FastSaying
In basketball and soccer players, that's what usually happens. Nobody even touches them. The body is caught in a given position where there is rotation on the leg, and all the pressure is placed on that one ligament.
Dr. Angelo Colosimo
Basketball
Body
Soccer
Related Quotes
You've damaged the nerves and arteries around the joint. They can't function normally when the knee is filled with fluid.
— Dr. Angelo Colosimo
Arteries
Damaged
Filled
The spot is the key to the operation. Misplacing this femoral tunnel only three or four millimeters can have a devastating result.
— Dr. Angelo Colosimo
Femoral
Four
Key
You're looking at two little poke holes and a small incision to harvest the graft.
— Dr. Angelo Colosimo
Graft
Harvest
Holes
The ACL has little, if any, ability to heal itself, and if it's torn it now leaves you with a functional disability. You can't run, jump or cut.
— Dr. Angelo Colosimo
Ability
You have to re-educate that leg as to its muscle-firing patterns, the nerve pathways, so you can walk and run again.
— Dr. Angelo Colosimo