A patient come with severe pain in left lower extremity by twisting his limb.
Consulted us and relieved by homoeopathic treatment within 5 days.
What are the Symptoms of a Torn Ligament?
Ligament injuries are normally related to trauma that overstresses the ligament beyond its load capacity.Traumatic cause. Sudden onset of pain and severe swelling. Subsequent joint instability.Impaired function eg can't walk, run or weight-bear.
What's the Healing Time of a Ligament Injury?
Treatment of a ligament injury varies depending on its location and severity.
Grade I Sprains usually heal within a few weeks. Maximal ligament strength will occur after six weeks when the collagen fibres have matured. Resting from painful activity, icing the injury, and some anti-inflammatory medications are useful. Physiotherapy will help to hasten the healing process via electrical modalities, massage and exercise. Your physiotherapist will guide Resting from painful activity, icing the injury, and some anti-inflammatory medications are useful. Physiotherapy will help to hasten the healing process via electrical modalities, massage and exercise. Your physiotherapist will guide your strengthening and joint range of motion exercises to return you to function quickly and help you to prevent a future re-injury.
Grade II Sprains are more significant and disabling. These injuries require load protection during the early healing phase. Depending on the ligament injury this may include the use of a weight-bearing brace or some supportive taping is common in early treatment. This helps to ease the pain and avoid stretching of the healing ligament. Your physiotherapist or surgeon will guide you. After a grade II injury, you can usually gradually return to activity once the joint is stable and you have sufficient muscle strength and control. This may commonly take 6 to 12 weeks depending on your injury and what sport or activity you are wishing to resume. Please seek the advice of your Physiotherapist or Orthopaedic Surgeon for what they recommend specifically for you and your injury. Physiotherapy is highly recommended for all grade II ligament sprains to restore full post-injury function and prevent future instability that may predispose you to further injury.
Grade III injury is a very significant injury and we recommend the opinion from an Orthopaedic Surgeon to determine whether early surgical repair is required. If surgery is required, your rehabilitation will be guided by your surgeon and physiotherapist.In non-surgical ligament injuries, you will usually need to protect the injury from weight-bearing stresses. The aim is to allow for ligament healing in a short/non-stressful position. Your rehabilitation will be slowly progressed to progress the repairing ligament as you and gradually return to normal activities.Your optimal outcome will result from well-informed and specifically-guided physiotherapy. Depending upon your ligament injury, you may not return to your full level of activity for 3 to 4 months or even up to 12 months. Very severe ligament injuries can even take longer.
Please consult your Physiotherapist or Orthopaedic Surgeon for all grade III ligament injuries. For more ligament injury advice, please consult your trusted healthcare professional.