22 May ACL Tear

ACL injuries, or Anterior Cruciate Ligament injuries, are a common knee injury that mainly affects athletes who compete in high demand sports such as football, soccer, tennis, or basketball. ACL injuries are extremely painful and can cause future complications to your knee if not treated properly, such as osteoarthritis. Our orthopedist in Wantagh can help to make sure you get the right treatment in order to start doing what you love again.

Causes

There are certain movements that more commonly cause ACL injuries such as:

• • Slowing down or changing direction suddenly
  • Pivoting your foot when it is firmly planted
  • Landing from a jump incorrectly
  • Stopping suddenly
  • Receiving a direct hit or collision to the knee

So how do you know if you’ve torn your ACL?

Symptoms

The most common symptoms are:

Hearing- Often when your ACL is torn, you will hear a loud “pop” sound or sensation in the knee.

Feeling- You will most likely be in severe pain and be unable to continue playing. This will be accompanied by swelling, loss of range of motion in the knee, and being unable to hold any weight on the impacted knee.

If you are experiencing any of these symptoms contact our orthopedist in Wantagh today so we can help you!

If you’ve experienced these symptoms, then chances are you have a torn ACL. In your knee, you have four ligaments that help stabilize the knee. The Anterior Cruciate Ligament, commonly referred to as the ACL, is the ligament that keeps your knee from sliding front to back. Once this ligament is injured or torn the knee becomes destabilized. When you visit our orthopedist in Wantagh, we’ll make sure you get the right care and take the necessary steps toward a full recovery.

Treatment

Treatment for an ACL injury depends on the severity of the injury and can range from nonsurgical treatment, wearing a brace or going to physical therapy, to surgical treatment. With our orthopedist in Wantagh, we offer minimally invasive surgery that will help get you back to performing so you can rehabilitate your injury quickly to strengthen and heal the ligament.

Contact us today with any questions you may have and to make an appointment so that you can experience pain relief and mobility.