Pic credit: Freepik Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) forms an important ligament of the knee that may suffer an injury due to sudden stops, jumps, landing impact, and direction changes, especially in football, basketball, etc. When you injure the ACL, you can feel or hear a pop in the knee. Additionally, your knee may swell, become unstable, and you may feel excruciating pain in it. But it is possible to reduce the risk of injuries. Let us see how. How to Reduce the Risk of ACL Injuries? Of course, you do not have to give up on your favorite sport or do anything special to prevent ACL injuries. Reducing the risk of ACL injuries is about paying attention to your body and taking a few precautions. 1. Warm-Up and Stretch Cold and stiff muscles and ligaments are more prone to orthopedic injuries. So, to avoid an ACL injury, or to at least reduce its severity, you must warm
Image Source: https://musculoskeletalkey.com/arthroscopic-meniscal-root-repair/ Meniscal roots are a form of the meniscal tear in the knee, wherein the tear extends to the anterior or posterior meniscal root attachment to the central tibial plateau. Often, meniscal roots are radial tears extending into the meniscal root. Meniscal root damage can occur mostly in a multi-ligamentous knee injury, traumatic hyperflexion, or chronically, secondary to degenerative changes. The sufficient vascularization of the meniscal root allows arthroscopic techniques to repair lesions, with either suture anchors, or transosseous sutures. Treating Meniscal Roots through Operative and Non-operative Procedures Image Source: https://www.drahmadsportsmedicine.com/expertise/knee/meniscal-root-repair/ It is possible to treat meniscal roots through both operative and non-operative procedures. Let us look at the non-operative method first. The non-operative method comprises symptomatic treat