A twisted knee can tear the knee ligaments, which can lead to instability in the knee joint. The knee ligament is strong tissue band connecting the thigh bone to the shin bone at the knee joint. It helps to control the back-and-forth motion of the lower leg.
Stability of the knee joint is achieved by muscles, joint capsules, and ligaments. Twisting the knee can tear the ligaments, such as the cruciate ligaments that attach the upper leg bone to the lower leg bone in the knee joint. This can lead to instability of the knee joint and later to the articular cartilage and meniscus. Common causes for injury to the knee’s ligaments include twisting the knee when playing soccer or when skiing.
The knee joint is the most commonly treated and injured joint in humans. Patients complain of swelling, pain, limited movement in the knee joint, and often report having heard a noticeable sound after an accident occurred. Depending on the location of the ligament injury, a doctor can use specific tests to provoke instability of the joint, so that the ligament injury can be identified.
The therapy is individually planned based on the patient’s age, secondary injuries and activity level. The degree of the knee’s instability is also important for the decision to perform surgery. Especially younger, physically active patients will usually be operated. This is mainly the case for a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and will be performed 4-6 weeks after the accident at the earliest. The posterior cruciate ligament can usually be treated conservatively, without surgery. A complete dislocation of the knee-joint is an emergency that can damage nerves and vessels and therefore requires immediate surgery.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
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Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
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