You are 6 times more likely than a male athlete to tear you ACL.

80% of ACL injuries in women result from non-contact.

ACL surgery requires six to nine months of recovery time.

Estrogen levels in female athletes produces more relaxed ligaments that are more susceptible to injury.

Your Q angle is wider than a male athletes and therefore places greater rotational stress on the knee.

Foot pronation is more pronounced in female athletes leading to rotational stress on the knee.

Hip weakness in female athletes, particularly in the abductors and external rotators also place increased rotational stress on the knee.

Weak abdominals often leads to a sway back position that again put the knee under greater rotational stress.

Quadricep dominate female athletes tend to land straight legged when jumping or cutting which places the knee in an unstable position.

Knee flexion in female athletes is key to proper absorption of impact and stabilization of the knee joint.

Your intercondylar notch, the space within your knee where the ACL and posterior cruciate ligaments cross is smaller than in male athletes, thus placing greater stress on your ACL.

Neuromuscular imbalance in female athletes leads to over reliance on the quadriceps and under utilization of the hamstrings and glutes.

Internally facing patellas (knee caps) in female athletes may contribute to the rotational stresses placed on their knee joints.

Hamstrings and gluteal muscles must be strengthened in female athletes to help protect against the forces of rapid deceleration.