Whether or not a medial knee ligament strain has sequelae depends on the extent of the strain and how it is handled. Some patients may experience residual symptoms of knee stiffness, pain, and impaired mobility after recovery.
1. Knee stiffness: The medial ligament of the knee often refers to the medial collateral ligament. A simple medial collateral ligament strain heals easily.
If surgical repair is used, the knee is prone to stiffness. For one month after a medial collateral ligament strain, the patient should use an orthopedic brace for the knee, and after that, the knee can also be practiced for flexion and extension to avoid stiffness.
Patients can press the position of the ligament after one month, in the absence of significant pain can be removed from the brace, crutches partially weight-bearing walking.
2. Pain: pain caused by medial ligament strain, some patients may last as long as half a year, but eventually its function, range of motion and strength will be restored, the medial ligament can also be completely healed.
3. Activity disorder: the degree of medial collateral ligament strain is more serious in some patients, the ligament may be completely ruptured, when straightening the knee joint, passive valgus, medial gap is obviously unstable, surgery can be considered to repair the ligament to protect, but there may be activity disorders and other sequelae after the operation.
Therefore, if the patient’s knee medial ligament strain, it is recommended to go to the hospital under the guidance of the doctor to choose the appropriate treatment to reduce the occurrence of sequelae.