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Help for PCL Torn ligament

Need your help.
My 17 year old son was diagnosed today with PCL ligament tear and Posterolateral corner injury on his right knee. He had a minor injury 1.5 years back while playing basketball, which bothered him for a month or so and then he was fine. The symptoms were pain in the right knee cap. He is able to walk normally but the right knee bothers when he runs or squats or moves side to side. He wears a knee brace or support to play basketball and has no problem playing with the brace.
The orthopedic doctor suggested to do activity modification and continue with the brace or get surgery done, which he really didn't recommend as my son is able to function normally otherwise except running.

Can someone please suggest a remedy to take to heal the ligament.

I will really appreciate your help and a prompt response.

Thanks.
 
  suna711 on 2016-09-09
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
If he sustained injury 1.5 year ago why it took so long to diagnose ligament tear?!

To prescribe homeopathy treatment we need lot more general information.

Nonetheless, you may try following:

1. Rhus tox 30c (buy 1 dram qty) 4 pills twice daily.

2. Arnica 12c or 6c (buy 1 dram qty) 4 pills twice daily.

Keep one hour interval between medicine 1 & 2.

Report after 2 weeks.
 
DrKulkarni 7 years ago
give bryonia alba 50m for two days daily single dose and report it.
 
nisha301 7 years ago
Thanks Dr Kulkarni.

The reason it took this long is he didn't complain and he was able to perform normal functions and used knee brace for basketball etc. So, it was not a problem. But then last week, he didn't have a brace with him and tried to play basketball and he couldn't and it hurt when he tried to run or move side to side. so we decided to see a orthopedic.

Please let me know what other general information is needed to continue the treatment.

I have Arnica 30C, will that also work or I need to order 12C?

Also, wanted to get your opinion if you think reconstruction surgery should be done to fix the PCL ligament tear.

Appreciate all the help.
 
suna711 7 years ago
I will also order Bryonia 50M.

Please suggest what other medicines may be possibly needed so I can order them.

I am a firm believer in homeopathy, but wanted to understand if homeopathy will be able to cure the ligament tear. Please advise.
 
suna711 7 years ago
great suna,i am hopefully cure your son
 
nisha301 7 years ago
Thanks. For Bryonia 50M, do I order liquid or pellets or either is fine.
 
suna711 7 years ago
liquid is a better choice
 
nisha301 7 years ago
Sorry, I shouldn't have interfered as there was already a prescription which I missed to see. You can continue with any one of the two prescriptions. But I would suggest don't start Bryonia and Rhus tox simultaneously.

All the best.
 
DrKulkarni 7 years ago
Hi Suna

Please look at the usernames of prescribers. Sometimes another prescriber suggests another prescription. You have to choose whom to follow.

You shouldn't follow both simultaneously.
 
gavinimurthy 7 years ago
Dr. Kulkarni - I am going with the prescription you gave as you were the first one to respond. I am sorry I should have realized that the 2 prescriptions were from different doctors.
I have started giving him Arnica 30 & RhusTox 30 as you prescribed. I do not have Arnica 12C. Is that OK? It will take me some time to get the Arnica 12C, so I started with Arnica 30. Please let me know if I should not use Arnica 30C.

Please let me know what other general information is needed to continue the treatment.
Please advise if this is treatable by homeopathy.

Appreciate all the help.
 
suna711 7 years ago
Also, please let me know if any tissue salts to be given for healing.
Thanks.
 
suna711 7 years ago
Ok, actually I had stepped back and acccidentally bumped here and saw that your have opted to continue my prescription.

Fine. Let me address your querries:

1. I had prescribed Rhus tox 30c & Arnica 12c. You shouldn't have started with Arnica 30c. However, now you continue with that and Give Rhus tox 200c instead of 30c but only once daily.

2. At preesent no other medicine (tissue salts), etc required. I'll let you know if needed in future.

Continue as directed and let him continue usin knee cap for some time.

Report after a week.

All the best.
 
DrKulkarni 7 years ago
Thank you Doctor.
Can you also please tell me what other possible remedies I would need, so I can order them as it takes time to get them.
 
suna711 7 years ago
I can't tell about remedies that might be required in future as it all depends on how a patient responds to a prescription which is variable in different individuals. You may not require any more medicines if this one clears everything.

However, if you insist, get
1. Calc-carb 30c, 1 drachm, pills.
2. Rita grav 30c, 1 drachm, pills.
 
DrKulkarni 7 years ago
Spelling correction..

Ruta..some times we make typing mistakes..:-)
 
gavinimurthy 7 years ago
Oh, yeah!

Thanks Mr. Murthy. Sometimes these auto correction features in mobiles act mischievously.
 
DrKulkarni 7 years ago
Thanks doctor.
I wanted to let you know the following new observation after taking the medicine,
After sitting down on a chair for any period of time and then when he starts walking, he is feeling pain & stiffness behind the knee and in the front of knee. It is mostly behind the knee and doesn't go away.

Please advise if he should continue taking the medicine as suggested earlier.
Thanks.
 
suna711 7 years ago
Though you say this is new, I wish to confirm if he ever felt his type of pain in that region in the past, ever so little may be.

Whether or not he felt it at present it is indication that he has taken sufficient medicine now. So, you may stop medicine and wait for a week to complete its work.

Report me after a week.
 
DrKulkarni 7 years ago
It's been 6 days now since we stopped the remedy as you suggested. After 2 days, the pain had reduced. We also realized that the new knee sleeve we had purchased was causing the pain, which we stopped using. So now he is using the old knee brace while playing basketball only and not all the time. The knee hasn't bothered him much since last 4 days.
Please advise on what to take next to treat the PCL ligament tear.
Thanks for the help.
 
suna711 7 years ago
Stop using knee sleeve after 4-5 days then let him not use anything for his knee (neither sleeve nor medicine) for 72 at least hours after that and then report his condition.

At present no need of any medicines. Don't worry Rhus & Arnica doses already given will take care of knee.
 
DrKulkarni 7 years ago
So, currently he is not using sleeve or medicine. Sleeve is used only when he plays basketball sometimes.
So that I am clear you are saying not to use sleeve/brace even when playing basketball.

Thanks.
 
suna711 7 years ago
Yes, right.
 
DrKulkarni 7 years ago
Hello Doctor. He has been busy so didn't get a chance to play or dance. Finally yesterday, he had garba dance at his school. He danced for like 1 to 2 hours, and after that it started bothering him, so he stopped, rested and after 15-20 mins, started dancing again and danced for another 30 mins. He did not use brace or support during the dance and neither is he using it otherwise on a daily basis.
Please advise on what he should take to fix this problem.
Thanks for the help.
 
suna711 7 years ago
That's good. Let's be a bit realistic here.

Playing 2 hours of Garba without brace is really a sign of good improvement. Ligament tear is a structural damage. This much of repair only with medicines is for all practical purposes a good cure. You may not expect this even with operation. Operation also can leave some defects.

Well however, I don't mean we will give up at this stage. I just want you to realise the benefits achieved already. Let's wait for a week more and I will let you know.

A word of caution - he should not overexert on his affected leg (like doing garba for 2.5 hour was bit excess for his condition).
 
DrKulkarni 7 years ago
Have you bought Calc carb & Ruta, also?
 
DrKulkarni 7 years ago

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