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**ACL**
	Your knee is a mobile, complex joint, which has the ability to bend and rotate slightly. Knee ligaments help control motion by connecting bones and bracing the joint against abnormal types of motion. Other parts of your knee, like cartilage, serve to cushion your knee, or help it absorb shock during motion.
Your ACL crosses from the back of your femur to the front of your tibia. Although it acts like a strong brace for your knee, the ACL is injured more often than the PCL because it's smaller and more susceptible to twisting. Torn from a Twist Your ACL may be injured when you twist your knee beyond its normal range of motion. When you're on skis, for example, you may "catch an edge," twisting your lower leg outward or inward. You might hear or feel a pop and have pain, swelling, or too much "play" in your knee. A complete tear of your ACL is like the unraveling of rope fibers. A partial tear can also occur. You may injure other parts of your knee at the same time as you injure your ACL.

Treatment!

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Surgery:

The most common type of surgery for an ACL injury is reconstruction, which involves replacing the torn ligament with a tendon (graft) from your knee or a synthetic material. Fastening the graft with screws is one commonly used technique. To reconstruct your ACL, your doctor may combine open surgery with arthroscopy, a technique using smaller incisions to look and work inside your joint. Surgery is followed by several months of rehabilitation to help restore your knee's normal function.

	My Torn ACL...Causing an unstable Knee! What caused the injure? Probably a Skiing accident I had many years ago. The final straw was performing Juche in front of 300 high school students.....
Old ACL Removed!!!
	Other Injury!!! Torn Meniscus....
Fixed and Stapled Meniscus!!!
	All Fixed!!! Thanks Dr. Jerrald R. Goldman... Webster Orthopedic Medical Group Oakland 925) 238-1200 Lafayette (925) 284-0450 San Ramon (925) 355-7350

Here are some Physical Therapy (PT) exercise that were given to me.

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Dr. Goldman's Bio:

Dr. Goldman, a native of San Francisco, graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He received his Medical Degree from The University of Cincinnati/College of Medicine and performed his Internship at University of Los Angeles. Upon completion of his Residency in general surgery at Wadsworth Veteran's Administration Hospital in Los Angeles and his Orthopedic Residency a University of California Los Angeles, Dr. Goldman served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps at Westover Air Force Base. He began practice in Oakland in 1972 upon completion of his military service. His special interests are in orthopedic trauma and sports medicine.

In addition to staff position at Summit Medical Center and teaching at Highland Hospital's Orthopedic Clinic, Dr. Goldman is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at UCSF. He is currently an orthopedic consultant for the Oakland Athletics Baseball team and has served as consultant for the Golden State Warriors.

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