PCL injuries are produced by some sort of external trauma, such as a "dashboard injury" in which a person hits their flexed knee against the dashboard during a motor vehicle accident. A direct blow to the front of the shinbone or a fall onto your knee with your foot pointing down can also cause a PCL injury. The sports most commonly associated with PCL injuries are football, soccer, rugby, and skiing.
The treatment of your knee ligament injury depends on the degree of the injury and what specific ligament is injured.
For example, torn MCLs often do not require surgery. Many ACL tears do not require surgery either. Everyday activities like walking and jogging do not require an intact ACL. ACL repair is recommended if an individual has the sensation that their knee is unstable, or if they are looking to return to athletic activity that involves side-to-side motion. Likewise, most PCL and LCL injuries can be treated non-surgically, but if there are combined injuries meaning more than one ligament is injured , surgery may be indicated.
In many instances, physical therapy whether you end up undergoing knee surgery or not plays an essential role in your knee healing and recovery. A physical therapist can teach you knee stretches and strengthening exercises to help restore the normal strength and range of motion ROM to your knee. Your knee is a major weight-bearing joint in the body and its complex anatomy is what allows you to walk, run, and rising from sitting. If you think you may have injured one or more of your knee's ligaments, please see your healthcare provider promptly.
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Healthcare Professionals. Referring Physicians. Allied Healthcare. About Us. Make a Donation. Stanford Health Care Now. The knee consists of three bones: femur — the upper leg bone, or thigh bone tibia — the bone at the front of the lower leg, or shin bone patella — the thick, triangular bone that sits over the other bones at the front of the knee, or kneecap.
They are: The lateral meniscus , situated at the outside of the knee. The medial meniscus , situated on the inside of the knee. The outer layer of the capsule is attached to the ends of the bones and is supported by these ligaments and tendons: quadriceps tendon , which attaches the quadriceps to the patella medial collateral ligament MCL , which gives stability to the inner part of the knee lateral collateral ligament LCL , which stabilizes the outer part of the knee anterior cruciate ligament ACL , which is located in the center of the knee and prevents excessive forward movement of the tibia posterior cruciate ligament PCL , which is located in the center of the knee and prevents excessive backward shifting of the knee.
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