Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

1.What are the priorities in treating orthopedic injuries? What are the available options for stabilizing his leg? A patient that presents with multiple fractures must be fully assessed prior to initiating treatment. This patient needs immediate attention for the fractured ribs and pelvis. Flail chest, which results from multiple ribs being fractured can be a life threatening injury. A fractured pelvis can cause life threatening bleeding due to injury to structures protected by the pelvis. If…

micro-trauma to tendons, bones, or joints. Overuse injuries usually occur because of physical stress on the body and can lead to surgery depending on how major the injury is. The three most common types of injuries that happen to athletes are ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) tears, rotator cuff tears, and concussions. Examining…

Hip flexor pain is an injury felt to the front of the hip. Although this is kind of injury is relatively uncommon, it is predominant in younger adults and females and when one suffers from a hip flexor injury or strain undergoes to an extreme pain. The hip flexor muscles are consisted of the psoas major and minor and the Iliacus muscles. These muscles are often referred to as a group called “Iliopsoas Muscles”. This muscle group has a role in enabling one to flex the thigh and pull the knee in…

The anatomy of the foot is a tremendously complex one. Plantar Flexion as defined by O’Toole (2013) “A toe down motion of the foot at the ankle. It is measured in the degrees from the 0 degree position of the foot at rest on the ground, with the body in a standing position.” Plantar flexion is a movement that is used every day, from climbing the stairs to applying the foot the pedal while driving (Contributor, 2015). Motion defined by (Lippert,2011). ‘As the process of moving joints, limbs…

What is the suspected diagnosis? The patient seems to be suffering from a blood clot located in her left leg. More specific, the patient seems to be suffering from Deep vein thrombosis(DVT) . DVT mainly affects large veins that are located in the thigh or lower leg. Deep vein thrombus can cause swelling in the leg and is usually only seen in one leg, but it is possible for both legs to be affected at the same time. Another symptom of DVT is leg pain located in the calf area, which may…

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) helps to connect the end of the thigh bone (femur) to the top of the shin bone (tibia). The ACL helps to “stabilize” the knee, or keeps it from “giving way”. Although we usually hear about ACL injuries in adults playing sports such as football, in which the players are hit in the knee by another player, there is an increasing incidence of ACL injuries in kids and teenagers. This is because more kids and teenagers are playing competitive sports at a high…

bracing while preventing reoccurring ankle sprains in female athletes. The study favored ankle bracing, however,the hypothesis is not clearly stated. The research targeted the best prophylactic intervention that prevented overstretching of the ankle ligaments. The key terms were listed but was not defined. Individuals outside of the athletic training field, may not fully comprehend what an ankle sprain is, what prophylactic means,…

comprised of ankle sprains (Kaminski & Stant, p. 10). Most sprains happen due to stress on the ligaments of the ankle. Depending on the degree of the tear and how critical, determines which Grade category the injury falls under. There are three Grades: Grade I (mild) is stretching of the ligaments, Grade II (moderate) is partial tearing of the ligaments, and Grade III (severe) is a complete tear of all the ligaments. The most common ways to damage your ankle are landing wrong from a…

have is the tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). This requires an extensive recovery and some athletes never fully recover. There is a lot that goes into an ACL injury and also its recovery. First of all, the ACL is a ligament in the knee. The knee joint is the articulation between the femur, patella, tibia, and fibula. The patella is the knee cap. There are many other ligaments that are present in the knee. The medial collateral and lateral collateral ligaments control medial and…

portion of the tibia, or the shinbone. The ACL connects the front aspect of the tibia to the back aspect of the thigh bone, or the femur. It runs in the front of the knee and crosses in front of the PCL, or the posterior cruciate ligament. That’s why they’re called cruciate ligaments, is because they form a cross in the middle of the knee. I mean I was a little futzing with the model, but I don’t know if that matters. Interviewer: Is there anything else that we have said throughout our…