A 37-year-old member asked:
Can you get a acl injury outside of sports injuries?
3 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in
Dr. Bryan Reussanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 22 years experience
Yes: Any kind of twisting, cutting, pivoting, hyper extension, deceleration, etc type of mechanism can cause an acl injury. It does not have to happen during sports.
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Dr. Jeffrey Levinanswered
Dentistry 47 years experience
Yes: An accidental twist or fall can damge the acl.
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Dr. Bernard Bach Jranswered
Orthopedic Surgery 43 years experience
Yes.: Any activity where your foot is planted and you twist or pivot, could tear the ACL. We have 3 patients in our practice that tore their ACL's, just twisting to get out their airplane seat.
4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Last updated Sep 28, 2016
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