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Suggest Treatment For Sprained Knee
Hi, I recently pulled a knee ligament, and 3 weeks before that, I pulled a knee ligament on my other knee. This has been going on for around 4 years, and I have pulled my knee ligaments multiple times. I have been told to stay off my knee for a month to let it heal, but ever since my first injury, my knee doesn t feel stable when I try to turn when running. I am a runner, so knee braces aren t an option for me because they slow me down. Is the only option to prevent any more injuries is to have surgery? I can play sports perfectly fine when my knees heal, but I am really scared of pulling my knee again, so I avoid doing anything that makes my knee feel uncomfortable.
Mon, 11 Apr 2016
hi,
Thank you for the brief history of you.
As by reading your history i can understand that you have been prone to knee injury and also a lot of instability of the joint. What i have to suggest here is to first undergo the MRI of knee and check the extent of the injury. As by knowing the soft tissue status, the rehabilitation plan will be planned by the physical therapist. Also, the physical therapist will help to build up the strength and also the balancing of the joint. When sports people recover to 100% why not you and go back to sports. It is ofcourse possible.
Look up for a sports physical therapist who can help further. Also to mention here, that the process may not be short as you have recurrent injury of the knee. The process will be time consuming and at times painful to get the optimum results. Getting the torque, strength and ability of the knee joint will be a tough task. But my most patients undergo and get the optimum results to go back to sports.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
Thank you for the brief history of you.
As by reading your history i can understand that you have been prone to knee injury and also a lot of instability of the joint. What i have to suggest here is to first undergo the MRI of knee and check the extent of the injury. As by knowing the soft tissue status, the rehabilitation plan will be planned by the physical therapist. Also, the physical therapist will help to build up the strength and also the balancing of the joint. When sports people recover to 100% why not you and go back to sports. It is ofcourse possible.
Look up for a sports physical therapist who can help further. Also to mention here, that the process may not be short as you have recurrent injury of the knee. The process will be time consuming and at times painful to get the optimum results. Getting the torque, strength and ability of the knee joint will be a tough task. But my most patients undergo and get the optimum results to go back to sports.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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