A study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine questions the effectiveness of ACL surgery in restoring health to injured knees. Here’s a brief summary from the New York Times: Over two years, the injured knees were assessed using a comprehensive numerical score that rated pain, function during activity and other measures. At [...]
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ACLs don’t heal?
Based on the medical observation that torn Anterior Cruciate Ligaments (ACLs for short) often don’t heal, common wisdom is that the ACL simply cannot heal. But there is a crucial difference between “can’t” and “don’t.”
