ACL

abbreviation for

Those like ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson who underwent surgery last August to repair two torn ligaments (ACL and MCL) in her knee.

Whether it was surging steroid use, or the way AstroTurf could wreck ACL joints, there was always something to fix.

It takes the skier with an ACL tear about a year to get back on the slopes.

That coincides with Woods tearing his left knee ACL, a common athlete injury, in July 2007.

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