ACL stands for Anterior Cruciate Ligament of the knee. The knee is the largest and most complex joint in your body. It depends on four primary ligaments as well as multiple muscles, tendons and secondary ligaments to function properly.
There are two ligaments on the sides of the knee: the Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) and the Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL), and two crossed ligaments in the centre of the knee, the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and the Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL). The ACL connects the front top part of the shin bone to the back bottom part of the thigh bone and keeps the shin bone from sliding forward.
How is the ACL injured?
One of the common ways for the ACL to be injured is by a direct blow to the knee, which commonly happens in football. In this case, the knee is forced into an abnormal position that results in the tearing of one or more knee ligaments. However, most ACL tears actually happen without contact between the knee and another object. Such non-contact injuries happen when the running athlete changes direction or hyperextends their knee when landing from a jump. These movements are common to all agility sports.
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