Collateral ligament ruptures with meniscus lesions and conservative treatment with long functional soft brace!
The knee is often referred to as the most mobile joint of human body. It is also the most complex joint and is subjected to large force of 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. These are:
Two Cruciate Ligaments,
Two Collateral Ligaments and
The Popliteus Tendon.
The Anterior Cruciate Ligament is extremely important and is well known of all the five structures. It is a tragedy that people who suffer from torn ligament in the knee injury are those who lead an active lifestyle. It is to be noted that vast majority of the patients who suffer from such serious injuries are athletes and professional sports persons. Even busy professionals in active job are also prone to Ligament injury at any point of time in their life. Such profession requires high level of stamina and a high degree of physical activity like constant running, jumping, sprinting among athletes and sports persons in their daily routines. A torn ligament from knee injury among patients causes the patient not only to suffer but are supposed to lose a lot from their professional activity as it hinders their mobility and takes away a significant part of their career.
A torn ligament of the knee injury doesn’t generally mean a long-term treatment plan in altering you lifestyle, but if it is left untreated or rather treated ineffectively without proper care and guidance from a medical practitioner especially an orthopaedic surgeon, or a sports physician the reality faced by patients is quite unbearable and thwarts the life of an individual.
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:
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 include tenderness and swelling.
LCL Injury – The LC helps to control the sideways motion of the knee and helps to brace it against atypical motion. An LCL injury can cause severe pain on outside of the knee and causes instability or immobility of the knee joint.
PCL Injury – The posterior cruciate ligament stabilises the tibia and prevents it from being bent too far backward. 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.
But it is extremely important to consult an orthopaedic surgeon or a sports specialist to have these injuries examined thoroughly for a proper treatment plan for a safer & faster recovery. You should therefore consult an Orthopaedic Surgeon for a remedy to such ligament injury in knee patients. Your physician will discus 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 soft brace with flexion extension limitation as a course for conservative treatment of ligament rupture/tear of the knee. Soft braces help in 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.
You should therefore opt for a knee soft brace that offers flexion extension limitation that offers good collateral stabilisation of the knee joint and lends proprioceptive and compressive effect due to the knitted fabric.
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