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.
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We’re seeing excellent results in treating ACLs with an exacting injection of stem cells and helping many patients avoid ACL knee surgery. I’ve blogged on many different before and after MRIs showing imaging evidence of healing in the ACL ligaments without surgery. We’re also putting together a sophisticated imaging analysis of these knee ACL cases…read more
ACL Surgery Alternative: Imaging Analysis in our New Stem Cell ACL Tear Studies
Can a stem cell injection be an ACL surgery alternative? The ACL is the major stabilizing ligament of the knee. ACL tears are a big deal, especially in young athletes. In women’s soccer, torn knee ACLs seem to be an outright national epidemic. The surgery for this procedure is very invasive and installs a new…read more
Women’s Soccer ACL Prevention: Don’t Play During Ovulation?
Knee ACL injuries during women’s soccer are a national epidemic. We see women’s soccer patients every month who have shredded their ACL and invasive surgery is often planned. Is women’s soccer ACL prevention possible? It could be as simple as looking at the menstrual cycle. Researchers at Loma Linda University looked at 10 women and…read more
Houston We Have a New Ligament: Does the Newly Discovered ALL Ligament Explain Why Some ACL Injuries Can’t Be Fixed?
The ALL Ligament! No single phrase better defines the excitement of my childhood than, “Houston, the Eagle has landed…” Being a kid of the space race age, this was its apogee. I felt like a little kid this this week as I saw a new knee ligament discovered for the first time in more than…read more
ACL Surgery Alternative: New Regenexx-ACL Video
Is getting an ACL surgery a good idea? Should you be looking for an ACL surgery alternative instead? Explaining difficult topics to patients in simple ways and helping them navigate through all of the truths and untruths out there is always a challenge. We have tried to do this through a series of fun and educational…read more
Do You Want to Prevent ACL Injury? Beef Up Your Hammys…
How can you prevent ACL injury? The ACL ligament is a major front-back stabilizer of the knee. It’s often injured on jumping and then landing. As a result a research team at the University of Oregon recently tried to find out which conditions on landing were more or less likely to result in ACL injury.…read more
Avoid ACL Surgery: More Evidence of ACL Healing on MRI without Surgery
Can you avoid ACL surgery by using your own stem cells to heal your knee? I’ve blogged many times before about our new technology whereby we perform an exacting injection of the patient’s own stem cells directly into the torn knee ACL ligament. When we first began this type of therapy, we figured that only…read more
Another Shortened ACL Repair Recovery Time
Given the nature of the surgery, is a shortened ACL repair recovery time possible? First somebody surgically removes the torn ACL and then drills holes in the bone to anchor a replacement ACL (so there is really no repair). You then spend about a month on crutches and then begin a long and protracted rehab…read more
