Alarm over '津波' of career-粉々にするing 膝 傷害s 疫病／悩ますing women's football: 星／主役にするs are '脅すd' they will be next to succumb to same 問題／発行する which 支配するd Lioness hero Leah Williamson out of World Cup

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A '津波' of career-粉々にするing 膝 傷害s are 疫病／悩ますing women's football, 専門家s have 警告するd.

The number of 出来事/事件s 伴う／関わるing 損失 to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is also 'just the tip of the iceberg', medics have said.?

ACL 傷害s often take around six to nine months to make a 十分な 回復 after 再建. But in some 事例／患者s, players 直面する a year-long wait before they can return to their sport.

Scotland midfielder Caroline Weir last week became the 最新の player to 苦しむ the 傷害, 誘発するing 新たにするd?calls from players, fans and 経営者／支配人s for more 研究 into why this type of 傷害 is more 流布している in 女性（の） footballers than male.

一方／合間, 最高の，を越す flight 女性（の） footballers have 認める to 存在?'脅すd' and 'worried' about the 危険 of the serious 傷害.

Scotland midfielder Caroline Weir last week became the 最新の player to 苦しむ the 傷害, 誘発するing 新たにするd calls from players, fans and 経営者／支配人s for more 研究 into why this type of 傷害 is more 流布している in 女性（の） footballers than male

It comes just days after Scotland midfielder Caroline Weir became the 最新の player to 苦しむ the 傷害, 決裂ing her anterior cruciate ligament playing for her country against Belgium on Tuesday. Pictured, Caroline Weir 負傷させるd during the match at Hampden Park on September 26

Ms Weir became the 最新の player to 苦しむ the 傷害, 決裂ing her ACL playing for her country against Belgium on Tuesday.?

Speaking to the BBC's Sports Desk podcast, 外科医 Nev Davies, who has 専門的知識 in 扱う／治療するing 膝 problems, said there has been a '津波' of 事例／患者s in the women's game at grassroots level.

He said: 'The data we are getting through, not just from the UK but from around the world, you talk about an endemic of ACL 傷害s and 明白に we're 審理，公聴会 about the エリート game and the Lionesses because that's in the マスコミ.

'Unfortunately there is this 津波 of ACL 傷害s that we're seeing.'

ACL 傷害s occur when there is a 部分的な／不平等な or 完全にする 涙／ほころび, a stretched ligament, or a detachment of the ligament which connects the thigh bone to the shinbone.

But data from （選挙などの）運動をする group ACL Women Football Club 示唆するs up to 195 エリート players have 苦しむd the same 運命／宿命 in the last 12 months.

Earlier this year Lioness captain and 兵器庫 defender Leah Williamson joined fellow Lioness and 兵器庫 今後 Beth Mead in 行方不明の the World Cup after both 損失d their ACL.?

Football-焦点（を合わせる）d 熟考する／考慮するs have shown women are six-times more likely to 苦しむ ACL 傷害s compared to men, and 25 per cent いっそう少なく likely to return after 回復.?

The?British Orthopaedic 協会 has labelled the number of 傷害s 報告（する）／憶測d in 最高の，を越す flight women's football as 'just the tip of the iceberg'.

It （人命などを）奪う，主張するs there has been a '早い' 増加する in the number of younger, amateur 競技者s 支えるing ACL 傷害s, with the biggest rise seen in teenage girls.

Critics have 非難するd sportswear 製造業者s for raising the 危険 of 傷害.??

Earlier this year Lioness captain and 兵器庫 defender Leah Williamson also joined fellow Lioness and 兵器庫 今後 Beth Mead in 行方不明の the World Cup after both 損失d their cruciate l igment. Pictured, Leah Williamson after 苦しむing an ACL 傷害 in April

The British Orthopaedic 協会 has also labelled the number of 傷害s in 最高の，を越す flight women's football as 'just the tip of the iceberg'. It （人命などを）奪う，主張するs it has seen a '早い' 増加する in the number of younger, amateur 競技者s 支えるing ACL 傷害s, with the biggest rise seen in teenage girls. Pictured, Leah Williamson in April 2023?

Football-焦点（を合わせる）d 熟考する／考慮するs have shown women are six times more likely to 苦しむ ACL 傷害s compared to men, and 25 per cent いっそう少なく likely to return after 回復. Pictured, Beth Mead 支援する in training in September after 行方不明の the World Cup 予定 to ACL 傷害

Many football boots do not account for the fact women's feet are 形態／調整d 異なって to men, meaning 女性（の） players can wear ill-fitting shoes that can 増加する the 危険 of 傷害.?

Women also run in a different way to men, yet studs are designed around male movement.?

限られた／立憲的な 研究 示唆するs some hormones can make ligaments looser, 増加するing the 危険 of 決裂.?

One 2019 熟考する／考慮する 設立する?the 安定 of 共同のs can be 影響する／感情d when oestrogen is elevated in the menstrual cycle, which usually happens in the second week.?

令状ing in the 定期刊行物?Frontiers in Physiology,?US 研究員s said using oral conraception can 相殺する hormonal changes and 減少（する） the 危険 of ACL 決裂.

Other 研究 however has 示唆するd there is no change in 膝 排水（気）量 in relation to women's cycle.

Physiotherapist Tom Bradley, owner of 軍人 Sports Rehab and Come 支援する Club in London, told the Daily 表明する: 'The ACL 支配（する）／統制するs the rotation between the 向こうずね and thigh. Women have 比較して wider hips than men and their 膝s tend to be on the inside of their hips so there is already an element of rotation.

'So there's a higher propensity for that ligament to come under 強調する／ストレス because of the anatomical 形態／調整 of a woman's 脚.'

Other factors 与える／捧げるing to たびたび（訪れる） ACL 傷害s at エリート level could also be 予定 to scheduling and 疲労，（軍の）雑役, he 示唆するd.

'If a player's 疲労，（軍の）雑役d they may not have the same muscular strength to support themselves and that could be the 推論する／理由 why they are going,' he 追加するd.?

Many of the 最高の，を越す tier of women's football have g one from the Euros to the 国内の season, to the World Cup, with critics 説 FIFA and UEFA needs to step in to 許す enough 回復 time.

Last year,?England 経営者／支配人 Sarina Wiegman also said FIFA, UEFA and 連合s across the world 'have to do something' to 取り組む the 増加するing number of ACL 傷害s.

Speaking to the BBC's Sports Desk podcast, Birmingham City defender Siobhan Wilson also said it was 'no coincidence' there were so many in such a short space of time.?

She 追加するd: 'People are finally switching on that this is serious.

'When you get an 傷害 and it 妨げるs you from doing the one thing you know, you feel like you lose your 身元 a little bit.'