2007-05-17 06:51:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
I have seen a doctor, and had some physio. The physio suspects a danaged cruciate ligament, and it still hurts after two and a half months (injury4/3/07), but maybe I just need some more esercise.
2007-05-19 10:00:39 · update #1
....or will I damage it more by too much exercise?
2007-05-19 10:01:44 · update #2
I am a physiotherapist, concentrate with me:
First of all, word "damage" mean that there are 3 degrees of injury:
1- just sprained ligament, by 5-7 days it will heal and regain to your functions within 10-15 days without problems.
2- partial tear or cut, it depends on the percent of tear if it small, it will heal alone without surgery within 1-3 months.
3- complete tear, it will never heal by mean(end to end heal) but may heal by called fibrous tissues that filled the missed space between two ends and also fibrous tissues deposited on entire cruciate ligament to give it the strength, the ligament will be strong but no elasticity in it, thus normal, sedentary persons can live with this condition, but active, sport persons should have corrective surgery.
2007-05-17 07:31:13 · answer #1 · answered by habal 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Which cruciate is important to know. (ACL or PCL?)
Are you a half full or half empty person? One of the more frustrating things to hear about an ACL is that it is "partially torn." I tend to believe a tear is a tear. The key is whether the knee is unstable. The trouble with most partial tears is that they eventually fail. You can give it 6 weeks to heal, another 6 weeks of controlled rehab. You may be fine, but chances are you will have episodes of the knee "giving away" and swelling. You treat it, get back to activity, then the same thing happens again. In other words, you have an unstable knee due to an ACL tear.
Yes you can function without an ACL, but it will be best then to avoid sports that involve twisting or cutting.
Many succesful athletes are fine without a PCL. Unless there are other issues, now the trend is to not repair the PCL.
The key with either injury without surgery is continuous rehab to keep muscle strength. If you have an unstable knee you are more likely to have other problems such as repeated cartilage tears and eventually osteoarthritis.
The likelyhood of an ACL healing is better in an adolescent athlete - if protected for 12 weeks.
2007-05-22 21:32:41 · answer #2 · answered by Ed Teach 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you mean by DAMAGE.
You also have to look at which cruciate ligament you're talking about. The anterior will take more time and be more painful due to its weight bearing and function.
Have you seen a doctor??
2007-05-17 18:03:48 · answer #3 · answered by Court 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is only sprained then yes...if it is torn or ruptured then no. You can be perfectly functioning in every day life without a healthy anterior or posterior cruciate ligament but to play sports or do anything active you cannot do.
2007-05-17 14:14:05 · answer #4 · answered by Dennis R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I certainly cannot contradict DennisR, but I'd be willing to bet that in days before surgery to correct these type injuries, that's how Grandpa Joe and Aunt Sally ended up with their "game legs or knees"!
2007-05-17 14:28:34 · answer #5 · answered by rer348 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that depends entirely on the severity of the damage.
2007-05-17 13:53:46 · answer #6 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you didn't tear it, time will heal it.
2007-05-17 14:04:09 · answer #7 · answered by yarstarfarian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋