MAYWOOD, IL – Female athletes who play sports such as soccer and basketball that involve jumping and pivoting are 2 to 10 times more likely to suffer ACL knee injuries than males.

Many of these injuries could be prevented by conditioning and using proper landing techniques after jumping.

To reduce the risk of knee and other injuries in both girls and boys, Loyola Medicine is conducting a two-day Sports Injury Prevention Camp at Lockport Township High School for athletes ages 10 to 14.

The camp will be held from 8 am to noon on Friday, June 14, 2019 and Friday, June 21, 2019. Participants must attend both days. The cost for both days is $50.

The camp will be conducted by Loyola sports medicine and rehabilitation physicians and physical therapists. It will include:

  • An individualized injury risk assessment
  • An injury prevention program and exercises
  • Education on proper hydration and nutrition and on how to prevent ACL injuries

The camp will be held in the Community Center, room 107 at Lockport Township High School, 1323 E. 7th St, Lockport, IL.

To register, call 708-531-7940.

About Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke centertransplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.   

For more information, visit loyolamedicine.org. You can also follow Loyola Medicine on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or X (formerly known as Twitter).

About Trinity Health

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).