Another Gender Difference: Sports Injuries

While Geezer is constructing his proof that male athletes injure themselves better than women athletes, readers can see what the more reliable Judy Foreman says about the sports injuries that women seem drawn to: tears in the ACL, plantar fasciitis, compartment syndrome, shin splints in runners, and kneecap pain.  Foreman, the premier fitness writer for the Boston Globe, tells us that women’s
knees are more vulnerable than men’s because the angle between the hip and the knee – is greater in women than in men. While wide hips are good for childbearing, Foreman writes, they mean there is more stress on
the knee in moves like landing from a jump and twisting. This torque can shred the ACL, a ligament that helps stabilize the knee,and is a major reason why female athletes have four times more ACL tears than
men do.
Read more about sports injuries that women just can’t resist in the Boston Globe.