{"id":228,"date":"2016-06-01T00:42:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T00:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedsofttissuerelease.com\/posterior-cruciate-ligament-injury-pcl\/"},"modified":"2016-06-01T00:42:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T00:42:37","slug":"posterior-cruciate-ligament-injury-pcl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advancedsofttissuerelease.com\/tl\/posterior-cruciate-ligament-injury-pcl\/","title":{"rendered":"Posterior Cruciate Ligament injury (PCL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"p1\"> \t<span style=\"color:#696969;\"><span class=\"s1\">Posterior Cruciate Ligament injury (PCL)<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"> \t<span style=\"color:#696969;\"><span class=\"s1\">The posterior cruciate ligament is a small band that connects the high bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia).&nbsp; A PCL tear is due to a direct blow to the front of the knee (like falling on a bent knee in sports), pulling or stretching of the ligament, or a misstep.&nbsp; A twisting or overextension of the knee may make it so the person can not bare full weight on the knee.&nbsp; The PCL is the strongest ligament in the knee meaning that injuries are generally due to trauma or backwards bending of the knee, or a force upon the knee such as a car accident.&nbsp; A PCL tear usually ranges from a partial tear to a complete tear. &nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"> \t<span style=\"color:#696969;\"><span class=\"s1\">Symptoms of a PCL injury<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"> \t\t<span style=\"color:#696969;\"><span class=\"s1\">Pain and swelling of knee<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"> \t\t<span style=\"color:#696969;\"><span class=\"s1\">Knee is unsteady<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"> \t\t<span style=\"color:#696969;\"><span class=\"s1\">Inability to bear weight on knee<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"> \t<span style=\"color:#696969;\"><span class=\"s1\">Treatment for PCL Injury&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\"> \t\t<span style=\"color:#696969;\"><span class=\"s1\">ASTR\u00ae Tools: Our doctors use a variety of ASTR\u00ae tools to release scar tissue and myofascial restriction, which can decrease flexibility and add more pressure to the Posterior cruciate ligament.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"> \t\t<span style=\"color:#696969;\"><span class=\"s1\">Special exercise program to decrease pressure on the PCL, strengthen the muscles, stabilize the knee to help the patient to return to normal function and activities.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"> \t\t<span style=\"color:#696969;\"><span class=\"s1\">Special instructions on how to speed up the recovery time.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posterior Cruciate Ligament injury (PCL) The posterior cruciate ligament is a small band that connects the high bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia).&nbsp; A PCL tear is due to a direct blow to the front of the knee (like falling on a bent knee in sports), pulling or stretching of the ligament, or a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2447,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_analytify_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedsofttissuerelease.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedsofttissuerelease.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedsofttissuerelease.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedsofttissuerelease.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedsofttissuerelease.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/advancedsofttissuerelease.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedsofttissuerelease.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}