In 2009, Nicole Biggs, then a sophomore at Carroll High School, tore her ACL in a soccer match against Bishop Dwenger. Today, she prepares to lead the Chargers to the state tournament and talks about her recovery.
Biggs tore her anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee after jumping and landing incorrectly. It was a non-contact injury but one that could be heard around the field.
“Everyone on the sideline heard it pop. It swelled up immediately. I could not walk on it, so we knew something was wrong right away.”
The ACL is one of four major ligaments in the knee and when it comes to sports related injuries is perhaps the most commonly torn ligament. In female athletes, according to Dr. Greg Sassmannshausen of Fort Wayne Orthopaedics, the occurrence rate is even higher.
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