What is an ACL injury and how long could it take Leah Williamson to recover?
New York TimesEngland captain Leah Williamson’s World Cup dream is all but over after she sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury playing for Arsenal against Manchester United on Wednesday. Speaking to Andy Williams, a consultant knee surgeon, we analyse the much-feared ACL tear, as made famous by Paul Gascoigne more than 30 years ago, and suffered more recently by Tottenham’s Rodrigo Bentancur and Chelsea’s Armando Broja, as well as the captain of the England Women’s team. The grading usually reflects the amount of laxity and actually is a bit academic for an ACL rupture because, in reality, it’s either gone or it’s not. If I hear that story from a patient, I know it’s one of two things: either a patellar dislocation, which is less common, or an ACL rupture.
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