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Does Knee Cartilage Get Better or Worse Following ACL Surgery Recovery?
ACL Recovery and Long Term Effects on Cartilage There are about 100,000 knee ACL tears each year in the United States and many of them get a new surgically implanted ACL knee ligament followed by a long ACL surgery recovery. As I’ve discussed, the new knee ACL ligament isn’t like the old equipment, in that it goes in at too…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
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
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
Is there a way to Predict if you will need ACL Surgery?
ACL surgery can be tough, often involving time on crutches and extensive rehab. Recent research has begun to question if some patients are better off without knee ACL surgery. In addition, we’ve used various stem cell treatments to help patients avoid ACL surgery. So if you’ve recently injured your ACL, is there a way to…read more
Two Thirds of Athletes don’t Return to Pre-injury Sports Level a Year Out from ACL Reconstruction Surgery
Most athletes believe that when they have a torn ACL ligament, surgical reconstruction will make their knees like new again. Is this true? Well a recent study questions this assumption, reporting that about 2/3rd’s of 500 athletes failed to achieve their pre-injury level of play despite being a year out from ACL surgery. In the study, men were more likely to…read more
Women may be at Higher Risk of Knee Arthritis after ACL Reconstruction
A physician discuses how new research shows women may be at higher risk of knee arthritis after a knee ACL surgery.
