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From head to toe, female athletes suffer higher rates of injury, and many of them play through constant pain. Michael Sokolove gives He takes us into the homes and hearts of female athletes, into operating theaters where orthopedic surgeons reconstruct shredded knees, and onto the practice field of famed University of North Carolina. Instead, by age twenty, Amy had undergone five surgeries on her right knee. She had to give up the sport she loved.
She walked with a stiff gait, like an elderly woman, and found it painful to get out of bed in the morning. Well-documented, opinionated, and controversial, Warrior Girls shows that all girls can train better and smarter to decrease their risks. From teenage girls playing local soccer, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, and other sports to women competing at the same rate as college football players.
From head to toe, female athletes suffer higher rates of injury, and many of them play through constant pain. Michael Sokolove gives us the most up-to-date research on girls and sports injuries. He takes us into the homes and hearts of female athletes, into operating theaters where orthopedic surgeons reconstruct shredded knees, and onto the practice field of famed University of North Carolina. Instead, by age twenty, Amy had undergone five surgeries on her right knee.
Exhaustively researched and strongly argued, Warrior Girls shows that all girls can safeguard themselves on the field even when confronted with serious injury and chronic pain. Warrior Girls shows how girls can safeguard themselves on the field even when confronted with serious injury and chronic pain. Warrior Girls shows how girls can safeguard themselves on the field. From teenage girls playing local soccer, basketball, lacrosse, volleyball, and other sports to women competing at the same rate as college football players.
From head to toe, female athletes suffer higher rates of injury, and many of them play through constant pain. Michael Sokolove gives us the most up-to-date research on girls and sports injuries. He takes us into the homes and hearts of female athletes, into operating theaters where orthopedic surgeons reconstruct shredded knees, and onto the practice field of famed University of North Carolina. Instead, by age twenty, Amy had undergone five surgeries on her right knee.
She walked with a stiff gait, like an elderly woman, and found it painful to She had to give up the sport she loved.
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