracture Clinic's ACL injury risk and prevention program. We are implementing this program as your coaches have expressed an interest in further incorporating injury prevention strategies into the gymnastics program. We hope to meet several goals by implementing this program.

1) Educate parents, coaches and athletes as to the risk factors of non-contact ACL injuries.

2) Establish a baseline level of strength and biomechanic strategies for risk analysis.

3) Incorporate training strategies to address those risk factors.

4) Improve strength and biomechanic risk factors.

5) Reduce the incidence of non-contact ACL injuries.

6) Improve performance.

The first day of testing is monday, April 6th with a follow-up session for education and implementation on monday, April 20th.  Each session will take place at the outset of practice for approximately one hour.  The final reassessment date will be June 15th.  Thirty days after the re-assessment day, for a sixty day period,  athletes information will be available at a secure site online.  Athletes will receive a login code to access this information. To view this information or answer any questions please go to the Knee Training Zone introduction page or contact kneezone@ofc-oregon.com.