What to do after Ligament Tear?-PhysioNautics
This is a one of those medical question which comes to your mind soon after your injury. Ligaments are the band of soft tissue structures that connects your bones. Be it your shoulder joint ligament, your ankle or your knee; ligament plays a crucial at every joint to provide additional stability to the joint and to avoid any extreme movements to happen. Ligament may seems to be a miniscule structure in the joint but their contribution for joint stability should never be neglected.
Although most of the time ligament tears or injuries are relatively minor cases, they shouldn\'t be taken lightly at all.
The most prominent symptoms that can be seen in cases of ligament injuries are
1. Popping or snapping sound
2. Swelling that does not subside within 48-72hrs
3. Difficulty in moving the joint around
4. Sharp local pain with immediate onset
5. Worsening of symptoms
Treatment for Ligament Injury!
Ligament injury can easily be cured in most of the cases using conservative methods only. Although in rare few cases it is treated surgically via various methods. Be it an acute case of ligament injury or chronic case of ligament injury, be it operated surgically or conservatively physiotherapists always plays a very crucial role in the rehabilitation of the condition. Although the ligament injury may occur at any level or any part of the body the first protocol we as a medical professional follow is "PRICE" Protocol which stands for Protecting the injured part, Resting the injured part, Icing the injured part, Compressing the injured part & Elevating the injured part. This protocol help to reduce the symptoms after the injury and stops any other complication to occur.
For rehabilitation we aims to increase the stability of the joint affected, the range of the affected joint and the strength of the surrounding muscles. Other than these we also focuses on the pain, swelling and any other complication that may take place at that level. So what are you still waiting for contact us at PhysioNautics for your treatment regarding ligament injury, or regarding any query you may have.
