Hey doc. I fell down from a 7 feet high wall. Then I might feel or hear some cracking sound. But my X-ray was normal indicating swelling in my knee. I also cant run fast or too much pressurize on my knee. It happened 4 months ago
Hi doc its almost been 2 months since i fell from motorcycle and torn my acl of my left leg. My upper and lower bones seems intact while doc examined. I took rest and medicine as suggested. Now i feel some instability and pain while walking. Is it usual ? And how long will it take to b normal? M worried
Great video to help me understand this whole situation, really appreciate it. Expecting a newborn baby any day now, so this is super helpful to understand I can power through for a little while longer.
Loved your video. I tore my ACL but there wasn’t a “Pop!” Also, my knee bent almost 90* Laterally. I have no pain and even when this happened, I experienced no pain. I also have bone brushing and Meniscus tearing. I injured the knee playing tennis over a month ago. I will be getting an operation.
That's a little technical. Short version is you can still see some fibers in continuity between the tibia and femur. As I explained however, if there is a pivot shift bruise pattern in the bone the critical functional part of your ACL is torn.
Thank you that helped alot bc I was in football practice and everything you just described is how it felt I felt a pop and I limped off the field and it's very swollen like alot and it hurts so bad but if I'm laying still I don't hurt and I'll even forgot about it when I go to move it
Best video I've seen on the topic. Pictures help. My question for you is the difference between an ACL tear and a thigh strain. I was injured 3 1/2 weeks ago. Felt the pop. Walking, stairs, sitting was painful. Swelling on knee and upper thigh. Still have a little bruising behind my knee and also on my ankle (no pain there). Now I can walk really well, can bike a couple of miles, but as you said, I'm worried about lateral movements vs straight. Thank you for the great video!
The loud pop was terrifying i remember it so clearly i thought I broke my leg or something but nope I thought it was fine i walked to my home and went to bed when i woke up in the morning my knee was hurting so bad and the color was red due to inside bleeding all night,as a futboll player the worst thing that could happen just happened and the dream to be a professional futboll player died right there
I fell awarward and heard a popping feeling..Had a MIR and said that I tourn my ACL ligment in half and ruptured a cysit behind my. Still having physiotherapy and still sollwen
Hi Dr. I have extreme pain right behind my kneecap. If I am sitting down and I straighten my knee it's excruciating. I am a soccer player and this pain started last week while playing but I did not hear a pop plus no swelling. I played again two days ago and the pain is twice as bad now. Any idea, please? Thanks
Tore my acl 3 yrs ago,kept playing soccer. No surgery. Just last week it popped so loud and hurt like a mfer. In both times I never had swelling occur just slight limping and soreness along the outside of my knee.
Sir I m volleyball player... I have aproblem in my left knee .. I do MRI... My problem is that my knee is in lock position about 10 to 5 percent and also a pain comes when I touch my knee to hips and the pain in lower side...so tell me sir is my acl tear(injury) are not..also tell me about my manicse tear(injury).. Can I recover it with axercise without surgery... Waiting for your opinions.. Thank you sir
I injured my knee at home 9 days ago. Going to see an orthopedic tomorrow. I didn;t not hear a audible snap, but, I falling off the side of a sidewalk, at the same time the injury occured. I was limping & had swelling and could not put weight on my knees i do hear crackling sounds & extreme pain. Sleeping at night was impossible on my back, had to sleep on my side. Something definitely happened. Anxious to find out the answers tomorrow.
My knee issue is behind and right front side (left) I cannot normally get up without it hurting SEVERELY!!! I know because I felt something clicking when I do subtle movements, So I tested myself back against a wall down to a couched position, now when I get up that I put most of the strain on my left knee it hurts severely, it's possibly the Collateral Ligament, it also hurts on the front right side where the ACL is, I cannot stand for more than 30 minutes without it starting to hurt, I can bike no issue, but if I walk after about 1hr it starts to tingle hurt, or I'm sitting down and how I put my foot on the wheel leg where it's just behind, and then I move there is clicking felling on that right side where the ACL is.
Hi Lydia, That's great it's healing my ACL is fully torn but I can walk. I really don't want to do the surgery. I'll take on the advice of healthy eating thank you.
Great video! I wish I had seen this a year ago. It would have saved me a lot of pain and suffering. And frustration with Kaiser Permanente orthopedic surgeons. 😂
I was playing ping pong on a laminated floor while waiting socks in a basement. My right leg slipped to the side and the left leg wasn’t able to follow it. As a result I got my left knee bent on the side and it popped horrible. Is there an intuitive way to differentiate if I got a meniscus tear or an acl tear? ER didnt want to do an MRI but an X-ray which was certainly not showing this.
I just seen my Dr for my knee today. And she felt around an said I may have torn my ACL and my L6? And wants me to do PT. My knee hurts so bad. It's been about 2wks now.
Oh my! He said it just the way it happened to me, the sports activity, the pop sound, the limping . All of it was right to the T. Now my problem is I can't do any physical activity without me thinking my knee would give out. It's a really painful situation
I partially tore my acl a couple years ago, i did not get surgery, my doctor said there is still some of it there and that i would be able to play football, but i must strenghten my quads and leg muscles alot. So don't be scared its all in your head, don't be afraid to put pressure so your muscles don't fall of
I'm an mma fighter. Injury my knee 2 weeks ago. Was in this move called "electric chair" and my knee popped and ripped. It swelled up the next day. Could really walk or bend my knee. I kept working on it limping. I can now jog and shadow box alittle. But I can't even do an airsquat without tons of pain. I have an orthopedic appointment in a couple weeks. Should I still go ? Or am I fine?
I’m currently laying in pain as I’ve heard the popping sound! Right now I’m unable to straight my leg whatsoever! Is this normal for a torn ACL or is this something different? This happens frequently but this is the first time I’ve been unable to straight my leg and it’s been in severe pain for like 4 hours
Confirming everything is correct, I can absolutely say that I have torn the ACL of my right knee while playing football. I will come here after full recovery and tell you all that I have started playing football again.
Bro i think my acl is torn becuz i was a defender and i was defending a lw and i bent over and as soon as he turned and ran i turned and ran and i felt something in my knee twist or like come out of place
Depends on what you mean by a "dislocated" knee. A true dislocation of the knee (tibio-femoral joint) requires at least 3 ligaments to be torn...usually ACL, PCL, and MCL. It's a horrible injury with a long recovery. When most patients say dislocated knee they mean their kneecap (patella) dislocated. In that case, "No", your ACL would not be torn but your MPFL would be. Only 1/3 of patella dislocations go on to recurrent dislocations. Hope that helps.
I was walking and was hit by a pick up truck January 11 of last year, and had open fractures in my leg which required 2 rods and 13 pins... and my acl in my left knee was reconstructed.. the surgeon used a cadaver graft... so I tried that lachmon test and my left knee still is unstable... will that ever be ok again????
Acl controls twisting, it won’t affect you walking but the second you have all your weight on that leg whilst not facing straight you end up on the floor!! Not a case of my knee moves when I walk that’s a separate issue, one wrong move with this tear and you’re on the floor in agony like you know somethings wrong
Small partial ACL tears can but can a full-thickness ACL tear heal?...simple answer is "no". PCL's can but don't see that same type of healing with ACl's. We are trying to figure out ways to facilitate ACL repair with biologics and there are new techniques being used to try to do that but it's not widely done.
