How NOT To Tear Your ACL in 2021 | Injury Prevention Explained By Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeon

How not to tear your ACL? I have some great injury prevention and preventative medicine strategies for YOU because tearing your ACL sucks. Nobody wants to tear their ACL/anterior cruciate ligament. Today I am going to tell you HOW NOT TO TEAR YOUR ACL LIGAMENT and your knees are going to love you for it.

I am Dr. Chris Raynor, orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist. The ACL tear is a common injury that I often see in my operative practice. It occurs frequently in athletes who participate in sports that involve jumping, twisting, pivoting, or direction change. The longterm consequences from this injury can be quite serious. However, there are ways to decrease the chances of suffering an ACL tear. Watch this video to find out what this injury is and how to avoid having it yourself!

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[ChrisRaynorMD]

If you are an athlete and you want to avoid tearing your ACL, then this video is for you. If you've already torn your ACL, then this video is for you too! Let us known if you have torn your ACL and how your recovery is going! We want to know!

[IvanEweka]

I haven’t had an ACL tear but I’m paranoid of having one, thanks for the information!

[jjhbball]

I had ACL surgery 7 years ago. It was a complete tear. I did the hamstring auto-graft. These are my stories *DUUHN DUUHN*. My quad significantly atrophied. I could not even really flex it anymore. Had to relearn how to contract it. I did physical therapy for months. Three appoints per week plus daily exercises. I cannot stress this enough: do your home exercises religiously! I started "running" again around 6 months post surgery. And by running, I mean baby steps in a running-like stride. One lap around the track and my calves were burning and sore for days. I stepped back onto a basketball court around 9 months. BUT I DID NOT PLAY. I simply put my shoes on and shot around. Around 11 months, I felt comfortable to play cautiously with a custom-made sports brace. I picked up mountain biking as a new sport because I knew I couldn't play basketball at the volume I used to. Biking was great for my knee. I also started weight-training and yoga. A couple years after surgery, my knees felt better than ever. I ditched the sports brace and played worry free. Fast forward several years. I sit a lot. I get back into weight training. but squats caused massive pain in my knees because my glutes and hamstrings were asleep from sitting so much and I didn't exercise them enough. I became severely quad-dominant, putting strain back on my knee. My calves had also grown weak because I neglected their importance. Knee pain and instability returned. Now, I've been doing lots of hamstring, hip, and calves work. Knee starting to feel really good again. Moral of story, you can have an amazing recovery from ACL surgery and be better from it. But never stop maintaining your body. Take care of your body, and it will take care of you.

[Dubz]

Idk what scares me more, the fact I could tear my acl, or this man screaming at me haha

[joeynemetz]

He literally just summed up the last 10 months of my life

[fusemysteel]

Wow still replying so quick after 4 months, what a legend!

[Drikkerbadevand]

lol thank you for actually providing the sources/links you refer to in the description.. 90% of the videos where people say "you can check out this video" they NEVER provide sources

[tylerw]

Tore my ACL 4 weeks ago so I sure as hell can't wait to do these exercises in the coming rehab

[AGIMCK]

So nice to see you reference Mick Hughes. I went to one of his workshops after completing my ACL rehab, he restored my confidence in my knee.

[jjhbball]

"AND NOW, WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS WHOLE VIDEO..." **cuts to ad** lol

[kimmy]

I am a new subscriber. Happy that all the videos have the same information quality, energy and passion. Also happy he screams less tho!

[brando_]

This would’ve been good to know last year😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[bballcoachallen]

love your videos ... I tore my ACL 10 years ago and I hope it never happens again

[thugugfpanda]

I broke my arm and tore my acl in the same play...I was I could have had you as my doctor!!!!

[christopherfalley]

Tore my ACL a little under 5 months ago and I’m glad to say this video gave me a panic attack

[louisbelleville]

Tore my ACL and miniscus a year ago in basketball and recently re tore my miniscus in rugby will do these exercises

[jackzhang]

love your enthusiasm doc!! love the work

[myak]

I tore my acl during taekwondo practice and I wanted to know what not to do after surgery and physical therapy. This helped a lot, thanks.

[samuelbermudez]

Love the video Doc. My dad has suffered an ACL injury before playing soccer and stopped playing sports since then. I showed him the vid and he was so glad to see that people like you are teaching young athletes to be safe. Keep it up Doc!!!

[lopezdia]

I feel like if i don’t watch this i’m going to tear my ACL