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A member asked:
Can you get a acl injury outside of sports injuries?
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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.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Yes: An accidental twist or fall can damge the acl.
Answered 6/19/2013
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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.
Answered 9/28/2016
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A member asked:
I have had an Acl injury complete tear I took a rest from sports activites these past 2 month can I play sports activites awhile wearing acl brace?
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If you have a full thickness ACL tear and I am a 3 sport athlete is the best option to get surgery or no?
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A member asked:
I would like help to figure out how long i'll be out of sports. I tore my acl!?
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If i stop my sport for some months can ACL repair it self?
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I tore my ACL and had surgery to fix it. How long should I expect to be out of sports?
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