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Torn acl mcl advice
A month ago I got a combination acl mcl tear and wore a knee immobilizer for 3 weeks my ortho told me not to wear it and bear as much wieght as possible so I’ve been doing that but I can’t go back cause he don’t except my insurance and no one around me will so I’m kinda left in the blue of what to do I can bear enough wieght to take a few steps and kinda walk around though I don’t trust my self enough to do so cause I have no ortho to tell me it’s safe what do you think? I’ve had no surgery
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MCL tear needs minimum 6 weeks of immobilisation.
This can be done with a slab or knee immobiliser.
Hinged braces or knee braces don't work in presence of MCL tear as continuous movement will not allow healing in anatomical position.
Apply ice packs locally.
Medications like tendocare will help.
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Hi. ACL with mcl tear is very common. Best part is most of the mcl tear are from femoral side and they have very high chance of healing. Mcl tear needs protection in the form of bracing and non weight bearing walking for 4-6 weeks for better healing. That's my protocol. And once I get good range of motion after mcl healing I'll go and do ACL reconstruction if it's completely torn
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Long Hinged Knee brace to be applied. See your doctor to find how is the healing going on
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Do strengthening exercises for your quadriceps and hamstring muscles till then. It will have very long term effect on your rehabilitation after surgery.
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Dr Sachin Jain
Arthroscopic surgeon and Sports medicine expert, Jaipur
Team India doctor for commonwealth games 2018
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