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Youth Bone Density Crisis Revealed Through ACL Surgery Technique Change
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#111 The Optimal Mobility Protocol for a Durable Body | Dr. Kelly Starrett
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"There's a physician we work with who is president of the Knee Society for ACLs. And when a kid would tear his ACL or her ACL in the '80s and '90s, they pull out this big drill, drill into the cortical bone. It's very intense. The bones are hard. Now they just core the bone by hand. They just hand-turn the drill because the bones are so soft. So we're seeing this demineralization, this less hardening of the bones of children."
Starrett disclosed that orthopedic surgeons now perform ACL reconstruction on children using hand-turned drills instead of power tools because youth bones have become dramatically softer over recent decades. This shocking revelation points to a widespread demineralization crisis among young athletes linked to nutrition, movement patterns, and lifestyle factors.
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- #111 The Optimal Mobility Protocol for a Durable Body | Dr. Kelly Starrett
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