Coaching Program : Sports An Acl Injury

Being an athlete and playing sports is fun, until you tear your ACL. Tearing your ACL is one of the most painful injuries for athletes. ACL injuries normally occur in non-contact activities like soccer, basketball, volleyball, skiing, and gymnastics. Not only do they occur in non-contact activities, but they also occur when you suffer a blow to the knee. Common symptoms of ACL injuries include a popping sensation, immediate pain, swelling, limping, stiffness, and feeling of the knee giving away.

ACLs are one of the easiest injuries to get for athletes and average people alike, and a lot of people don't know what the ACL is or how to treat it until they tear it.

Each year, approximately a quarter of a million physically active young people experience an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, and seventy percent of these ACL injuries will be sustained while engaging in non-contact activities such as sudden deceleration while landing (Begalle et al., 2012). This type of injury is grossly detrimental not only on the occasion in which it occurs but also for the subsequent years to come. The majority of individuals who injure their ACL also go on to either, re-injure that same ACL, or injure the opposite knee. Furthermore, our bodies are put in tremendously vulnerable planes of motion during sporting events, especially during activities such as, basketball, football, or soccer. In this day

With an ever increasing number of people becoming involved with athletic activities, there is an increasing number of injuries occurring which can be devastating for the individual. Most of the injuries that affect athletes occur in one of four structures in the human body: bones, muscles, tendons, or ligaments. Because ligaments attach bone to bone and play a major part in providing stability for joints, the major stabilizing ligament in the knee, the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), assists in performing everyday actions of the human body including sitting, standing, walking, running, dancing, and participating in other sports. The injury that specifically affects this ligament is very serious and always

The Anterior Cruciate Ligament also known as the ACL is deemed the most commonly torn ligament in the knee and can result from both contact and noncontact injuries. Most Anterior Cruciate Ligament injuries result from an extreme force on the lateral side of the person’s knee causing a valgus force which pushes the knee inward (Kisner & Colby, 2012, pp. 802-803). This injury to the side of the knee can also cause a “Terrible Triad” injury which also injures both the medial meniscus and the medial collateral ligament (Kisner & Colby, 2012, p. 803). Our textbook further states that “the most common noncontact mechanism is a rotational mechanism in which the tibia is externally rotated on the planted foot….this mechanism can account for as many as 78% of all ACL injuries” (Kisner & Colby, 2012, p. 803). If the person does not seek medical help with this injury they are susceptible to also injuring the remaining support ligaments as well. Patients usually present with joint effusion; possibly 25 degrees of flexion, joint swelling if blood vessels are involved, limited ROM, stress pain and instability along with quads avoidance gait patterns (Kisner & Colby, 2011, p. 208)

Another reason for ACL wounds is halting all of a sudden the sudden alter in course puts weight on the knee and the ACL takes the majority of this anxiety since it's the weakest part of the knee. Backing off while running additionally puts weight on the ACL in light of the fact that it's like halting abruptly. Arriving from a bounce erroneously is another illustration of an ACL damage, any sort of hopping puts weight on the ACL in light of the fact that it's the weakest part of the knee. Direct contact or crash, for example, a football handle any sort of impact specifically to the ACL could bring about a tear or serious sprain. (American Institute of Orthopedic

The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is one of the most common knee injuries in female sports today. The ACL is a ligament that attaches the femur and tibia to the knee allowing the knee to bend while still being stable and supporting the whole body. Dr. Russel F. Warren, a physician for the New York Giants football team, explains, “The ACL prevents the shin bone (tibia) from moving too far forward on the thigh bone (femur) and keeps the knee from twisting inward excessively.” When athletes tear their ACL there is a greater chance that they have hurt or another ligament in their knee such as the LCL, MCL or Meniscus; which is cartilage that absorbs shock from the body’s pressure (MedlinePlus). The ACL is strong, but one wrong move could result

The Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) of the knee is arguably one of the most notorious parts of the body in the sporting industry. When torn and repaired with surgery, it can leave an athlete out of play for up to 12 months if therapy is consistent over that time period1. There are several different ways to repair the ligament in order to regain functionality and recover stability. In any case, physical therapy plays a vital role in regaining these abilities and returning a person’s knee back to normal.

The most common ligamentous injury to the knee is injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) (Teske 2010), and it is the second most common injury in the lower extremity. It has become so common of an injury that 1 in 3000 individuals in the United States will be affected with an ACL tear (Micheo 2010) and there are 200,000 new cases per year (Wilk 2012). It is most commonly seen in people 15-30 years of age (Teske 2010). It is also more common in females than males (Fayad 2003, Teske 2010, Bowerman 2006). This is due to increased joint laxity in post-pubescent females compared to post-pubescent males (Bowerman 2006) and differences in muscle activation. Males tend to have a more balanced quadriceps to hamstrings ratio

According to the existing literature, one of the most effective tools physical therapist can utilize to restore FKE is joint mobilization techniques (JMT). According to Hunt et al.12, a clinician can achieve an increase of 2° of knee extension in a single treatment with the anterior tibia-femoral joint glides post ACLR. In addition, JMT has been proven to be efficient and effective in treating hypomobilities and reducing pain in knee OA, ACL rehabilitation, total knee arthroplasty, and total knee replacements. Furthermore, implementing JMT in knee OA has demonstrated to provide short-term relief in pain and improve joint mobility.13 JMT with exercise is a useful adjunct

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) are all too in today’s athletic injuries, comprising up to a total of 3-5%. (1) Nearly 70% of these stem from non-contact mechanisms. (2,3) Moreover, these injuries can lead to loss of time on the field in around 88% of cases. (1) There is a substantial difference in gender as well, with female athletes being at higher risk to sustain an ACL injury. (4, 5, 6) Overall, ACL injuries can lead to early sport termination in athletes as well as serious disabilities in the non-athletic population. (7)

Injuries occur everyday is the sport’s world; they range anywhere from a sprained ankle to paralysis. In many sports, such as volleyball or basketball, the injuries that occur usually happen to the lower half of the body. Over the years, certain injuries have become more common, such as ACL injuries. A torn ACL is not only one of the most common seen injuries in the sports world, but it is also very easy to diagnose; however, it is a long road back to recovery.

The muscle strength of the knee extension and flexion was measured by isokinetic dynamometer (Biodex) in 60 degrees of knee flexion at pre-operative, post-operative month 6, month 9, and month 12. We examined the muscle strength at the operative side as the ratio against the normal side. We evaluated the factors to have an influence on the muscular recovery at month 12 after surgery by Logistic regression

This essay deals with the current treatments, rehabilitation procedures and onsets following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Within this essay, there will be information including the causes, characteristics, and symptoms of ACL injuries. Throughout the United States, there are estimated to be 200,000 ACL injuries per year with 100,000 of those injuries being treated through ACL reconstruction (Evans, Shaginaw, & Bartolozz, 2014). With a satisfactory ACL reconstruction outcome between 75%-97%. From the 10%-15% failure rate of ACL reconstruction, the primary fault is due to technical mistakes at 70% (Samitier, Marcano, Alentorn-Geli, Cugot, Former, & Moser,

The ACL is the most common knee ligament to get injured. The ACL injury causes from taking a hard hit on