Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ACL reconstruction plus exercise therapy had minimal outcome differences compared with exercise with optional ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham This is the first medical advancement allowing the body to repair its own ACL. Sports and Exercise Medicine is the first site in Alabama to offer a new procedure ...

It has been suggested that immobilization of the knee or restricted motion could increase the occurrence of complications such as pain, capsular contractions, and scar formation, leading to reduced ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results from this randomized controlled trial showed both low- and high-intensity plyometric exercise for ...

Q: I’m recovering from ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) repair and have been released by the doctor. I am having trouble feeling the muscles “fire” when I train. What exercises will get the thigh ...

Knee injuries are a part of sporting life in the mountains. Over the next few weekends, the Summit Daily sports section will print weekly articles about ACL/MCL injury, surgery, rehab, recovery and ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is it necessary to have physical therapy before surgery for a torn ACL? How much physical therapy usually is needed after the surgery? Strictly speaking, physical therapy is not ...

People with anterior cruciate ligament injuries can lose up to 40% of the muscle strength in the affected leg--with muscle atrophy remaining a big problem even after ACL reconstruction and physical ...

Football players are under more strain than ever, and the injuries continue to accumulate. Some are simple strains due to the intensity of the football calendar, but in others, there have been ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As with other knee injuries, how you rehab from a torn ACL is critical to the overall success of the surgery to fix it. Hundreds of thousands of ACL repair surgeries are done ...

ACL injuries hit us especially hard before we're 20 years old and after we turn 40. But there is some good news. Now there's a program designed to prevent ACL injuries for all ages. You name it, Kay ...