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 Knee ACL Ligament Tear Be Healed With Stem Cells? We Report Promising Research
Knee ACL Ligament Tear Treatment Using Adult Stem Cells At the AMSSM (American Medical Society of Sports Medicine) meeting in San Diego this week, Dr. Ben Newton of the Centeno-Schultz clinic reported on a case series of pre/post MRIs in patients with partial or complete non-retracted knee ACL tears treated with stem cells. The ACL…read more
New PL-Disc and Knee ACL Tear Study Coming
Two New Regenexx Studies…will you be a candidate? We have designed and are seeking approval for two more randomized controlled trials: one for the PL-Disc procedure and the other for the Knee-ACL -SD procedure. If you have a herniated or bulging disc leading to leg or back problems, you may want to contact us now about this…read more
MRI Follow-up of an ACL Tear Treated with Stem Cells
The question of an ACL tear treated with stem cells…. Can your torn knee ACL ligament be treated with an injection of stem cells and thus help you avoid surgery? Above you’ll find the knee MRI of a patient who had a complete non-retracted ACL tear who Dr. Hanson first treated with a stem cell injection about…read more
More Reasons to Avoid Surgery and Find an ACL Surgery Alternative
Are there reasons to look for an ACL surgery alternative? We often see lax ACL ligaments as a result of ACL surgery. A new study just published may explain why, as it found that in certain patients with allografts (an ACL that came from another patient), the ligaments were lax when there was cellular evidence that the…read more
Healing another Knee ACL Ligament with Stem Cells?
Can stem cells heal a complete knee ACL tear injury? We’ve already reported on patients where we were able to fix high grade ACL tears with just an injection of stem cells. This looks like another such patient. LW is a 43 year old woman seen in April by Dr. Hanson for a 1 month old knee injury that occurred while…read more
ACL Tear Stem Cell Treatment…No Surgery
Is there such a an ACL Tear Stem Cell Treatment? Michael is a 52 year old male with history of a meniscus tear and an ACL tear. He injured his ACL playing basketball and was told that he needed to get the ACL removed and replaced. Not wanting that major surgery and looking for a surgery alternative,…read more
How’s Your ACL? You may not know if it’s bad…
I’ve discussed before that we frequently see patients with loose knee ACL ligaments who don’t know they have an issue. This is often because the ACL isn’t damaged enough to warrant a full surgical replacement of the ligament, so the ligament is deemed fine. However, is it really OK to have a chronically loose ACL ligament?…read more
Beware: A Surgically Replaced ACL is not like the Original Equipment
The ACL is arguably one of the most important ligaments of the knee. The ligament stabilizes the knee in a front-back direction. The illustration above was traced from a patient’s MRI. Note how the ACL ligament is at about a 45 degree angle and stretches from the far front of the tibia to the back…read more
