What should you do when you have cruciate ligament injury ?

What should you do when you have cruciate ligament injury ?

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Somethings you need to do immediately:

Prompt first-aid care can reduce pain and swelling immediately after an injury to your knee. Follow the R.I.C.E (Rest – Ice – Compression – Elevation), modle of self-care at home:

Rest: General rest is necessary for healing and limits weight bearing on your knee.
Ice: When you’re awake, try to ice your knee at least every two hours for 20 minutes at a time.
Compression: Wrap an elastic bandage or compression wrap around your knee.
Elevation: Lie down with your knee propped up on pillows.

To visit to a hospital to undergo a screening test:

Offten the diagnosis can be made on the basis of the physical exam alone, but you may need tests to rule out other causes and to determine the severity of the injury. There tests may include:

X-Ray: X-rays may be needes to rule out a bone fracture. However, X-Rays don’t show soft tissues, such as ligaments and tendons.
MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging): An MRI uses radio waves and a strong magnetic field to create images of both hard and soft tissues in your body. An MRI can show the extent of an anterior cruciate ligament injury and signs of damage to other tissues in the knee, including the cartilage.
Ultrasound: Using sound waves to visualize internal structures, ultrasound may be used to check for injuries in the ligaments, tendons and muscles of the knee.

Anterior cruciate ligament ultrasound reconstruction method at 199 hospital.

Treatment:

Rehabilitation:

The goal of rehabilitation is to reduce pain and swelling, restore your knee’s full range of motion, and strengthen muscles. This course of physical therapy may successfully treat an anterioe cruciate legament injury for individuals who are relatively inactive, engage in moderate exercise and recreational activities, or play sports that put less stress on the knees.

Surgery:

The doctor will recommend surgery if:

Your are athlete and want to continue in your sport, especially if the sport involves jumping, cutting or pivoting.
More than one ligament or the fibrous cartilage in your knee also is injured.
The injury is causing your knee to buckle during everyday activities.

During anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, the surgeon removes the damaged lagament and replaces it with a segment of tendon – tissue similar to a legament tha connects muscle to bone. This replacement tissue is called a graft.

Your surgeon will use a piece of tendon from another part of your knee or a tendon from a deceased donor.

Anterior cruciate ligament surgery at 199 Hospital by Dr Phung Cao Cuong

What should you do after anterior cruciate ligament surgery ?

After surgery you’ll resume another course of rehabilitative therapy. Successful anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction paored with rigorous rehabilitation can usually restore stability and function to your knee.