Orthopedic Doc in Lawrenceville, NJ Quick Discussion on Fantasy Football Injuries:

This is a QUICK MANUAL on INJURIES for fantasy football: WHEN DO YOU SIT OUT YOUR PLAYER?

NFL playoffs are here and fantasy league owners are seeing record injuries for the 2011 – 2012 season

Most Recently as of NFL week 13, 2011, Matt Forte from the Chicago Bears was recently injured with a Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) strain (1)

photo from the Boston Globe

This is a mini-series on injuries and today we will talk about MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT INJURIES (MCL) and potential fantasy league decisions that you may have to make . Next edition will be on hamstrings and look out for our Fantasy League Basketball Injury Guide.

Anatomy:

The ligament helps prevent “knock knee” position when running or walking:

LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF THE RIGHT KNEE of the football player, the MCL keeps the knee stable so that knee does not buckle inside too much. The arrow shows points to the MCL

Symptoms of a Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) injury can depend on how bad the impact or hit was on a player. MCL injuries graded from I to III

References:
(1) Source of photo and info: http://bostonglobe.com/sports/2011/12/06/nfl-notes-bears-expect-matt-forte-return/2GVuKBWpLKGzqqqw0tE1lM/story.html

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