What Is The ACL - Making Sense of ACL Tears

What Is The ACL and Why All The Hype?

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the main stabilizing ligaments of the knee joint and has garnered somewhat of an infamous reputation in the health and sports populations. In light of the continued questions from our clients, I thought it might be helpful to demystify it: what it is, what it does, how it becomes injured, and what happens after it's injured. To understand this clearly it is important to understand the anatomy a bit better as well.
A ligament is a piece of connective tissue that connects two pieces of bone together. It is not a muscle or a tendon. Ligaments strictly go from one piece of bone to another to provide stability. In this case, the ACL is one of four main ligaments that stabilizes the knee joint. The knee joint specifically is where the bottom of your thigh bone (femur) meets the top of your shin bone (tibia). It is a large joint with high demand and thus you have four main ligaments to provide the necessary stability: front-back-left-right.


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