How to Reduce Knee Injury for Women

Trainers have known for years that women’s knees are more susceptible to injury than men’s knees, but no one made a concerted effort to do anything about it. Now comes a carefully chosen series of strengthening exercises, part of program described in The American Journal of Sports Medicine, that is aimed straight at a reduction of painful and healing intensive ACL tears. The New York Times reports that the program takes only 20 minute a day, three days a week. To see some of the recommended exercises, click here and find "sample exercises."