Ligament rupture is one of the most common injuries when playing sports , however not everyone knows they have a torn ligament.
MRI scan shows patient completely tore anterior cruciate ligament after playing soccer but did not know - Provided by hospital
Torn ligament but don't know
Recently, a male patient in Ho Chi Minh City had ligament surgery at the Department of On-Demand Treatment and Sports Medicine, People's Hospital 115 (Ho Chi Minh City).
The patient said that in July 2024, while playing soccer, he heard a very crisp cracking sound in his knee joint. After that, his knee became swollen, painful, and could not bend.
Because of his complacency, the patient only took a few medications, and the swelling and pain in his knee gradually subsided, so he thought he was cured. For more than a year now, the patient has been able to walk, but has difficulty going up stairs and cannot play sports.
Lately, I've been feeling my legs getting weaker, atrophied, and starting to ache for no apparent reason.
When he went to the hospital for a check-up, the patient found out that he had torn his knee ligament for a long time. The hospital had to perform arthroscopic surgery to reconnect the ligament.
About 4 months ago, Ms. KTL (48 years old, living in Vinh Long ) had a traffic accident while driving on the road.
After the collision, she had pain and swelling in her left knee, but thought it was okay so she went out to buy painkillers to take herself.
However, the pain did not subside but became more and more painful, causing difficulty in daily activities and a feeling of loose knee joints.
Because she was worried about her health, she went to the hospital for a check-up. There, the doctor ordered an X-ray and MRI of the knee joint, and the images showed that the patient had completely torn the anterior cruciate ligament of her left knee.
A torn anterior cruciate ligament, if left untreated for a long time, can cause consequences such as loose joints, arthritis, and osteoarthritis.
In particular, this female patient is quite young and needs to move regularly, so the doctors have prescribed arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery to completely resolve the pain as well as preserve knee function and movement.
How to limit ligament rupture?
Dr. Ngo Thanh Y - Deputy Head of the Department of Treatment on Demand - Sports Medicine, People's Hospital 115 - said that knee ligament rupture during sports is an injury that tends to increase. It is worth noting that many people do not know they have a torn ligament.
Because when the knee ligament is torn, it only swells for a while, then the swelling goes away and the patient can still walk, without much pain, only difficulty in playing sports and strenuous exercise.
Pain only appears when the parts around the knee joint such as the meniscus and articular cartilage are damaged. In addition, ligaments and muscles help keep the knee joint stable, ligaments play a role of up to 70% in keeping the knee joint stable.
Among the ligaments around the knee joint, the anterior cruciate ligament plays a major role, bears the most load, so it is very easy to tear when encountering collisions.
If the ligament is torn and not surgically reconstructed in time, the knee joint will become dislocated, and over time the joint will gradually become damaged and seriously degenerate.
According to Italian doctors, more and more people have the opportunity to play sports to improve their health. However, for those who do not play sports properly, do not have protective equipment when playing, and do not use suitable playing fields and times, it is very easy to get injured, including torn ligaments.
Italian doctors recommend that to limit ligament rupture, in addition to warming up properly and thoroughly to prepare tendons and muscles for action, you should play sports in the morning, avoid playing at noon or in the evening, because at that time the body is tired and needs to rest.
After playing sports, you should walk gently and relax to bring your body back to a stable state before moving on to another activity.
A common habit of many sports players is to go out drinking after playing. This habit not only has a negative impact on body parts such as the heart, brain, kidneys, liver... but also makes the muscles tired.
When the muscles are tired, the task of keeping the knee joint stable falls entirely on the ligaments, making the ligaments increasingly weaker and more susceptible to tearing even with only light impacts.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/da-bong-dut-day-chang-ca-nam-nhung-khong-he-biet-20250315144052242.htm
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