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With an increasing focus on sports right from the school going age, there has been a rise in the injuries to knee ligaments. Knee ligaments are mainly injured from indirect twisting or bending forces on the knees. Ligaments are simply a band of connective tissue that connect a bone to another bone; of all the four ligaments of the knee, the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is most commonly injured. This happens in association with tears of medial or lateral collateral ligaments. ACL injury is a common sports injury affecting athletes, and women are more susceptible to this injury than men.

ACL or anterior cruciate ligament of the knee is a common sports injury that requires reconstruction surgery involving soft tissue grafts. This surgery is usually done as the tear does not heal on its own and neither can it be stitched back together. This reconstruction surgery uses tissue grafts taken from other tendons of the legs.

From curing your bumps and bruises to healing your sprains, strains and fractures, physiotherapy can help you take care of all those sports injuries that are common in winters.