| You have torn your ACl and would like some | | | | that they have slipped off a curb and tore their ACL. |
| answers. | | | | To be honest, this is much more likely if an individual |
| At the end of this informative article we will discuss | | | | is overweight, because you are asking much more of |
| how to find a well designed support for your knee, | | | | your body to support you with all the added lbs. |
| but first lets discuss the importance of protecting | | | | These are just three examples of how you can hurt |
| your ACL. | | | | yourself. - We wish it never would have happened to |
| We can help you, and this "ain't no scam either". | | | | you, but when it does it is time to take your knee |
| Your ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) is extremely | | | | stability seriously. (You should see a doctor when you |
| helpful in providing support to your knee joint. Plain | | | | injure yourself of course....) |
| and simple. When an injury to the ACL occurs, people | | | | Surgery is sometimes unavoidable. It has its place. It |
| will often say things like "I feel like my knee will give | | | | can help give you back some function in your knee |
| out on me". Perhaps you have heard of the phrase | | | | after such an injury has occurred. The down side of |
| for an unstable knee as well, aka "trick knee". | | | | surgery is that it is usually costly and you will be |
| There is not just one way in which you could have | | | | required to rest your knee for quite some time. For |
| injured your ACL. Here is a list of possible ways you | | | | example, how many times have you heard of an |
| could have hurt yourself - Can you relate? | | | | athlete having "season ending surgery"? The point is, |
| 1.) Impact Injury : You could have had an impact | | | | you should weigh the pros and cons of surgery. |
| injury while playing sports, when someone hit you | | | | Knee braces are a very useful way to help treat |
| head on, or from the side. That is a terrible thought | | | | your knee conservatively. The meaningful support |
| to imagine, but it does happen unfortunately. | | | | that they can provide can really help you feel much |
| 2.) Self Sustained Injury : Its almost like adding insult | | | | more secure; whether you play sports or not. Not |
| to injury when you tear your ACL without some help | | | | only will they help your knee feel more secure, but |
| from someone else, but it is very possible. For | | | | they can help your wallet feel more secure when you |
| example, if you plant your foot and twist, and you | | | | realize that the cost of a brace can be a fraction of |
| are moving at a reasonable speed, this can be all it | | | | a surgical procedure would be... When you are allowed |
| takes. - Often times people will say that they heard a | | | | to take this as a conservative route for treatment |
| popping sound when the ligament goes out. | | | | (per your physician), then an ACL knee brace |
| 3.) Miscellaneous Injury Types : People have told us | | | | definitely has its place and should not be overlooked. |