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Cooking Accident Causes ACL Tear!

Share Your Story: How I Tore My ACL

From amanda smith

Created January 15, 2011

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How I Tore My ACL

Cooking Christmas dinner at my folks who live across the street.

What Happened?

I was going from my house to folks just across the street and I slipped on the snow. My foot shot straight out in front of me and my foot landed behind my knee. Then my knee drove straight into the ice! I had to take my foot out from behind my knee. I thought I had broken my ankle but surprisingly it was more my knee

Lessons Learned

  • This was truly a freak accident. I've fallen dozens of times and have never gotten hurt like this, surgery is in February.

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