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I was happy to find this research.
I know, I try to do these research blog posts once a week. I like them and I learn a lot. I hope you do as well.
I know, it ends up being once every two weeks.
Here we go.
I had a few emails from people asking for videos of ACL surgery.
I spent some time on YouTube and picked out the best ones I could find.
Here are two.
I hope they help show you what an ACL injury is, how they determine if you have an ACL injury and how they do the ACL surgery.
I like this video because there is great information on what the ACL is, causes of an ACL injury, how they test for an ACL injury, how they determine an ACL injury and how they do the ACL surgery.
Here is part 5 of my knee pain and knee injury series.
If you missed part 1, you can see it here. If you missed part 2, you can see it here. If you missed part 3, you can see it here. If you missed part 4, you can see it here.
It is estimated that the overall ACL injury rate in the United States is about 200,000 annually. This figure suggests that 1 in 300,000 individuals in the U.S. will sustain an ACL injury for the first time each year. ACL injuries commonly occur between the ages of 14 and 29 years, occurring in non-athletes and athletes. Those engaged in football, soccer, basketball, soccer and skiing activities are the most susceptible to ACL injury in the athlete group.
Hey, it is a Friday.
A Friday before a long weekend.
Let me take a few minutes to ramble.
It is great to get things like this on Facebook:
Here is part 4 of my knee pain and knee injury series.
If you missed part 1, you can see it here. If you missed part 2, you can see it here. If you missed part 3, you can see it here.
Here is part 3 of my knee pain and knee injury series.
If you missed part 1, you can see it here. If you missed part 2, you can see it here.
The movements and the stabilization of the knee joint are supported by the quadriceps and the hamstrings. The quadriceps is actually composed of four individual muscles located on the anterior upper leg. These muscles are the vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius and rectus femoris. These muscles fuse, forming the quadriceps tendon. The quadriceps straightens the knee by pulling the patella up on contraction.
Here is part 2 of my knee pain and knee injury series.
If you missed part 1, you can see it here.
Next to the femur, the tibia is the largest bone in the body. It is the weight bearing bone of the lower leg. The upper end of the tibia joins with the femur and its lower end joins with the talus, the bone that forms the lower part of the ankle. The fibula is located on the outer side of the leg. Unlike the tibia, this bone is non-weight bearing. Instead, it functions as an ankle joint stabilizer and as an attachment site for one of the four major knee ligaments and the biceps femoris tendon. The lower end of the fibula protrudes on the lateral side of the ankle.
I have got a lot of great feedback from my last post on knee pain, knee injuries and ACL injuries.
If you missed it, you can check it out here.
The knee is the largest joint in the human body. In the most recent report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the knee is also one of the most commonly injured joints. Each year, more than 5.5 million orthopaedic visits are made due to knee injuries. The joint’s high susceptibility to injuries is mainly attributed to its intrinsic anatomical structure and its function during weight-bearing. Moreover, because of the increasing problem of obesity and a sedentary lifestyle, knee injuries are one of the leading causes of disability in modern society.
I got a lot of great feedback from my last ACL Injury article.
I decided to do a bit of a video on knee pain and ACL injuries.
Over the last decade, torn and ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in female athletes have increased at an alarming rate.
The knee is the focus of an exercise program when it is injured but often ignored any other time. More and more research has come out showing that the goal of the client should determine the knee exercise program compared to the presence or absence of injury. If your client’s exercise goal is prevention of knee injuries, the exercises program differs from a client that is recovering from a knee injury. If the client has had a knee injury and would like prevent a future knee injury, there is an exercise program that focuses on overcoming knee injuries. It is important that the fitness professional know which exercises and exercise programs are best for their client depending on the goal of the client. In this exercise and knee injury webinar, the fitness professional will learn three different knee exercise programs to help their clients that want to prevent a knee injury from occurring, rehabilitation a knee injury and overcome knee injuries by preventing them from happening in the future.
- 12 exercises to help prevent knee injuries
- 37 exercises to help your client recover from a knee injury
recommendation for fully rehabilitating you client from an ACL injury
- Why you should be getting your knee in jury clients doing leg extension exercises
- If all you are focusing on is squats to recover from a knee injury, then you are not helping your client fully recover from their injury
- 6 month exercise rehabilitation program for recovering from a knee injury
- Disccover the 3 reasons why you should have your clients have their knees pass their toes
- Learn 2 areas fitness professionals should be focusing on more than the kness passing the toes
- the most frequent knee injuries you will see
- Video of the webinar that you can watch in the convenience of your computer at your own pace and as many times as you would like
- MP3 of the webinar so you can listen to the webinar and learn the exercises for knee injuries while in your car or listening to you iPod
INSTRUCTOR:
Rick Kaselj specializes in exercise rehabilitation, post-rehab, active rehabilitation, exercise therapy and corrective exercise. He works in one-on-one and group rehabilitation settings, training people who have been injured at work, in car accidents and during sport activities. His clients and group exercise participants include a wide variety of individuals from healthy and special populations. Rick has given over 233 presentations to 4531 fitness professionals and consumers across Canada while continuing to work in rehabilitation centers, physiotherapy clinics, fitness clubs and personal training studios. Rick recently completed his Masters of Science degree focusing on corrective exercise and therapeutic exercise for the rotator cuff. To reach Rick or learn about his exercise rehabilitation courses please visit http://www.ExercisesForInjuries.com
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In 2006, a survey regarding anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction was mailed to physician members of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. A total of 993 responses were received from 1747 possible respondents (57%). The number of ACL reconstructions per year ranged from 1 to 275 (mean = 55). The most important factors in the timing of surgery were knee range of motion and effusion. Bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) autograft was most commonly preferred (46%), followed by hamstring tendon autograft (32%) and allografts (22%). Five years earlier, BPTB grafts were more frequent and hamstring tendon and allografts were less frequent (63%, 25%, and 12%, respectively). A single-incision arthroscopic technique was used by 90%. Most allowed return to full activity at 5 to 6 months, with a trend toward earlier return for BPTB grafts; quadriceps strength was an important factor in the decision. There was limited experience (4%) with double-bundle and computer-assisted ACL reconstruction.
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