Curious what happens when you meet a specialist to confirm if you have an ACL tear? Prehab is taking you behind the scenes of what an entire evaluation looks like! Join Arash as he leads you step by step through his ACL diagnosis with an ACL specialist, Dr. Nima Mehran Chapters: 00:00 Intro 1:59 How Arash tore his ACL 2:15 Where does the initial exam start? 3:52 How does range of motion look? What does this tell us? 5:00 Tissue palpation 6:28 Important testing for ACL and meniscus involvement 11:05 Fluid drainage from the knee 15:30 What happens after we get positive testing? 18:40 Who is a candidate for surgery and who isn't? 21:08 Why won't the ACL heal on its own? 24:08 Criteria for ACL surgery, who do you repair on? 25:53 What type of ACL grafts are there? Success rate of each? 20:03 Patellar Tendon Autograft pros and cons 33:00 Quad Tendon Autograft pros and cons 33:32 Hamstring Tendon Autograft pros and cons 36:02 What's the deal with allografts? Do they work? 38:40 Do we use the IT band as a graft? 42:20 When do you get the surgery after injury 47:00 Is clunking or clicking in the knee bad? 49:16 When can you get back to activity after ACL injury? 55:00 What does ACL rehab look like? 1:01 What is Arash most afraid of for ACL recovery? 1:04 How long does surgery take? 1:10 Conclusion
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