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In previous years, while you were skiing, have you ever injured your knee?
Do you have knee pain when you ski?
While the development of release binding has been very useful in reducing the incidence of fractures to a person’s lower leg bones, knee injuries are still common among skiers. The knee joint and its associated ligaments, menisci, and bony structures has been cited as causing 30-40 % of all alpine ski injuries.
Most knee injuries have a good prognosis (The definition of prognosis is the probable course and outcome of a disease). However, many knee injuries can lead to significant functional impairment and may terminate a person’s skiing career. In order to understand the difference between injuries, read on for more information.
The majority of knee injuries that happen to alpine skiers involves one or more of the knee’s ligaments. There are four major knee ligaments, two of which the MCL (medial collateral ligament) and the ACL (Anterior cruciate ligament) are most commonly injured among skiers. In order to determine which injury you have, it is important to visit your physician, do not self diagnose.
If you feel like you have injured your knee and are curious as to what your physician will test for, read through our list of sprain “Grades”… Below is a list of “Grades” that your physician may give to such a knee injury. As the grade goes up, your knee health goes down.
Grade 1 : No laxity (ie. give) in the ligament when stressed. Basically, this means that few if any ligament fibers are themselves torn.
Grade 2 : Moderate laxity in the ligament, but there is a definite endpoint present. This means that some but not all of the ligament fibers may be torn.
Grade 3 : A complete give in the ligament occurs All ligament fibres torn.
Next, you will find a list of traits that can identify the possible presence of an knee injjury. If you notice any of the following symptoms after you have injured your knee speak with a physician asap!
1.) Obvious deformity occurs at the knee
2.) Absolute inability to weight bear on the involved limb.
3.) A large degree of edema (swelling) in the knee joint within a couple of hours of injury
4.) An inability to bring your knee into full extension – ie to make it straight. This is sometimes referred to as “locked knee”
5.) Lastly, there is a severe tenderness when you press on a specific area of the knee.
Mona D ACL Reconstruction and Rehabilitation: A Protocol of Accelerated Rehabilitation. Department of Sports Trauma, Lugano, Switzerland. Presented at 13th International Congress on Ski Trauma and Skiing Safety, Cervinia, Italy. May 1999.
Langran M, Selvaraj S. Snow Sports Injuries in Scotland. A case-control study. Br. J Sports Med. 35:135-140, 2002
If you would like to learn more about ways to decrease your knee pain, and to get the support your knees need, visit us online now at http://www.drbraceco.com We can provide you with more education material about your knee and knee braces, to help you make the best decision for yourself.
Knee pain caused by Osgood-Schlatter as discussed by Dt Alimorad Farshchian
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If you are new to finding a basketball knee support, you might have noticed that there are a ton of different basketball knee braces on the market. The vast number available on the market can make the task seem overwhelming. Once you read through the questions and information below the task will be much more manageable.
Our goal here is to help you, not to advertise a certain brand name to you. Consider the following questions. This way the decision is in your hands. Once you can answer these questions, then you will know how to find the best knee support possible, when you are playing in any sport.
Here are some great questions to ask yourself, when you are looking for a basketball knee brace. The reason why we ask these questions is that there are knee braces specified for these criteria.
1.) Do you have a mild to moderate knee injury? (Several types of knee braces are focused on mild to moderate injuries only, usually they are simple neoprene knee sleeves, or drytex hinged knee supports)
2.) What is your knee pain on a scale 1-10? (Usually, the bigger the knee pain, the bigger the knee support needed.)
3.) Do you have a more severe knee injury, like a tear to your ACL or MCL? (These knee braces usually have a dynmaic hinge on each side of the knee with medial and lateral uprights for support)
4.) Are you trying to prevent a future knee injury?
5.) Do you need a knee brace that will help hold your knee cap in place? (If this is the only issue, usually you do not need a big knee brace, a smaller one will usually suffice)
To make the best choice possible, it is wise to consider your knee issue first, then look to the sport you are playing. – In addition, one rule of thumb is that usually the larger the knee injury, the larger the knee brace.
Several studies have shown that people usually do not need custom knee braces. – This might sound a little bit silly, but we like to ask this question: Are all your clothes custom made? If they are not custom made, we are willing to bet that they probably fit pretty well. Do they not? – The same thing happens with non-custom knee braces, non-custom knee supports usually fit great, plus this means that you get to save some money too.
If you want more free information on your knee, and about knee braces, then visit us online. We are brace specialists, with the credentials to prove it. Visit us online today at http://www.drbraceco.com We can help you get the best knee brace for your needs.
Could not walk far enough to go shopping because of the pain. Thanks to Dr Quigley I can walk any where with no pain.
We all seem to fall into the same trap when we realize we need to do something to begin treating our knee pain. You may be different but I doubt it or you wouldn’t be thinking of treating your knee pain with something other than what you have been. Maybe you are just now starting to research treating knee pain and that is good, you should be able to shorten your time of healing.
Whatever you are using now, whether over the counter or prescription meds, you are most likely just dealing with the symptoms and not with the cause. Dealing with the cause is the only way to get good results and treat the pain for the future.
Whatever the initial cause, injury, wear and tear, poor diet, the problem now is inflammation and that can be treated with the purpose if eliminating the pain altogether.
You can try the anti inflammatory meds or over the counter ibuprofen products and this may work for a period of time, hours, days or even weeks. However the pain will most likely return. If the cause is just a minor injury you may have good results and not have anymore problems for a long time or ever.
If your knee pain is ongoing however, and has been for some time, whether severe or just nuisance you should be looking at a good source of healing. This will probably not be found in a pain killer but in a good source of nutrition. Why nutrition? Because just think of how your body heals itself now when it can. You cut your finger and your body knows how to heal it. You break a bone and if set properly the bone will heal on its own.
Why not do the same with knee pain? It just means making sure that your body has the proper nutrients to accomplish the task. Okay, so where do I start? You can try to add a lot more fresh fruit to you diet. Why? Because fruits have the best source of phytonutrients and antioxidants of the food groups. What? Yah, well, we are just beginning to learn about all of this. If you research natural healing these are the words that you will see all the time because this is what your body needs to begin to heal.
Can I just get it by eating a lot of fruit everyday? No, you can drink it! This is the simplest way to get 13 servings of fruit everyday and for me it works great. I would like to share this with you at your convenience as soon as you contact me.
Doug has been dealing with knee and back pain for over 20 years and now at sixty feels better that anytime over those 20 years. Finding the proper balance of nutrition has brought me from 40 ibuprofen each week to zero. Head over to my website to find out what that is. http://www.circle75ent.com
