When it comes to sports injuries, one of the most common has to do with the knees. Of the estimated sports injuries each year in the United States, 200,000 are related to the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) and an estimated 95,000 of those injuries are ACL ruptures, but not all of these are kid injuries,…
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The Different Types of Knee Tests Your Orthopedist Performs
Knee problems can have a major impact on your life. They can limit your mobility and have a negative impact on essential day-to-day activities such as walking, running, kneeling, and standing. Orthopedists (doctors who specialize in bones, muscles, and joints) have a battery of tests available to them for the diagnosis of knee problems. In…
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The Best Exercises to Do for Those with Bad Knees
The knee is often one of the biggest problem areas of the body, as it is a joint, in fact, the largest joint in the body. The first thing to understand about knee health is that the knee is a stable joint that functions and exists directly between two very mobile joint the hip and…
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