The reason why that is significant is because if it were any farther back, the femur would be sitting on it and putting a lot of pressure and she would have pain and we wouldn't be talking about (a possible return). But because it is in the anterior portion ... fibers from the ACL and meniscus are right over it protecting it.
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After the game, I was here at home kind of numb. I've never felt that way. I was almost in shock. I could hardly sleep and didn't go to work. It's been a pretty depressing day, and the last thing I wanted to hear was that it was an ACL. She worked so hard to get where she is, and it's just a tragedy.
I knew I popped something the first time. Not only did I feel the pop, I heard the pop. I could feel something not there in my knee. I didn't know it was a torn ACL, but I knew I did something. It kind of felt like when you wake up in the morning and you feel like your leg is asleep.
There is no ACL damage and it shouldn't require surgery. He is doubtful for (today). It's not looking good.
I tore my ACL. I guess I landed wrong and twisted my knee. It's getting stronger, and I'm supposed to be back for the beginning of the season, so I'm just waiting for that.
She has always been my role model in gymnastics, and every time at practice when she was doing some tumbling or something, I was always afraid she was going to get hurt again. Because of what she went through (an ACL injury, to name one), I think it makes me try extra hard. A lot of what I was doing was for her.
It's not just like it was a torn A.C.L.. It's a magnitude more difficult to recover from and repair. It can and has ended careers, without a doubt. However, I feel very comfortable with Carson as an athlete and the heart that he's got.
The ACL has little, if any, ability to heal itself, and if it's torn it now leaves you with a functional disability. You can't run, jump or cut.
This is a goal we put up on the board at the beginning of the year. It's a goal Sara has had for four years. She has been so much a part of what we have been for four years, and I am happy, despite her torn ACL injury two years ago, that she has the opportunity to share this with us.
This is an insignificant injury. You can't keep me off the sideline. MCL, PCL, ACL, cartilage, I don't really care. I don't have to tackle or block or do any of those things. I just walk up and down, talk in the headphones.
I was hoping I was going to be back as soon as possible. Then they told me, before I got the MRI results back, that they thought it was an ACL tear and I would be out six months. I was pretty stoked when I found out it wasn't my ACL. I worked as hard as I could to get back.
It hurts a little bit more than (Friday). I don't know if it's going to be all that bad. Everybody says that if it's an ACL (injury) you'll be in a lot of pain and I'm really not unless I move it a lot.
I've seen a guy have an ACL (injury), then on the first day back, he blows it again, ... Then they repair it again and he goes on to 10 years in the NFL. Sometimes they take better than others.
My brother tore his ACL in high school and Rutgers stuck with him, ... That tell s you something about the University. And I decided that this was the place for me.
Then when they had competition in camp, he just came out there and competed and won his spot. That tells you what kind of a competitor he is, to come back from a torn ACL to do what he did and to be our starting quarterback.
She tore the ACL in January, and was back in the team camp in June. That was an inspiration to the other girls and gave them a lot of confidence.