Excellent brace for care of ligament rupture & instability

It is of paramount importance to understand that the knee is often referred to as the most mobile joint of the human body. It is also the most complex joint and is therefore subjected to a large amount of force and pressure during any physical activity or sports. High action sports like soccer, rugby, wrestling, tennis and other contact sports involve overuse that puts too much pressure on the joints especially the knees and the ankle. These forces like stress and overuse of joints are resisted by a number of structures including the five main static restraints of the knee.

One of the principal causes of ruptures of PCL injury is car accidents when the knee directly hits the dashboard with a significant impact of force and the another incident is injury or rupture from cross country ski when the knee is highly impacted by wild falls. It’s to be noted that injured knee degrades overtime if left untreated by a medical professional for a long period of time.

The posterior cruciate ligament or PCL extends from back of the tibia to the front of the femur inside the knee. It prevents the tibia from going backwards when hit from the front and guides the rotation of knee in synchronization with the ligaments that surround the knee. Over the years orthopedic surgeon strived to fix the PCL injury but with no effective result. Surgeons advised the patients to live with PCL injury of ligaments as repair or reconstruction was quite difficult. As a result without effective treatment or surgery, the knee degraded over time, with arthritis set in causing utter discomfort, pain and immobility ensuring knee replacement.

There are numerous incidence of injury that can affect the knee tendons & ligaments. Torn ligaments in Knee patients are a result of 3 main factors that are as cited under:
PCL Injury – The posterior cruciate ligament stabilises the tibia and prevents it from being bent too far backwards. A traumatic injury to the front of the knee (if the knees are bent) might lead to PCL tear. Such tears are partial and can heal with mild treatment or without any treatment.
LCL Injury – The LC helps to control the sideways motion of the knee and helps to brace it against the atypical motion. An LCL injury can cause severe pain on the outside of the knee and causes instability or immobility of the knee joint.
ACL Injury – This ligament runs diagonally through the middle of the knee and serves to support and stabilise the three bones that meet in the knee joint. An ACL injury is referred to as a ‘sprain’. Sprained knee symptoms are caused by minor ACL injury that includes tenderness and swelling.

But another incidence of PCL injury or rupture besides car crashes can be:
• Contact sports. One of the most common causes of a PCL tear is athletics that involves a high level of stamina, constant motion and too much pressure on the knee and its joints. Remember that falling on the knee incorrectly when landing and while it is bent, or an instance where an athlete forcefully makes a contact to the knee may cause a tear in the PCL. Posterior cruciate ligament tears are especially common in Football, Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, and Skiing as already discussed above.

But it is extremely important to consult an orthopaedic surgeon or a sports specialist (a sports physio) to have these injuries examined thoroughly for a proper treatment plan to a safer & faster recovery. You should therefore consult an Orthopaedic Surgeon for a remedy to such ligament injury in knee patients. Your physician will discuss at length on nature of the problem of the knee, check your gait, take details of your family history and suggest for few routine tests like X-RAY, MRI scan to properly detect the nature and extent of the injury of the knee, the ligaments and the tendon. Thereafter he will suggest medication including NSAIDs, rest, compression, elevation, ice and might well suggest for use of functional rigid brace with flexion-extension limitation as a course for conservative treatment of ligament rupture/tear of the knee. Soft braces help in the stabilisation of the knee and prevent sideways movement that may increase chances of ligament damage and prevent healing thereby increasing the chances of knee sprain recovery time. Treatment of Cruciate Ligament tear or rupture aims to relieve pain, discomfort and stabilise the knee to restore optimum performance and mobility of the joint. Medical knee braces provide the much-needed support and help alleviate pressure off the joint. Braces certainly play a crucial role in the recovery process of acute and postoperative procedures.

You should therefore opt for a functional rigid knee brace with physioglide hinge that offers flexion-extension limitation for optimum stabilisation of the knee joint and prevention of hyperextension through the limitation of Range Of Motion.

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