You evidently cannot avoid being injured during sport because if you are a true athlete, you push and grind to get ever ball or puck and push your hardest, you will get injured. It really only takes a split second....
Approximately 50 percent of ACL injuries occur in combination with damage to the meniscus, articular cartilage, or other ligaments. Additionally, patients may have bruises of the bone beneath the cartilage surface.
Most often ACL tears occur when pivoting or landing from a jump. The knee gives-out from under the athlete when the ACL is torn... as you can see in the picture above!!! ^
People who injure their ACL often complain of the following symptoms:
- A popping sound that comes from inside the knee
- A feeling that the knee is giving away
- Immediate, intense knee pain
- Immediate swelling, inflammation, redness and slight bruising
Surgery is quite often needed for this type of injury, and can be quite gruesome from the picutres I have seen if you ask me...
The best treatment after surgery is known as RICE. It stansds for....
- R: Rest the knee by using crutches and keeping weight off of it
- I: Ice the knee
- C: Compress the knee with a wrap
- E: Elevate the leg
I have had many sporting injuries in the past and many I still have ongoing but....this.... have never happened to me and I dont plan on it!
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