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They're Saying "ACL tears are the bane of athletes whose sports require quick pivoting or jumping. Soccer, basketball and football players, along with cheerleaders and skiers, are especially vulnerable." - A High Price To Play by Annie Finnigan “30 million school-age children now participate in organized sports. Sounds good, right? Except for one dirty little secret – the millions of sports-related injuries..." Source: Stanford University Medical Center YMCA Report "One study by NFL team physicians and trainers… concluded that wearing shoes under conditions for which they were not designed could lead to excessive forces and cause serious knee and ankle injuries..." Source: American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society "Our epidemiology studies have revealed knee ligament injuries are occurring at epidemic proportions..." Source: McClure Musculoskeletal Research Center "An epidemic of noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries seems to be occurring among women... according to Mary Ireland, M.D., University of Kentucky Team Physician..." Source: American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society "The incidence of U.S. ACL injuries is currently estimated at approximately 250,000 annually..." Source: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. |
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Today's News "High school sports are responsible for 2 million injuries.. every year... About 3 million children under age 14 are hurt" - A High Price To Play by Annie Finnigan "Football boots (soccer cleats) have undergone surprisingly few design changes in the last seventy years..." Source: Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA You have read what "They're Saying" and GP-Product.Com wants to stop this injury epidemic which impacts professional athletes as well as child athletes. GP-Product has a patent pending safety technology that could reduce common ankle and knee ligament injuries. The goal is to get the GP safety option in as many youth shoes as possible. GP is also exploring the creation of a shoe safety lab with a single minded mission to prevent the foot fixation problems that cause ligament injuries in alarming numbers in youth athletes around the world. |
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