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Our medial collateral ligament (MCL) is the most commonly damaged ligament in the knee that leads to knee pain.
The MCL can be sprained or torn as a result of
MCL injury most often occurs in athletes, although of course nonathletes can also be affected.
Our senior physiotherapists treats an MCL sprain or tear to
The MCL is a small, thick band of tissue on the inner side of the knee joint. It connects two bones—the thighbone and the shin bone—and prevents the knee from bending inward toward the other knee.
When the knee is hit on the outer side of the leg (eg, the left side of the left leg), or if the knee is twisted violently, the MCL can overstretch resulting in a partial or complete tear.
MCL injuries commonly occur in football players who get "clipped" or hit on the outer side of the knee.
Other causes may include
Healing times vary from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, depending on the severity of the injury.
When you experience an MCL injury, you may feel:
With an MCL injury, you may experience
If you see our senior physical therapist first, we will conduct a thorough evaluation that includes taking your health history. We will also ask you detailed questions about your injury, such as:
We also will perform special tests to help determine the likelihood that you have an MCL injury. We will gently press on the outside of your knee while it is slightly bent as well as when it is fully straight to test the strength of the ligament.
We will also check the inner side of your knee for tenderness and swelling and measure for swelling with a tape measure. The therapist may use additional tests to determine if other parts of your knee are injured, and will also observe how you are walking.
To provide a definitive diagnosis, we may collaborate with an orthopedic doctor or other health care provider. The orthopedic physician may order further tests, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to confirm the diagnosis and to rule out other damage to the knee.
The MRI scanning will also help to determine whether surgery is required.
MRI is not required in all cases but may be ordered to determine the severity of the medial collateral ligament injury or if there is any other secondary/additional structures that are damaged.
We or your doctor may recommend
to reduce pain if the MCL injury is severe.
We will work with you to design a specific treatment program that will speed your recovery, including exercises and treatments you can do at home. Physiotherapy will help you return to your normal lifestyle and activities.
The First 24-48 Hours
Our senior physiotherapists may advise you to:
We may use different types of treatments and technologies to control and reduce your pain, including
Improve Motion
We will choose specific activities and treatments to help restore normal movement in the knee and leg. These might begin with passive motions that we will do for you to gently move your leg and knee joint, and progress to active exercises and stretches that you do yourself.
Improve Strength
Certain exercises will aid healing at each stage of recovery; your physical therapist will choose and teach you the correct exercises and equipment to steadily restore your strength and agility.
These may include using
Regaining your sense of balance is important after an injury. We will teach you exercises to improve your balance skills.
Speed Recovery Time
Normal healing of time is a few weeks to a few months, depending on which tissues are injured and how severely they are injured. We're trained and experienced in choosing the right treatments and exercises to help you heal, return to your normal lifestyle, and reach your goals faster than you are likely to do on your own.
Return to Activities
We will discuss your goals with you and use them to set your work, sport, and homelife recovery goals. We will design your treatment program to help you reach those goals in the safest, fastest, and most effective way possible.
We will apply hands-on therapy, such as massage, and teach you
exercises, work retraining activities, and sport-specific techniques and
drills to help you achieve your goals
If Surgery Is Necessary
Surgery is often not necessary in the case of an knee medial collateral ligament injuries but if a knee surgery is needed, you will follow a recovery program over several weeks guided by our senior physical therapist, who will help you
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HAND THERAPY & CUSTOMIZED SPLINTING
Patients who sustained injuries to their elbows, forearms, hands, wrists (sprains and fractures) and fingers, usually will benefit / require Hand Therapy to
Commonly treated hand pain injuries includes
REFORMER CLINICAL PILATES & WELLNESS PILATES
Clinical Pilates is a form of physical exercise that focuses on posture, core stability, balance, control, strength, flexibility and breathing.
It is a system of safe and effective exercises, which meet specific individual needs, to treat a wide range of injuries and conditions.
You may do Pilates as matwork or with the reformer or both, and every session will be customized 100% to your fitness, injury and tolerance.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM)
DEEP TISSUE RELEASE & SPORTS MASSAGE THERAPY
Sports and deep tissue release massage helps to increase nutrient-rich blood flow to tired, tight and tense muscles to accelerate recovery and shorten downtime / recovery period required.
It also prevents muscles from scar tissue micro-tears (and potential ruptures), and increases muscle performance. Having regular deep tissue and sports massage will keep your muscles healthy and fit with body/movement-confidence.
Read the benefits of regular deep tissue release therapy here.
ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
All our allied health therapists and TCM physicians are fully insured and registered with Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC) and Traditional Chinese Medicine Board (TCMB).
See our entire team here with introductions and their specializations.
At the first session, our specialist physiotherapists will carry out a thorough assessment, helping them to select the most appropriate treatment to help you recover as well as provide treatment in the same session.
Follow up sessions are inline to provide expert treatment for your pain as well as prescribing specific exercises to reduce your risk of re-injury and giving you a long term solution.
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