prevent acl tear

How to Prevent ACL Tears

What is the ACL? The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) provides stability to the knee joint by controlling excessive mobility and range of motion. Specifically, this ligament keeps the tibia from …

Save Your Knee (Knee Preservation)

Save your Knee! Knee preservation One of my primary interests is helping younger patients who have early arthritis or loss of meniscus. There are a host of options for this …

Tennis Leg Revisited

This entry documents my own experience with “Tennis Leg”. As per my previous entry, tennis leg is a tear of the calf muscle known as the medial head of the …

Knee Pain – Meniscus Tears

Knee Pain Meniscus Tears Meniscus tears are among the most common injuries that lead to an orthopedic evaluation for knee pain.  They are typically acute injuries that happen when your …

Tennis Leg

Gastrocnemius Tear I recently saw a fellow tennis player who injured his calf while playing tennis. His story was classic for the well-known injury referred to as tennis leg, which …

Knee – Meniscus and Cartilage Injuries

Knee- Meniscus and Cartilage Injuries. There are two kinds of cartilage present in your knee, articular cartilage and meniscus cartilage. Articular cartilage is the material that covers the ends of …