Diagram of a right knee

Here's a diagram of the knee so you know what people are talking about when they discuss knee injuries.

over 1 year ago JustinM 29 comments 0 recs |

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malkins mcl and acl are torn acording to the pens site

by dudders28 on Feb 5, 2011 1:29 PM EST reply actions

I don’t see him getting out of surgery for this one, which is awful news. That’s definitely a season-ending injury and he could easily be out into next season too. From what I know, that’s 8-9 months recovery time.

Letang Clan - ain't nothin to puck with
We don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

by BobPurkey34 on Feb 5, 2011 1:31 PM EST up reply actions

ESPN just threw that news up as well. I was expecting the worst based on how that looked. That’ll be horrible if it is also ab ACL too :(

PensBurgh penalty - Lavender - 2 Minutes for saying, "Woo! Offense," every time Zbynek Michalek touches the puck.

by Lavender on Feb 5, 2011 1:31 PM EST up reply actions

this is like the worst news

by dudders28 on Feb 5, 2011 1:32 PM EST up reply actions

DO NOT SAY THAT

If you say something is the worst, there’s always a different thing that comes along.

Letang Clan - ain't nothin to puck with
We don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

by BobPurkey34 on Feb 5, 2011 1:34 PM EST up reply actions

lol true
I honestly hope malkin dosnt require surgery
come back #71!

by dudders28 on Feb 5, 2011 1:37 PM EST up reply actions

For that injury, it almost always does. It would probably be the best thing too.

If he tries to play through it, he won’t be anywhere near 100% and runs a major concern of being injured again. It has to get fixed at some point, and if he somehow had the choice to wait til the season was over, he’d miss quite a bit of next year.

Letang Clan - ain't nothin to puck with
We don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

by BobPurkey34 on Feb 5, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions

Seriously, does anyone know if there is a hex on Penguins centers? Too many freak accidents taking place.

by quo360 on Feb 5, 2011 1:40 PM EST up reply actions

It’s not the worst news. His PCL was spared.

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by JustinM on Feb 5, 2011 1:55 PM EST up reply actions

This is very true

Letang Clan - ain't nothin to puck with
We don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

by BobPurkey34 on Feb 5, 2011 1:59 PM EST up reply actions

when do we play buffalo again…. i know it wasn’t a cheap shot, but i want some BLEEPING retrobution…

by cmypath78 on Feb 5, 2011 1:39 PM EST reply actions

March 8

But no, I don’t want anyone headhunting Myers. Get to our game and get the 2 points. There’s nothing we could do that could take away his injury.

Letang Clan - ain't nothin to puck with
We don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

by BobPurkey34 on Feb 5, 2011 1:42 PM EST up reply actions

i'm not talking about headhunting

thats just bad karma….

by cmypath78 on Feb 5, 2011 1:43 PM EST up reply actions

Targeting, headhunting, gunning for, purposely attempting to bring pain to…

Any of these things. Just stay away from it. It wasn’t Myers fault, just a fluke accident and wrong place, wrong time for Malkin.

Letang Clan - ain't nothin to puck with
We don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

by BobPurkey34 on Feb 5, 2011 1:46 PM EST up reply actions

tues march 8th @ home…..tyler meyers you are public enemy #1 big boy…

by cmypath78 on Feb 5, 2011 1:42 PM EST up reply actions

No, he’s not. That couldn’t have been any less on purpose.

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by JustinM on Feb 5, 2011 1:56 PM EST up reply actions

/agreed

and this is different than the Steckel incident for anyone who wants to try and bring that into the argument.

There's a 90% chance this post is sarcasm...

by Stros Bro on Feb 5, 2011 2:17 PM EST up reply actions

i hope engelland one punches him into a concussion but thats just me

by dudders28 on Feb 5, 2011 2:19 PM EST up reply actions

Hey, we don’t do that crap here.

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by JustinM on Feb 5, 2011 2:30 PM EST up reply actions

Eh, I don’t know. I don’t think that was intentional, either, but I do think Steckel was more negligent than anything. Neither he nor Crosby was looking when they collided. But this is neither here nor there.

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by JustinM on Feb 5, 2011 2:28 PM EST up reply actions

Hey, last night the Pens came out trying to target Mike Weber and ended up looking bad and two goals down. In the second they just started playing their usual hard-hitting game without trying to target a single player and ended up ahead. When this team concentrates on playing hockey it’s the best team in the game, so as far as I’m concerned, the best retribution is just to beat the other team by concentrating on hockey.

by rlsuth on Feb 5, 2011 1:59 PM EST up reply actions

You know things aren’t looking so good on the health front when a hockey blog has diagrams of body parts.

by Lindas1st on Feb 5, 2011 1:41 PM EST reply actions

Don't need no steekin' diagram

Tore my ACl back in 2000, so let’s just say I got more familiar with the inner workings of a knee joint than I ever wished to be.

I'm expecting 100% improvement from the Lions this season.

by ahtrap on Feb 5, 2011 2:35 PM EST reply actions

Can’t say that I know how many people realize that none of what he tore is the one on the front you can actually feel, though. :)

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by JustinM on Feb 5, 2011 2:37 PM EST up reply actions

What always gets me is that you never hear about an LCL tear

I mean, I get it, it doesn’t have that big a role in knee stability, but still, it’s still right there, waiting to get injured. Does it just never get hurt, because of some amazing tensile strength, or maybe for having extra give to it?

I'm expecting 100% improvement from the Lions this season.

by ahtrap on Feb 5, 2011 3:34 PM EST up reply actions

And worse, it’s right on the outside of the leg where anything can run into it. I don’t know either.

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by JustinM on Feb 5, 2011 3:43 PM EST up reply actions

Answer:

In contrast to the medial collateral ligament, [the lateral collateral ligament] is fused with neither the capsular ligament nor the lateral meniscus.3 Because of this, the lateral collateral ligament is more flexible than its medial fellow, and the latter is therefore more susceptible to injury.

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by JustinM on Feb 5, 2011 3:48 PM EST up reply actions