Sports medicine orthopedic surgeon Dr. Guillem Gonzalez-Lomas discusses ways recreational athletes can maintain healthy knees.
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Do you fear a knee ligament tear will sideline you from your softball league? Most anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears occur outside of professional stadiums and in recreational, everyday athletes, explains Guillem Gonzalez-Lomas, MD, assistant professor in the and surgeon at the Sports Medicine Center聽at 好色tv Langone.
鈥淧ro players are getting maintenance鈥攏utrition, training room care鈥攖hat the regular guy does not,鈥 says Dr. Gonzalez-Lomas in an interview with GQ.
According to Dr. Gonzalez-Lomas, we engage in less spontaneous exercise activity as we age, especially people who play team sports and often repeat the same movements, which increases risk for injury.
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