Bad signs after acl surgery

By Robert Sandmeier, M.D., orthopedics and sports medicine

One minute, you’re having a great day in the sport that you love. The next minute, you plant your foot, make a quick direction change, and pop — there goes your knee.

Pain and swelling follow, putting you out of the game and into our office for an evaluation.

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), right in the middle of the knee, helps hold the bones of your knee together and is crucial for knee stability.

Acl tear treatment without surgery

Tearing this ligament is one of the most common knee injuries.

In our office, we can usually tell just from your story and physical examination if that’s what’s going on, but an MRI will confirm it.

Treating a torn ACL

After some rest to reduce the swelling, physical therapy is usually the first step toward recovery, whether you plan to have surgery or not.

Physical therapy doesn’t repair the ACL — the torn ligament can’t reattach itself and is quickly reabsorbed by the body. But it does help most people feel much better and regain their range of motion in the knee, which is important before surgery.

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