Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury - All You Need To Know!

In general, anterior cruciate ligament injuries or ACL injuries, are understood as tearing of front knee ligament joining the thigh bone and the leg bone. This can vary from minor injuries, such as small ligament tears, to more serious cases like complete tears.

Common cause of such injuries are twisting which may be due to sporting activity (Common in Football, wrestling, Badminton, etc.) or any lifestyle injury - slip from stairs, two-wheelers accident, dancing injuries.

Symptoms –

Lack of confidence in the knee, frequent falls, difficulty in climbing stairs, weakness in thigh and continuous pain.

Treatment –

In case of Minor tears and low demand knee, you can be treated with Guided rehabilitation, nutritional support and gradual return to sports.

In cases of major tears and high demand knee – Reconstruction of the ligament can be done to regain active working of your knee joint. This procedure is done with minimal invasive surgery called arthroscopy so you can return to your work very early.

FAQ-

• Can I recover without surgery with help of physiotherapy and PRP (Stem cell treatment) in case of complete tears –

To understand it better, the stability of knee joint provided primarily by Ligaments (elastic structures binding bones) and secondarily by muscles surrounding so in case of minor tear your physio strengthen supporting muscles to compensate this deficit but in no case, this extra muscle can compensate for complete tears and high demand knee.

• What if I do not undergo ACL surgery –

In case of falling again due to the instability of your joint, you may have further damages of remaining ligaments and other body structures. moreover this loose knee joint will lead to degenerative ( Old age changes ) to your joint even at a young age.