Draft:Anterior cruciate ligament tear

An ACL (Anterior cruciate ligament tear) tear is an injury based in the knee, The main way that an ACL tear affects someones knee depends on the person that has been injured, but common things that a torn ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) can affect is; movement in the leg like being unable to walk or out right move it in general. An example of this is Michael Owens, he could not play in the World Cup after having an ACL tear. An ACL tear could also injure other parts of the knee, that is the reason that you feel pain in an ACL tear. An ACL itself does not have any pain receptors. Your knee will buckle and give out after your ACL is torn preventing you from doing anything for a short period of time.

Our ACL tears by the movement that caused the ACL to tear also affects the area of your knee around your ACL, that is why the blood vessels tear and blood leaks into the joint and causes swelling in the joint. Your joint also may get damaged and limits movement in your knee. The ACL is a Ligament around your knee that prevents your shin bone from sliding in front of your femur. But when it tears you have to be careful. Your knee after an ACL tear also swells because small blood vessels tear and start bleeding into the knee.