Ligament tear is an injury that many people suffer from these days. The ligaments are generally vulnerable and one has to take a lot of care to protect it from injury.
The knee is usually unguarded and is prone to sport injuries. Changing direction while running, twisting, jumping, changing speeds while running on treadmill , sports such as football, adventure sports are all some of the common causes for ligament injuries in the knee.
Anterior Crucial Ligament tear is a very common sports injury. When there is excessive strain on the leg such as twisting, the ACL which could be around 1 c.m. gets streched and goes to the breaking point. As soon as there is a tear one can hear a small popping sound and there will be immediate swelling in the knee. I had the same experience while I was excercising in the gym.
Apart from ACL, there are other ligament injuries namely PCL,MCL, LCL tears. Ligament tears will be painful and requires a lot of time to heal. Sometimes if the ligament tear is severe, a surgery will be required. The severity of the injury will be detected in an MRI scanning.
In order to avoid these ligament tears, take care while playing sports and exercising in the gym.
Jahnavi
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The knee is usually unguarded and is prone to sport injuries. Changing direction while running, twisting, jumping, changing speeds while running on treadmill , sports such as football, adventure sports are all some of the common causes for ligament injuries in the knee.
Anterior Crucial Ligament tear is a very common sports injury. When there is excessive strain on the leg such as twisting, the ACL which could be around 1 c.m. gets streched and goes to the breaking point. As soon as there is a tear one can hear a small popping sound and there will be immediate swelling in the knee. I had the same experience while I was excercising in the gym.
Apart from ACL, there are other ligament injuries namely PCL,MCL, LCL tears. Ligament tears will be painful and requires a lot of time to heal. Sometimes if the ligament tear is severe, a surgery will be required. The severity of the injury will be detected in an MRI scanning.
In order to avoid these ligament tears, take care while playing sports and exercising in the gym.
Jahnavi
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I don't know if it was a ligament tear, but I fell when roller skating (many years ago!) and my knee still hurts when I kneel at a certain angle.
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Many people don't get to know if it's a tear but if it's a ligament tear the pain keeps increasing and becomes unbearable...
DeleteAn untreated ligament injury can lead to more problems later. You have covered a very important topic Jahnavi.:)
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