ACL Injuries

OK, I HAVE to ask.  Do you think ACL injuries can be due to heredity biomechanical issues?  My son just fell skiing and tore his ACL, MCL and Miniscus all at once.  I feel so badly for him.  But, he is the perfect example of a great attitude.  With his skiiing season over, he is just trying to move forward, go to PT and get ready for his surgery in June, once school is out.

As most of you know, I tore my ACL twice on my left knee and really am not looking forward to his recovery- I know how hard and long it is.  The only saving grace is that these days (my surgery was 15 years ago) the surgery and recovery isn’t supposed to be AS difficult, but still I’m sure it’s going to be painful.

Thanks to Eric and Amy at South County PT for getting him right in there and taking good care of him pre-op.  I’m sure they’ll be just as great post op.

But, I digress.  Do you think mechanical alignment has anything to do with this injury?  If you know me, and you know my son, our visual mechanical alignment is completely different.

I don’t know, just a thought………………… but wish him luck on June 17th