TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers and Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill are the latest to be injured in a recent rash of ACL injuries.

UT Health sports medicine doctor Jayesh Patel joined East Texas Now on Thursday to talk about the injuries, the surgeries, and how to help prevent ligament tears. Patel says there are ways to prevent ACL tears.

“Because ACL injuries are very prominent in soccer, FIFA created FIFA 11 and it’s ACL prevention and it has a bunch of plyometrics,” Patel said. “It’s like a 15-20 minute warm up essentially and it’s show in some registries in Europe that it decreases ACL tears by 30 to 50 percent.”

Due to the amount of injuries, specifically at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey where Nabers tore his knee, there’s been a lot of de

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