full thickness acl tear --- most common treatment ?

Question

What if you have a tear in ACL and never get surgical treatment?

Answer 1

Complete ACL tear: Consider arthroscopic acl reconstruction. Check with your orthopedic surgeon to coordinate bracing, timing, and rehab.

Answer 2

Depends: If the ACL has not retracted, it may heal on its own, sometimes it does not. When it does not, then physical therapy and braces can be used to strengthen the knee overall. If you are not a very active person this may be just fine, however ACL replacement surgery is an option. If you do not want surgery than stem cell therapy can be used to heal tissues/ligements. Check out Regenexx.Com.

Answer 3

PT or Surgery: Depending upon your activities and lifestyle, most people will likely undergo surgery to reconstruct the ligament as it will not heal. If you do not do any turning, twisting, or changing direction sports, you may be able to "cope" with a torn ACL and should start with a physical therapy program and possibly a brace.

Answer 4

ACl heals upto 9 mo: When you have ACL reconstruction, a new ligament is created and held in your knee with screws or other fixation devices. The ACL then has to heal in this position in order to withstand repetitive stresses associated with sports activities. The problem with any type of ACL graft fixation method is that, if repeatedly stressed before the graft has healed in position, the fixation will fail.

Answer 5

Graft maturation: Besides regaining motion and strength after ACL reconstruction, your knee takes a long time to fully recover because the graft that is used to replace your torn ligament needs to incorporate into the bony sockets drilled to hold the graft. The graft also takes time to literally become a ligament. Cutting sports are usually not recommended until after the 4th to 6th month after surgery.

Answer 6

Can't rush nature.: The surgery to reconstruct the ACL is about 2 hours, give or take. But the rehab is about 6 months, because that's how long it takes to regain your full motion, strength and functional ability.

Answer 7

Sure: Unfortunately, something as simple as slipping upon an ice patch or stepping in a pothole with the knee twisting the wrong way can cause ACL injuries.

Answer 8

Absolutely: You can get an ACL injury from trauma involving the knee. This can occur in motor vehicle accidents, falls, and most commonly in sports. The ACL can tear in an injury involving knee contact with someone or something or without any knee contact. The ligament may tear when you slow down suddenly to change direction or pivot with your foot firmly planted, twisting or overextending your knee.

Answer 9

Yes: Acl injuries occur to people in many different ways including work injuries, slips, trips, falls and other traumas.

Answer 10

Yes: Yes plenty of people injure their acl in accidents such as falls and car accidents. Typically you don't tear an acl just walking down the street but any traumatic blows or twisting to the knee can cause a tear.

Answer 11

Not necessarily: As long as you have rehabed the musclesof your thighs (quads and hamstrings) running should not be a problem. Elliptical machines and bicycles may feel better though. If choosing to cycle, make sure the seat is adjusted propely - leg should almost fully extend when pedal is down, but the knee should not ever lock.

Answer 12

ACL Tear: Running on a treadmill in a straight line should be okay with an acl injury. If there are other injuries in the knee from when the acl was torn, these may be worsened by running.

Answer 13

5-12 months, varies: This is highly variable depending on other injuries in the knee, the activity level you are returning to, and the type of surgery/graft choice used to replace your acl. In general, daily activities and sedentary work can be resumed in 2-6 weeks. Full healing of the graft varies from 6 months to 2 years. Most sports can be resumed at 6-9 months, but normal strength and function may take longer.

Answer 14

Multifactorial: That depends on many factors. One being the type of reconstruction you had either autograft or allograft. The type of tissue used for the reconstruction of your ligament and even your overall general health. The fastest you can return to pre-injury activities is 6 months as a general rule and as long as 9-12 months. I recommend you ask this question of your surgeon when seeing them in consult.

Answer 15

About a year: While some surgeons allow a return to sports at 6 months, most have sound reasons to prevent a return to sports until 9-12 months, and there are good research studies showing that a true return to prior performance takes one to two years, if at all. Timing of "healing" depends on what you are trying to get back to doing.

Answer 16

You cannot: The mcl and acl ligaments are structures that develop on their own. They cannot be strengthened with exercises or training. You can, however, strengthen supporting muscles such as the quads and hamstrings that control motion through the knee.

Answer 17

Quad strengthening: The knee is more stable when the quad is stronger.

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