Collateral Traumas

There are three bones that meet to form you knee joint. There is your thighbone which is you femur, you shinbone which is your tibia, and you kneecap which is your patella. Articular cartilage covers the ends of the tibia and the fibula, also the back of the patella. Bones are connected through ligaments, our knees have four main ligaments. Two of the ligaments in our knee is the medial collateral ligament (MCL), this ligament prevents valgus (force from the outside of the knee, forcing the knee inward) stress to the knee and lateral collateral ligament(LCL), this ligament prevents varus (force from the inside of the knee,forcing the knee outward) stress to the knee. Another ligament in the knee is the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), this ligament prevents posterior translations of the tibia along the femur. ,and anterior cruciate ligament(ACL), this ligament prevents anterior translations of the tibia along the femur. …show more content…
One of the main reasons why females are more prominent to ACL injuries is because females have wider pelvises. Having a wider pelvis makes the thigh bone angle its way downward more sharply than it does in men. Dr. Berry Boden of the Orthopedic Center in Rockville says, “one thought is that women have more of a knock-knee alignment”(1). Knock-knee alignment is when the knee is not perfectly aligned. Dr. Berry Boden also say, “the alignment of women’s knees tends to bend inward when women land”(2). Many people believe that because of the inward bend it may predispose women to have ACL