CodeBlue614 t1_itloovc wrote on October 24, 2022 at 3:52 PM

Reply to comment by AquaDoctor in Do ligaments (ACL) build up to an injury or just suddenly fail? by Toast1185

Nice explanation! Just curious, in non-contact ACL tears, is the process any different? When I was a freshman in college, my team had something like 8 ACL tears over the course of the season, and 1 in particular was an offensive lineman who just came out of his stance and didn’t contact anyone on the play. At the time, some of my teammates blamed all the injuries on the coaches having too many full-contact practices because they thought it would make us tougher.

AquaDoctor t1_itnv5du wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:43 AM

I think there's some thought to the idea that the fatigue is in relation to the musculature in the knee, and once that fails to protect transition and rotation in the knee, then they tear the ACL. But look, we are constantly learning about the body and changing our thought patterns. Nothing is set in stone.