PreOp® Anterior Cruciate Ligament Patient Education

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Your doctor has told you that you have a torn anterior cruciate ligament in your knee and has recommended arthroscopic surgery in order to repair it. But what does that actually mean?

The knee is one of the most complex and one of the most important joints in your body.

It is made up of bone, ligament and cartilage. Damage to any individual part can dramatically restrict the normal movement of the leg and can even interfere with the ability to walk.

Let's take a look at the way the knee joint is put together. The femur, or thigh bone, meets the fibula and tibia to create a flexible joint called the knee. Helping to stabilize the knee are the ligaments.

The ligaments in the knee are strong, flexible cords of tissue that hold the bones together. They maintain stability and allow the normal range of motion when you walk or run. The anterior cruciate ligament - or ACL -- guides the tibia, or shin bone. It helps keep your feet below your knees and your legs from buckling as you walk.

Twisting or bending the knee during sports or other strenuous activity can damage the ligament.

During an injury, patients often report feeling or even hearing a sudden "pop" in their knee at the exact moment when the ligament tears.

Other symptoms include swelling, restricted movement, pain and even the inability to stand on the affected leg.

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[ADAMMNNN]

@ChevroletTuff sup man been a year or so haha... i'm 100% by the way. To answer your question, no i don't think i tore it off the bone! thats even worse i would think! i had a clean tear i suppose in between the ligament... hows your leg today?

[DexterHaven49]

Not very informative. No 360 view. No showing of a torn ligament. Or the side ligaments. Amazing how incompetent these medical video-makers are. Doctors like to play hide the ball. They think they are so smart. Then they lose all their money in the stock market and get punitive divorces. They ain't so smart. So they should try harder to do good work.

[tylersao]

you need to strengthen ur knee, the best way is to weight train lightly until you feel pain. dont push through it, stop as soon as u feel it. go back to the gym another time, do the same thing. do not push through the pain. as you go on you will notice it takes longer or heavier weights untill you feel the pain. keep doing this, the key is to not push through the pain and ur knee will gradually strengthen.. one thing u gotta realise is ur knee will never be the same. its life.....

[91ariadna]

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[TheCrazy243]

I tore my acl by play basketball but I can't try out for basketball till my acl is heal or not I will have surgery . Kinda scares

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[mattymoffett]

i tore mine and have had the surgery in december, be another 4 to 5 months before im back playing contact sports

[BiHBanjaLuka]

@mexicano1212121212 Surgery. I had this done too. I'm back to playing soccer

[WtfItsSarah]

@WtfItsSarah

I suggest you rest often when doing sports. I'm in many sports as well, so what I do is work hard, but I know that when something starts hurting, ask your athletic trainer what's wrong and give it a lot of rest.