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media type="custom" key="6405087"Torn Acl (The anterior cruciate ligament) One of four major knee ligaments crucial to knee stability and can cause the pateint to feel as if their knee is "giving out" signs of an ACL tear could be instability to the knee which doctors will look for pateints will often hear a popping noise in their knee when they tear trheir ACL and may cause a lot of pain and swelling. Pateints do not always require surgery when they obtain an ACL injury. if theyt do not do a sport that needs the use of their ACL and they have knee stability then thry don't need surgery per se. The usual surgery is an acl reconstruction, very rarely do you need a new ligament to substitute for your old torn one.The role of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament is to prevent forward movement of the Tibia from underneath the femur.A torn ACL or acl injury is a relatively common knee injury amongst sports people. 1) An ACL injury usually occurs through a twisting force being applied to the knee while the foot is firmly planted on the ground or upon landing. ACL injuries may also result from a direct blow to the knee, usually the outside from football or rugby tackles. A gymnast is another common athlete who suffer from ACL tears, their landings are very important and many are women. ACL tears are more common amongst females rather then males due to their autotomical differnced as well a stheir differnces in muscle. 2) sign and symptoms of an acl injury may be the following: patients may hear a popping noise. Their