LCL Sprains and Tears - Symptoms, Tests, Recovery Times. Plus: Do I Need Surgery for my LCL Injury?

A lateral collateral ligament (LCL) tear is a knee injury that seldom happens in isolation. The force that causes it is usually so big that something else also gets injured. Sports physio Maryke Louw explains how the LCL typically gets injured, what the symptoms are, how the injury is diagnosed and graded, what the treatment options are, and what the recovery times might be under various circumstances.

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📚Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:02 Anatomy of the lateral collateral ligament
00:03:57 Symptoms of an LCL injury
00:06:11 How to test for LCL injuries
00:10:04 How LCL injuries are graded
00:11:33 Who needs LCL surgery?
00:13:11 LCL injury recovery times
00:15:31 Treatment of LCL injuries
00:21:13 How we can help

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References:
Bushnell, B. D., et al. (2010). "Treatment of magnetic resonance imaging-documented isolated grade III lateral collateral ligament injuries in National Football League athletes." The American Journal of Sports Medicine 38(1): 86-91.
Davenport, D., et al. (2018). "Non-operative management of an isolated lateral collateral ligament injury in an adolescent patient and review of the literature." BMJ Case Reports 2018: bcr-2017-223478.
Petrillo, S., et al. (2017). "Management of combined injuries of the posterior cruciate ligament and posterolateral corner of the knee: a systematic review." British Medical Bulletin 123(1): 47-57.
Ramos, L. A., et al. (2019). "Treatment and outcomes of lateral collateral ligament injury associated with anterior and posterior cruciate ligament injury at 2-year follow-up." Journal of Orthopaedics 16(6): 489-492.
Sikka, R. S., et al. (2015). "Isolated fibular collateral ligament injuries in athletes." Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review 23(1): 17-21.
Yaras, R. J., et al. (2022). "Lateral collateral ligament knee injuries.” StatPearls Publishing.

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