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Partial Acl Tear - Articles
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ACL TEARS
by
Stephanie S. Jewett
Posted
Sun 16 May 2010 4:57am
or “locked” instead of flexed, putting excessive pressure on the knee joint and causing the ACL, a rope-like band, to tear or break apart. Anterior cruciate ligament injuries are more...
Knee injuries often occur among active teens, especially athletes, and a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) – a ligament that helps give the knee its
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Bullet Proof Knees: The ACL Tear
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Mike R.
Posted
Fri 12 Sep 2008 3:56am
For an athlete with a slight ACL tear, what would be the protocol? What to avoid, what to do, what if we also have some mcl and medial menicus in it? Again, we're talking... to do further damage to your ACL in the weight room. If you're playing sports and don't want to risk it, I would stop immediately until things get cleared up. Obviously you want
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Bullet Proof Knees: The ACL Tear
by
Mike R.
Posted
Fri 12 Dec 2008 2:57pm
For an athlete with a slight ACL tear, what would be the protocol? What to avoid, what to do, what if we also have some mcl and medial menicus in it? Again, we're talking... to do further damage to your ACL in the weight room. If you're playing sports and don't want to risk it, I would stop immediately until things get cleared up. Obviously you want
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ACL Tears | SURGERY NOT ALWAYS REQUIRED
by
osteon80
Posted
Tue 31 Aug 2010 8:12am
ACL Tears | SURGERY NOT ALWAYS REQUIRED
I was always of the opinion that there was too much ACLSurgery being performed. It boiled down to the QUICK FIX approach... by rehabilitation for an anterior curiae ligament (ACL) tear is no more effective than skipping surgery and concentrating on rehab exercises, according to a Scandinavian study of young active
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Not Every ACL Tear Needs Early Surgery, Study Suggests
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Medline Plus
Posted
Wed 21 Jul 2010 2:00pm
News) -- Tears to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee are a relatively common and debilitating sports injury, typically leading to surgical repair.
But a new study.... An injury or tear to this ligament can cause pain and cause the knee to give way under even normal activity. These injuries most often occur in sports that place the ACL under high
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Trick of the Trade: Finger nailbed laceration repair
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Michelle Lin
Posted
Wed 06 Jan 2010 12:00am
Over the years, I have been frustrated by how inelegant finger nailbed closure is. Nailbed lacerations are often sustained by a major crush injury, resulting in a stellate and irregular laceration pattern. This typically also requires the crushed fingernail to be removed. Cosmesis is never ideal because pieces of the nailbed are often missing, ...
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Trick of the Trade: Hemostasis of finger laceration
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Wed 24 Nov 2010 12:00am
Lacerations of the finger can bleed quite profusely because of digital vascularity. This obscures the provider's ability to perform a careful exam and can make suturing quite difficult. Simple direct pressure over the laceration often controls the bleeding.
What if this doesn't work?
Trick of the Trade:
Glove tourniquet "ring ...
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