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Muscle Strains: Rehabilitation and Prevention

Connective Tissue

The Anatomy
There is somewhere around 640 skeletal muscles in the human body.  Skeletal muscle is a complex network of muscle fibers, connective tissue, nervous tissue, and blood vessels.  The connective tissue forms a framework of support by surrounding individual muscle fibers, bundles of muscle fibers (called fascicles), and finally the individual muscles that are made up of these fascicles.  Another type of connective tissue, called fascia, plays an integral…

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ACL Injury Prevention

ACL-anatomy

THE ANATOMY

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) connects the femur to the tibia at the knee.  It runs from the front of the tibial plateau (top of the tibia) towards the back and inside surface of the end of the femur.  The primary role of the ACL is to prevent anterior translation of the tibia on the femur.  In other words, it prevents the lower leg from sliding too far…

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