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Learn About Your Knee Injury Knee
injury is very common with sports
activities. We see hundreds of knee injuries in the clinic every year.
Some are simple strains or sprains, others are
major surgeries like ACL
reconstructions. While these injuries can vary in serverity from minor sprains to complete ligament tears, most injuries to the knee require some type of rehabilitation and treatment. Understanding your injury is important. Not only to give yourself peace of mind as to what is happening to your body, but to help you decide if you need to see a physciain. And to answer your questions about your injury. Knowledge is valuable, and it will get you off the sidelines faster. Ligament tears, meniscus or cartilage tears, patellar dislocations, and tendonitis are just a few knee injuries suffered during sports participation. Below you will find links to the most common types of knee injuries. Knee Pain Not sure what kind of injury you have? Start here and learn about your knee pain and what it means. Patellar Tendonitis Inflammation of your patellar tendon, often caused by running and jumping. Patella Femoral Syndrome Irritation or pain around your patella. PFS is a common and complicated problem. Patella Chondromalacia Softening or damage to the cartilage behind your knee cap. Dislocated Patella Patellar dislocations are a serious sports injury that needs to be treated correctly for the best recovery. Learn more about this injury. The Unhappy Triad ACL, MCL, and Meniscus tears...all rolled into one. Torn ACL Possibly the dreaded knee injury. Torn Meniscus Damage to the fibrocartilage of your knee. Medial Meniscus Tear Damage to the medial portion of the fibrocartilage of your knee. Medial Collateral Ligament Tear Injury to the medial ligament stabilizing your knee PCL Knee Injury Not as common as ACL knee injuries, the PCL can be injured with sports activities, and leads to instability, pain, and dysfunction. Hamstring Injury An extremely common injury, which can become chronic if not treated correctly. Quadriceps Strain Injury to any of the four muscles in the front of your thigh. Knee Injury ---> Return to Sports Injuries Keeping You Off The Sidelines... |
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Knee
injury is very common with sports
activities. We see hundreds of knee injuries in the clinic every year.
Some are simple


