Dr.Shekhar Srivastav, best knee arthroscopic and shoulder surgeon in Delhi, India

  There's a specific moment a lot of ACL tears share — a sudden twist or pivot, sometimes a direct blow to the knee, and very often an audible pop right as it happens. What follows isn't always dramatic pain. Some people are shocked at how quickly the swelling comes on and how unstable the knee feels the moment they try to stand on it, even when the pain itself is manageable. That combination — a pop, fast swelling, and a knee that feels like it might give way — is what usually sends people in for an MRI. The ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament, is one of the main stabilizers of the knee, and once it tears, it doesn't heal back on its own the way a sprained ligament elsewhere might. For anyone who wants to return to sport, or even just trust their knee on uneven ground again, reconstruction using a tissue graft is generally the path forward. The procedure itself is done arthroscopically, through small incisions, and the actual surgery is honestly the more straightforward ...