Your knee doesn’t care how tough you are, and in this month’s Safe MMA column for Fighters Only magazine, one of the world’s leading experts shows how to stop it from ending your career early.
Knee-deep in drama? Just ask Tom Aspinall, Petr Yan, or Shavkat Rakhmonov. One minute, you’re climbing the rankings. The next, you’re learning the names of every ligament in your leg. ACLs shredded. Menisci mashed. Full recon jobs. It’s almost an unofficial rite of passage for rising stars.
When it comes to keeping combat athletes in the game, few appreciate the stakes more than Dr. Saam Falahati. As Chief Medical Officer for the National Governing Body of Olympic Wrestling for Great Britain and the country’s first-ever representative on the United World Wrestling Medical Commission, he’s worked ringside at the World Championships, the Commonwealth Games, and with Olympians. For Dr. Falahati, it’s all about keeping fighters doing what they love. As far as potential career-enders are concerned, one joint stands out: the knee. It’s a key tool in MMA. However, this need not be so if looked after smartly.
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