5. Certain Actions Can Cause Them
There are certain actions making cause ACL injuries. They often happen during sporting events or while working out. What you have to understand is what the actions are the cause them and why.
This first starts with understanding that the ACL is one of two ligaments across the middle of your knee and connects your thigh bone to your shinbone. It also helps to stabilize the knee joint so that it does not move around needlessly. Understanding that can help you understand why actions like suddenly slowing down and changing direction can cause damage to this ligament, pivoting when your foot is planted on the ground, jumping and landing awkwardly, stopping suddenly or receiving a direct impact on that area such as someone tackling you while playing football.
These are all actions that should be avoided in order to prevent an ACL injury from happening.