Did you know that an ACL injury may occur even when there is minimal to no contact at all (1)? How does this happen!?

The main reason this can happen is due to compressive forces on the knee joint that cause your lower leg bone (the tibia) to move slightly forward when we switch from non-weight bearing to weight bearing (1). Think about cutting or doing a ‘juke move'.’ When doing this, we have to absorb the forces from the ground to the body.

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