Knee

Athletes Suffering from Knee Injuries are Opting for Cold Laser Therapy over Knee Surgery By Juliet Peters Aug 22, 2011 A knee injury can be a painful and debilitating setback for anyone, however for athletes experiencing knee problems it can be a deal breaker that threatens to take them out the game. This is why many professional athletes are opting to treat their knee injuries with cold laser therapy rather than go through traditional knee surgery. Unfortunately, the athletes who rely on their

Dislocated Knee A dislocated knee can happen when the bones that form the knee are not where they need to be. When a knee is dislocated, the ligaments that hold the knee together must tear. That is only in a really bad case. There is a type of dislocation that we all know where it’s just the patella (kneecap) that gets disrupted, and that’s called subluxation. In these kinds of dislocations, the ligaments aren’t torn, they’re just disrupted. If you treat a dislocated knee inappropriate or too late

Knee Surgery or Knee Arthroscopy Doctors or surgeons use Knee arthroscopy to diagnose and treat problems in the knee. The surgery deals in making small incisions and inserting a tiny camera to see the knee for damage. Depending on the images generated, he/she can correct the damage by using the Arthroscope (instrument that look like a tube with a camera inside). The technique is used to identify and correct the knee problems such as torn meniscus, misaligned kneecap and damaged ligaments. Possible

Knee Straps and Alleviating Your Knee Pain Any kind of knee pain you may have has the potential of reaching the point where it becomes a debilitating issue for you. If you are already living with some type of knee pain you probably do not want to allow it to ever reach the level of severity that it causes even simple tasks to give you terrible levels of pain. Maybe you are not currently dealing with knee pain but are hoping to avoid it altogether, either way, there are some tools that you may find

The knee is the largest joint in the body. It is made up of four main bones. These are the femur, also called the thigh bone, the fibula, which is the outer shin bone, the tibia which is the shin bone and the patella or knee cap. The femur, the patella and the tibia are where the main movements of the joint occur. The knee is actually three separate joints. Two are between the femur and the tibia and one is between the patella and the patellar femur. There are two ligaments that help to stabilize

a hyperextended left knee. His MRI showed that he had a Grade 2 sprain to his medial collateral ligament (MCL) and a tibial bone bruise (Amick). Durant’s injury happened during a rebound when one of his own teammates got pushed back into him and made his knee hyperextend. This type of injury would be classified as acute. I say this is an acute injury because Durant did not get this injury from continued use or overuse of his knee. It was a fluke incident that made his knee hyperextend. This type

that can cause knee pain. Overexerting yourself when running or otherwise working out, working on your feet all day and more can all cause knee injuries and related pain. If this is something that you are dealing with, you might be hoping that there is something that you can do to get rid of the pain. However, you may want to avoid taking pain medication if you can help it. Luckily, there are a few at-home tips that you can try so that you can experience some relief from your knee pain without taking

If you expereince a sore or achy knee on a regualr basis, it's important to note that a supportive deevice may prove to be espeially beneficial. There's a wide assortment of braces, tapes and straps avaavle that can help to provide some well needed supported to the involved muslces and joints. In this overview we'll take a look at the benefits that tapes, braces and straps have to offer. These band-live devies, can be wwrap around the bottom portions of the knee as to which it applies pressure to

The knee is a synovial, hinge joint that is critical to every day body functions. Its complicated yet simple structure gives it all it needs in order to flex and extend the legs. The knee is made up of four bones: patella, femur, tibia, and fibula. The femur is the largest bone in the body and is supported by the weight bearing knee joint. The bones are connected and supported by tendons and ligaments. The four ligaments each have a job to keep the structure of the knee and move it. First off, the

The knee is a complex joint. There are many different injuries that can occur during sports. The most predominant type of injuries to the knee is those done to the Meniscus and the ligaments. There are two areas of ligaments that are commonly affected; the cruciate ligaments and the Collateral ligaments. Within the Cruciate ligaments there are posterior and anterior injuries, and within the Collateral ligaments there are medial and lateral injuries. It is very important that these injuries be taken