2/3 What causes a ligament sprain ?

Added: 2026-05-01

[00:00:00]So, if you've sprained a ligament, then you're going to know about it. Ligaments don't just sprain without the person being 100% aware of the fact that they've just injured themselves. And that's one of my bugbears, because I often see referrals to my practice stating, for example, that the patient has a knee medial ligament injury. And yet, when I see the patient, they can't recall any injury or obvious cause of their knee pain. And that immediately tells me that I'm not dealing with a ligament injury at all. So, if you have a ligament injury, then you're going to experience that sudden sharp pain directly over the joint, and you'll be well aware that you've injured it.

[00:00:34]Ligaments don't get damaged at rest.

[00:00:36]They need some degree of trauma to injure them.