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SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES

SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES. ACL: ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT MAIN SUPPORT OF THE KNEE. PREVENTS ROTATION OF THE FEMUR ON THE TIBIA DURING SPORTS, WHEN ATHELETE SUDDENLY PIVOTS CAUSING EXCESSIVE ROTATIONAL FORCES ON LIGAMENT SUDDEN GIVING WAY, PAIN, SWELLING OF KNEE POP AT TIME OF INJURY.

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SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES

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  1. SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES • ACL: ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT • MAIN SUPPORT OF THE KNEE. • PREVENTS ROTATION OF THE FEMUR ON THE TIBIA • DURING SPORTS, WHEN ATHELETE SUDDENLY PIVOTS CAUSING EXCESSIVE ROTATIONAL FORCES ON LIGAMENT • SUDDEN GIVING WAY, PAIN, SWELLING OF KNEE • POP AT TIME OF INJURY

  2. IMPACT ON VICTIM • OPERATIONS MAY TAKE PLACE-BASED ON SEVERITY -SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF LIGAMENT • INSTABILITY OF JOINTS • CONSTANT NEED TO STRENGTHEN LIGAMENT • POST-OPERATIVE THERAPY (STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING)

  3. CELLS IN AN ACL INJURY • WHEN AN ACL IS INJURED (STRETCHED OR TORN) ENZYMES ARE RELEASED • CELLS ARE STRETCHED OR TORN PAST THE NORMAL AMOUNT • WOMEN ARE MORE PRONE DUE TO HORMONAL CYCLES

  4. TREATMENT AND CURES • EASING YOUR MUSCLES BACK INTO ACTIVITY, CAUTIOUSNESS • PHYSICAL THERAPY • STEGNTH TRAINING AND CONDITIONING • POST SURGICAL THERAPY TO BUILD BACK MUSCLE

  5. BIBLIOGRAPHY • ACL Tears, The New York Times Company http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/aclrepair/a/acl_tears.htm • Health A to Z ACL Injuries, June 17, 2007 http://www.intelhealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHWOOO/9339?25425.html • All images found from www.google.com/images

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