It can happen in a cartwheeling crash down a steep slope, but for most people it's usually something very simple. Maybe a lazy effort getting into or out of a lift chair, or losing their balance standing in the lift line. Knee injuries have replaced broken bones as the chief menace of Alpine skiing, mostly because of better boots, better skis and better skiing.
Binders release generally when they are supposed to.
Yet knee ligaments are at the greatest risk because you have a ski on . . . Roberto Infante, sports medicine supervisor at the clinic, said knee injuries have replaced broken bones as the No. 1 ailment in the patients he sees undergoing physical therapy. As you fall backward, the boot is actually pushing your lower leg forward. The ACL is the ligament that sports fans hear and read so much about. It is one of the major stabilizing ligaments in the knee, running diagonally behind the kneecap.