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Re: ACL injury - July 30th 2021, 02:15 AM

I am not a health care professional but I have worked in physio/chiro/healthcare clinics for the last 10 years and these are the things I have been taught to recommend to clients with suspected ACL/knee injuries while we wait to get them in for an appointment.

- Elevate as much as possible, especially if there is swelling.
- Ice
- Compression - bandages, or compression sleeve knee "braces"
- Avoid putting too much weight on only that leg, since you need to continue to exercise, try not to do exercises that make you bear weight on that leg, and if at all possible, avoid exercises that are hard on your knees.
- If you have the means to do so, see a physiotherapist, athletic therapist.
- ACL injuries cause instability in the knee so working on keeping/building strength in your thighs/quads/hamstrings will be helpful.
- If you have to keep teaching/exercising, do your best to ice/rest/elevate in between.


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