by Katie Howard | Jun 4, 2026 | In The Treatment Room, Pillar 4, Top Story
Katie Howard sits down with a D1 soccer player who lost two crucial years of recruitment to ACL injuries and questioned whether she should quit the sport altogether. Instead, she learned a lesson far bigger than soccer. At 14 years old, Taylor Esparza thought she knew...
by Molly Farrell | May 28, 2026 | In The Treatment Room, Pillar 2, Pillar 3, Pillar 4, Top Story
The psychological toll of waiting, and how to find a way through it. The injury itself took a fraction of a second. One landing, slightly off, during a tumbling session. As Nicole Read hit the floor, she already knew. “Something’s torn,” she said out loud. Then she...
by Molly Farrell | May 22, 2026 | The Mind Game
A torn ACL may be seen as the worst moment of an athlete’s career. For one former elite gymnast, it became a way out. Most athletes remember a torn ACL as the day their world ended. For Lucy Steward, it was the day she was finally allowed to breathe. “I...
by Rosie Wood | May 19, 2026 | Pillar 3, Pillar 4, The Mind Game
When netballer Hannah Diamond was faced with an ACL injury for the second time, recovery became about far more than just rebuilding a knee. Through expert insight and lived experience, ‘The invisible side of ACL recovery’ examines the psychological toll of long-term...
