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The ligament that helps to bend your knee joint is the anterior cruciate ligament. This ligament is often torn during exercise and is the one most often damaged when running.
medial collateral
Some doctors recommend a knee brace after knee surgery. Knee braces are also worn to support weak or damaged knee ligaments -- sometimes in lieu of surgery to allow the ligament time to heal or sometimes in an attempt to ward off injury to the knee.
It is possible you have torn or damaged a ligament in your knee. This needs to be examined immediately. You can still walk even if certain ligaments are torn or damaged and if they don't heal properly it could lead to trouble down the road.
medial collateral, medial meniscus, and anterior cruciate
MCL
ACL, or Anterior Cruciate Ligament surgery is an operative procedure on the knee. The ACL is a very important ligament that makes up part of the knee compartment and damage to this ligament warrants surgical intervention to fix the damaged ligament. The operative procedure lasts abround 2-4 hours and can take months to fully recover from.
The patellar tendon, just underneath the kneecap
No. Physical therapy can help the patient cope, but ligament do not heal themselves the way muscle does.
An anterolateral ligament is a ligament located on the outside front portion of the knee.
The cruciate ligament is found in your knee.
Patellar ligament (anterior). Two popliteal ligaments (posterior). Anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments (inside joint capsule). Tibial collateral ligament (medial). Fibular collateral ligament (lateral).