Natalie Hardaker's guest appearances

Natalie Hardaker

Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Elon Musk

Kamala Harris

Donald Trump

Julie Smith

Greta Thunberg

John Townsend

Phil Jones

Chris Henry

James Logan

Bernie Sanders

Matt Bell

Sean Palmer

Brad Olsen

Jennifer Lopez

Jeff Bezos

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Female athletes could be at risk from a 'male-based' approach to sports training.ACC research shows the number of 15-19-year-old girls having ACL reconstruction surgery has more than doubled.The study says female athletes are five times more at risk of an ACL injury than men, because of their different anatomy and bio-mechanics.ACC injury prevention specialist Natalie Hardaker told Kate Hawkesby the universal training approach needs a shake up."It sounds very obvious that males and females are very different, but I don't think that we also take that into consideration when we're practically implementing things in a training context."She says girl's anatomy and bio-mechanics change as they go through puberty."They get wider hips and they get a higher sense of gravity so that makes them essentially a little bit more unstable, so that makes them at higher risk of loading up those ACL ligaments."

Female athletes could be at risk from a 'male-based' approach to sports training. ACC research shows the number of 15-19-year-old girls having ACL reconstruction surgery has more than doubled. The study says female athletes are five times more at risk of an ACL injury than men, because of their different anatomy and bio-mechanics. ACC injury prevention specialist Natalie Hardaker told Kate Hawkesby the universal training approach needs a shake up. "It sounds very obvious that males and females are very different, but I don't think that we also take that into consideration when we're practically implementing things in a training context." She says girl's anatomy and bio-mechanics change as they go through puberty. "They get wider hips and they get a higher sense of gravity so that makes them essentially a little bit more unstable, so that makes them at higher risk of loading up those ACL ligaments."

Natalie Hardaker: Male-based training approach harming female athletes