How to treat knee joint ligament injury?

summary

In a high jump competition of a school sports meeting, due to improper take-off, he deviated from the cushion when landing, and his feet fell heavily to the ground. Then a sharp pain hit his right foot. When he was sent to the hospital, his knee joint had swollen up. The doctor did MRI and arthroscopy for me, and the conclusion was that the ligament injury of knee joint, especially the medial collateral ligament injury, was not very serious in my case, so conservative treatment could be adopted, and plaster casting should be used first. Let's take a look at the following.

How to treat knee joint ligament injury?

First, the doctor treated my wound first. Then he put me in a plaster and put me in bed. I can't move for a month in case I get sick. It's almost a month's plaster and it can be removed.

Second: after several follow-up visits, the doctor said that there was no problem and he was free to exercise. But in the future, we should pay attention to landing from a high place with the sole of the foot on the ground first, the knee joint bending, and the body leaning forward slightly.

Third: the recovery of muscle function training after removing the plaster. It is mainly to restore the flexible activities of quadriceps and knee joint.

matters needing attention

Anterior and posterior cruciate ligament injury: this kind of ligament injury is often combined with avulsion fracture. For non displaced avulsion fractures, long leg cast in functional position can be used for 6 weeks. The patients with avulsion fracture and posterior cruciate ligament rupture should be treated early.