Arthroscopy is widely used for treating the knees and the joints in the bone. The three bones are connected by four ligaments namely two collateral ligaments on sides of the knee and two cruciate ligaments inside the knee. The ligaments keep the bones stable and strong. The knee has an anterior cruciate ligament which forms the base for your leg. Our knee contains ligaments and tissues that enable in smooth movement of our body. This tissue is a tough one attached to the shin of bone at
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specialize in becoming a physical therapist’s assistant as a choice of profession. My internship takes place at Jump Start Physical Therapy in Chino‚ CA. The topic that I am going to focus on is the rehabilitation of surgically repair torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Five subjects with this type of injury had been followed weekly with their rehabilitation process and have been noted by date by the supervision of Ashik Popat‚ PTA. My focus in this project is to learn how patients become candidates
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IVESTIGATIVE REPORT Subject: Female ACL injuries and prevention Thesis Statement: Female athletes should know that they have a higher risk of tearing their Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). Number of Words: 1‚573 Concept and Definition As soon as I was told I had to write an investigative report I knew exactly what my topic was going to be. A year ago I tore my ACL playing soccer. I went through reconstructive surgery followed by six months of physical therapy. About three months
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as well. If your knee swells immediately after you injure it could be suggested that it is a ligament tear or fracture. However if the swelling appears over a few hours a meniscal or cartilage injury would be more common (emedicinehealth‚ 2012). Although‚ not all knee injuries are the same and you can have symptoms that don ’t match up with your injury. In an ACL injury or in injuries in other ligaments it is often hard to diagnose‚ but some of the symptoms is sudden and very severe pain‚ a loud
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considered‚ injuries are a frequent occurrence in the world of sports. Each and every sport has distinctive injury patterns and types of injuries that generally transpire. However‚ in the human body‚ the knee “is the most commonly injured joint…and ligament damage to the knee is more common than any other type of
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MUSCULOSKELETAL ASSIGNMENT 2016 Hinge Joint- Knee The knee joint is the largest joint in the body‚ consisting of 4 bones and an extensive network of ligaments and muscles. What is the scientific name of this joint? The knee joints that make up the knee are split into three parts. The femur meets the tibia to form the main knee joint. This joint has an inner called medial and an outer called lateral compartment. The patella joins the femur to form a third joint‚ called the patellofemoral joint. The
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of the main bone. When this subsequently re-heals it will be stronger than it was before and allow for more exercise to be done on it. However‚ a high impact sport such as hockey‚ basketball or netball can be quite dangerous as it is thought that anterior
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Lacey Moreau Deb Brillard CO/M 1010-104 26 March 2014 Informative Speech 2 What is an ACL Injury? Imagine being told you may never get to play sports again‚ it can be heart wrenching. Having an anterior cruciate ligament injury can sound very scary. Learning about an ACL injury is beneficial‚ and understanding what and where the damage is will help to determine how to fix this injury. Having an ACL injury does not have to mean the end of a healthy active lifestyle‚ because ACL’s are the most
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basketball. Traumatic injuries Traumatic injuries are those caused by a sudden forceful injury. Some of the more common traumatic injuries in basketball are jammed fingers. The severity of a jammed finger can range from a minor injury of the ligaments‚ which connect bones‚ to a broken finger. Splinting may be needed to allow the injured finger to heal. Another type of traumatic injury is a muscle pull or tear. In basketball players‚ these injuries occur primarily in the large muscles of the legs
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P3/M2/D1 Ligament injuries The dictionary definition of a ligament is ‘’ A short band of tough‚ flexible‚ fibrous connective tissue that connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.’’ This basically means a ligament is a connective tissue that unlike a tendon which connects muscle to bone a ligament connects bone and also stabilised a joint. When someone damages a ligament it’s called a sprain. An example of a ligament injury is an ACL injury (Anterior cruciate ligament injury).
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