U.S. News & World Report: Meniscus Tears and Fears: What to Know

WITH THE NFL TRAINING camp season underway, sports fans are bound to hear about their favorite teams and players succumbing to knee injuries at practice. From torn ACLs and MCLs to meniscus tears, the knees of athletes often take an incredible beating. And though they're biologically designed to be strong, our knees aren't indestructible. While we often think of knee injuries befalling American football players, there's really no athlete immune to sustaining them.

In the case of a torn meniscus, for example, a simple internet search of the latest sports news will show you that from lacrosse and basketball to baseball, wrestling and football, these types of injury don't discriminate based on sport.

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