The knee is by far the biggest joint in the body. For this reason, any amount of pain in the knee can greatly impact your quality of life. Knee pain is regularly caused by direct injuries, mechanical problems, or arthritis.
Knee Injuries
A blow to the knee can impact more than just one of the parts of the knee: ligaments, tendons, bones, and cartilage. List underneath are just a set of the more common knee injures.
ACL Injury
A rip to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) can cause a great amount of knee pain – extremely excruciating. The ACL is one of four ligaments that connects the shinbone to the thighbone. Basketball and soccer players are more prone to ACL injures. They make a lot of quick cuts, up and down the field. These quick cuts put a lot of pressure on the knee. It only takes one bad cut, or one weird twist for the ACL to pop. The sound is a sound that makes people nauseous. Not something you’d ever want to experience in your life.
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