Anterior cruciate ligament injury

Baseball was my favorite. My family and I cheered for the Atlanta Braves through the good and bad times. Some of my favorite memories are of going to baseball games with my family. I clearly remember the day my favorite player went down due to an ACL injury. In 2010, Chipper Jones made a spectacular throw from third, a boom-boom play at first. Chipper got the out for the Braves. I remember my excitement fading as Chipper immediately went to the ground. I remember him trying to get up, only to…

cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. The knee is a ball in socket and the elbow is a relatively simple hinge joint which only allows flexion and extension. The radius is smaller of the two forearm bones and sits on the outside of the joint.As spoken about before the cruciate ligaments are made up of two types of ligaments, the anterior and the posterior. They are often referred to the ‘crucial’ ligaments because it is important that the help the knee with stability. The anterior cruciate ligament…

upward and downwards while jumping. The anatomical structure that stabilizes the knee can be divided into 4 areas. Anterior, Posterior, Lateral or Medial. These structures enable the joint to move, while also providing stabilisation and support, offered to not only the knee, but also other muscles and tendons around it. Anterior Compartment: The four muscles in the anterior compartment are called rectus femoris, vastus medialis,…

joint line tenderness and pain with squatting. What is the most likely diagnosis? A. Anterior cruciate ligament tear B. Lateral collateral ligament tear C. Medial collateral ligament tear…

is needed in order to move something, it is important to practice these types of movements in rehab before returning the patient to activities. Once an injury occurs, the body will protect itself and begin to shut down in certain aspects. This can cause a patient’s proprioception to fail because the body is more worried about controlling the injury instead of controlling the extremity as a whole. Weak proprioception can be detrimental when a patient begins functional activities after…

Roman was a Colombian immigrant who worked as a staff sergeant in the Army National Guard that aspired to serve his country. However, while on duty an IED explosion exploded that left Roman with serious injuries in both legs. In addition, Roman had to have three extensive surgeries and even by going through the ten gruesome months of rehabilitation, the incident still caused harm to his overall functioning. Even after all these obstacles Roman had to face…

” I opened my eyes. Waking up to a nurse with a terrible pain on my right leg, I realized I just got out of surgery. Six months prior to surgery I was injured playing soccer the sport that consumed my life. I completely tore my Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), a ligament that holds the Femur (the bone on top of the knee) and the Tibia (a bone below the knee); it controls reasonable movements and prevents forward movements of the Tibia. As a result, I received a traumatizing surgery on my knee…

Although the efficacy of bracing the knee post-anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery has been widely debated, knee bracing has been regarded as a necessity for protection of the ACL post reconstructive surgery. Functional knee braces are intended to stabilize the knee during rotation, reduce strain on the ACL graft, and are most often seen in in sports that require various, fast direction changes (Paluska & Mckeag , 2000). Typically, the choice of the patient wearing or not wearing a…

Sports injuries have been present for many years but it wasn’t until about twenty years ago that the sports world realized that these injuries can be prevented. Sports related injuries are categorized by severity, into two division;acute injuries, and overuse injuries, according to Stop Sports Injuries. Acute injuries can include wrist sprains, ankle fractures, or a muscle strains. Overuse injuries are where there is a micro-trauma to tendons, bones, or joints. Overuse injuries usually occur…

Sports play a key role in the preservation of society. Although sports have brought people together through competition and celebration, it has also brought up many controversies as well. Inequality between men and women is evident throughout various aspects of sport, whether it is physical, financial or social forms of physical activity. Looking at this inequality also plays a role on the ability to excel through sport for females and males. In today’s society, girls fail to grow in athletics…