ACL
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is a crucial component of knee stability, playing a vital role in controlling rotational movements and preventing the tibia from sliding out in front of the femur. Our series of blogs delves into the intricate anatomy of the ACL, its essential functions, and the latest research on maintaining ligament health and optimizing athletic performance.
Subscribe to the BlogCan a Mucoid ACL be Helped with Stem Cells? What the Heck is that?
A mucoid ACL sounds more like the product of a bad cold than it does a degenerated ligament in the knee. This problem has few surgical solutions, so can it benefit from knee stem cell injections? Joe is a 70 year old man first seen in 2012 for left knee stiffness and pain due to…read more
New Study Questions ACL Surgery Effectiveness…
In our modern society, it almost seems that ACL knee surgery is a rite of passage for many athletes. It seems like many professional athletes that serve as role models have had an ACL repair. Yet is the surgery all that effective? Research in the past has questioned whether getting the ACL repaired was any…read more
Regenexx-ACL Procedure Featured on The Ski Channel
We’re proud to announce our innovative Regenexx-ACL procedure featured on the Ski Channel this month. While the ski season is over, this is likely a great time to get a banged up ACL treated!
Knee ACL Surgery Failure-Startling Rate of Graft Rupture in Young Athletes
How frequently does knee ACL surgery failure occur? The number of ACL surgeries in young people, especially in young female soccer players, is exploding. These kids are often treated like professional athletes trying to eek out a multi-million dollar contract extension. However, is this a good idea? A new study shows that despite the huge surgery…read more
ACL Injury Causes: Girls Who Lack Knee Control are 15X More Likely to Injure Their Knee ACL Ligaments
What are common ACL injury causes? Well, if you’re a female athlete, two big studies published this past month agree on the cause – lack of knee control in landing. More specifically, too much inward movement of the knee while landing. I blogged on the first knee ACL injury study a few weeks ago. It…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
Knee ACL Surgery Graft Choices: Someone Else’s ACL has Three Times the Failure Rate!
What are the right knee ACL surgery graft choices? For example, do you use someone else’s tissue (allograft) or your own tendon refashioned as an ACL ligament (autograft). Is there a difference? Based on a recent long-term study of ACL allografts versus autografts, the answer seems to be a resounding, “Yes”. First, a knee ACL…read more
ACL Surgery Arthritis: 2/3rds of Teens Who Get ACL Surgery will Get Arthritis by Age 30
It seems like a right of passage. A young athlete blows out a knee ACL ligament and that event turns into a surgery to replace the ligament. However, what about ACL surgery arthritis? In other words, does operating on the ACL cause arthritis? After years of treating patients in their twenties and thirties with severely…read more
