Is your knee pain an ACL injury? Here are the three tests you need to do to find out! Presented by a doctor of physical therapy to help you better understand your knee pain and figure out your best plan of action moving forward.

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ACL HOME EXERCISE ROUTINE VIDEO:    • Home Exercises To Rehab An ACL Injury...  
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WHAT IS YOUR ACL?
Your anterior cruciate ligament (or “ACL”) is one of the 4 ligaments that holds your knee together. It runs from the front of your tibia (shin bone) to the back of your femur (thigh bone) and prevents the tibia from sliding forward out from under your knee.

HOW DOES THE ACL GET INJURED?
The most common injuries to the ACL happen when the knee twists, rotates, or buckles inward. This most often occurs in athletic events (soccer, football, and basketball are the three that I see the most) and the injuries can be contact or non-contact.

CONTACT INJURY - when another person runs into your knee and injures your ACL.
NON-CONTACT INJURY - planting and twising/rotating and injuring your ACL.

While ACL injuries are fairly common, they are often mistook for different injuries.

So how do your painful knee is an ACL injury? How can you check your ACL to see if it is torn and how do you know the next steps to take in managing your knee symptoms?

THREE TESTS FOR AN ACL INJURY
HOW TO CHECK AT HOME

1. (1:55) HISTORY - How did the injury happen? Did you hear of feel a “pop”? Was there swelling and/or bruising? Does it feel unstable or have episodes of “giving way”? These are all indications that you may have injured your ACL.

The nest two tests require the assistance of a partner to perform.

2. (3:25) LACHMAN’S

3. (4:45) ANTERIOR DRAWER

WHAT TO DO NEXT?
Now if you do find that you have an ACL tear, don’t worry. They are highly manageable and surgery is highly successful. But whether you will need surgery or not, the truth is EVERY person with an ACL tear should be performing some quad and hamstring exercises to help strengthen and stabilize the knee.

This will improve function and decrease pain if no surgery is required but improve results and decrease down time if it is.

⭐️⭐️ If you’re looking for the right exercises to help you with your ACL tear please click on the following video:    • Home Exercises To Rehab An ACL Injury...   ⭐️⭐️

This is the follow up exercise routine to this video to help that knee feel better fast.

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