I have acl surgery bin 2018. After surgery also my ligament was not fixed properly and was feeling like the same problem as before i.e. Unstable knee. Mri report shows everything correct but physically I am feeling the looseness inside my knee as sometimes my knee become unstable. I want to know how can I tighten my ligaments? I heard about prolotherapy, will that work on my problem?

Dr. Julie Mercy J DavidPhysiotherapist24yrs exp

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Knee ligament laxity if you have problem in your legs then it might be due to ligament laxity where your legs would become very weak due to the old ligament injury and that should be treated immediately. Wear knee cap so that you will feel firm while walking or climbing stairs. This is a general strain and for this you can follow these measures: one keep a pillow right under the knee while sleeping, next is you can keep ice in the painful area for about 5--10 minutes, if pain still persists you can stretch your body by twisting the waist on both sides how we used to do in the school drill similarly you can try! one time you can do hot water fermentation that would help to reduce the muscle strain. You have to do knee strengthening exercises, ie. Knee rehabilitation exercises which will strengthen your knee. Exercises will give you permanent cure than the surgery. Physiotherapy management: you can take ultrasonic therapy in one of the nearby physiotherapy clinics which would help to heal the damaged cartilages along with shortwave diathermy which would help to improve the blood circulation.  

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