Knee Ligaments Image Health Feed

The ligaments in our legs provide support and help us to carry out our regular activities in a very favourable manner. But when these ligaments are damaged, it becomes difficult to do them. Your knee can become weak and unstable when the elastic and flexible connective tissues receive damage due to different reasons.

Mostly these type of injuries occurs while playing any kind of sport or doing an physically intensive work. When the ligaments are injured, you will not be able to move, t...more

Thats a good question and it is a rare complaint. You need to do good activity either in a gym or under the guidance of a physiotherapist. Postural correction exercises are important to correct the disturbed posture. Swimming activities can also be done to improve the muscular flexibility however the leg length from hip or pelvis to lateral malleolus is less it is important to compare both the leg measurements and we have to correct the foot wear by raising the heel inches by 1-3 inches which wi...more

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During injury you may feel a pop in your knee or hear a distinct popping sound, followed by which you end up crashing on the floor if you fail to find any support to hold on to.A quick onset of unbearable leg pain follows the pop. It can be a burning sensation or a shooting pain that makes your nerves from the knee to the hip go crazy. At this stage you would be unable to walk, stand or apply any kind of pressure on your kneeYou will see that your knee has swollen t...more

Hi I can understand your problem.
1) apply hot and cold fomentation.
2) learn strengthening exercise of quadriceps and hamstring from physiotherapist.
3) do regular stretching calf muscles.
4) wear comfortable foot wear.
Do share investigation reports if you have.

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury is one of the most common knee injuries. Athletes who play high strain sports like football, rugby and basketball are more at risk in developing this kind of injury.
The ACL is one of the four primary ligaments in your knee. The injury occurs when the ligament is overstretched.

Signs and Symptoms
ACL happens in steps:
a) First, you might hear or feel in your knee a 'pop' sound
b) Next, you might experience pain and an inability to ...more

In general, anterior cruciate ligament injuries, or ACL injuries, are understood to be tears in any of the several knee ligaments joining the upper leg bone and the lower leg bone. This can vary from minor injuries, such as small ligament tears, to more serious cases, like complete tears or when the ligament and one of the bones gets displaced from the other. These injuries usually occur during sports activities, like soccer, basketball, football, gymnastics, tennis, volleyball, etc. An untreate...more

In general, anterior cruciate ligament injuries or acl injuries, are understood as tears in any of the several knee ligaments joining the upper leg bone and the lower leg bone. This can vary from minor injuries, such as small ligament tears, to more serious cases like complete tears or when the ligament and one of the bones gets displaced from the other. These injuries usually occur during sports activities, like soccer, basketball, football, gymnastics, tennis, volleyball, etc. An untreated acl...more