10 Torn ACL Symptoms
Symptom #2: Pain
A torn ACL is quite a considerable injury to experience. As such, you should expect to feel considerable pain at the moment of the injury. The pain is likely to be unbearable and the patient will find that they will have to stop all activity immediately.
The pain will gradually subside over time, although some patients might want something to help ease the pain. Any further movement is also likely to add to the pain, but it is advisable to keep the knee as still as you can anyway. Any further movement of the knee might make the injury even worse.
Sometimes an ACL rupture may not cause pain. The ACL itself does not contain nerve endings and so if the injury occurs at the middle portion of the ACL only, the person may not experience any pain at all.
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