ACL Tears
ACL tears are classified into three grades: Grade 1, a mild sprain with minimal instability; Grade 2, a partial tear causing noticeable instability; and Grade 3, a complete tear resulting in significant instability, often requiring surgery. Let’s examine the potential causes and manifestations of ACL tears, and the treatment alternatives available to patients experiencing this condition.
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We all know the hamstrings muscle because, for many people, it’s usually tight. Or perhaps you know it because it’s always getting pulled. Or maybe you or a loved one has torn it and is worried about hamstrings surgery recovery. What if I told you the muscle doesn’t exist in the first place? Every medical…read more
ACL Knee Surgery Side Effects: Helping Teens Avoid the Knife
Why are we treating our kids like NFL athletes? While aggressive orthopedic surgery in kids used to be rare, these past 10 years it seems like the norm. One of the areas of pediatric orthopedic surgery that has exploded is ACL reconstruction. However, as I’ll explain, while the research is suggesting that ACL knee surgery side…read more Can Patients with an ACL Tear Avoid Surgery?
One of the more astounding things I’ve seen stem cells do in my decade long use of the orthobiologic is heal ACL tears that should have needed surgery. We’ve amassed a great library of before and after films that never cease to blow me away. However, the proof as they say is in the pudding.…read more Hamstring ACL Surgery Complications: Problems in the Hamstring after Surgery
Are there hamstring ACL surgery complications you should know about? I recently blogged on research that showed that using your own tendon resulted in fewer ACL reconstruction surgery failures than using a donor ACL. Many of those ACL tendon grafts are taken from the hamstring tendon of the patient. The particular area that they usually come…read more
Treatment of Loose and Stretched ACL with Stem Cell Injection
A doctor discusses how stem cells injections may be used to treat a loose ACL ligament instead of more invasive orthopedic surgery to replace the ACL ligament in the knee. 