Camavinga Injury Update: MCL Sprain Explained by Doctor

Intro to answer the question of when kaminga might return welcome back to my channel my name is Dr Abdullah I'm a general practitioner interested in sports medicine I'll give you guys an update on Eduardo kava's injury in detail and when he is expected to return one of Real Madrid's many young Stars kaminga was Camavinga Medical report injured on Tuesday during Real Madrid's training session he was later diagnosed with a medial collateral ligament sprain in his leg knee in the training session video you could see the injury happened Training session video breakdown because kaminga had his left knee caved inwards which is called a dynamic vus position while he was in this position His Real Madrid teammate AR Leon Chu manyi stepped on the outside of his left foot kaminga immediately fell down and cried out in pain he stayed on the ground for a moment and then later got up and walked off the pitch on his own which is common for this kind of injury he was later seen wearing a knee brace on the sidelines of the game on Wednesday against Atalanta where Real Madrid won the UEA super cup to give you guys some insight on the specifics of his injury the medial collateral ligament sprain is a very common sports related injury the mechanisms of injury Mechanisms of MCL Injury include a contact injury and a non-con injury a contact injury is what kavinga had and it happens when a direct vus load is on the knee this usually causes a complete tear a non-c contct injury happens when there is change of direction or deceleration and this causes a partial tear now let's get into Anatomy of MCL the anatomy of the medial collateral ligament the medial collateral ligament also known as the MCL is a strong band of tissue located on the inside of your knee think of it as a stabilizing strap that keeps your knee from bending too much to the side it connects the thigh bone the femur to the shin bone the tibia and it helps to maintain proper stability and alignment of your knee joint okay because we went over the anatomy and biomechanics of the MCL understanding the specific test for the MCL will be easier the stability of the Special test for MCL sprain MCL is tested with a specific test called the vus stress test what that is is basically when the outside of the knee is pushed against while it's bent to see if it moves too much grading of the injury is based on how much it moves Management of an MCL sprain management of this injury is with an acronym called rice it stands for resting over a certain period of time putting ice on the knee a couple times a day compression of the knee with a knee brace and elevation of the leg crutches are also used to keep weight off of the affected leg so that it heals effectively physical therapy is also done after a good amount of healing of the ligament has occurred to regain strength and Mobility to answer the When will Camavinga return? question of when kavinga might return a lot of reports said that he might return within 7 to eight weeks and I think that's a valid assessment assuming that he had a complete tear because he had a contact injury they usually come back within six weeks so I think s to eight weeks is a fair time frame but that wraps up this video thank Outro you guys so much for watching if you found this video informative please subscribe and I'll see you guys in the next video goodbye