A medial collateral ligament (MCL) tear affects the inside of the knee. The tough MCL ligament fibers that connect the end of the femur (thigh bone) and the top of the tibia (shin bone) can tear, ...

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Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II has suffered a torn ligament in his left thumb and will miss time with the season winding down, the team announced Thursday. He'll be re-evaulated in one ...

Senior director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Wednesday that Jones sustained a UCL sprain in his right elbow, but the ligament is stable. Conservative management was recommended by Dr. Keith ...

Jones will not need surgery and does not have ligament damage, but will need to wait six weeks until he can resume throwing, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Again, Jones not having ...

It used to be pitchers undergoing a second repair of their elbow’s ulnar collateral ligament faced something of a professional death sentence, that multiple Tommy John surgeries meant hanging on ...

Bayern Munich full-back Alphonso Davies will be out for "several months" after suffering a cruciate ligament injury in his right knee which requires surgery. Davies sustained the injury during ...

Watkins was carried off the court and into the locker room. Yes, Watkins tore her anterior cruciate ligament, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. The team has not yet confirmed the diagnosis ...

Dr. Richard Hsu, of Stamford Hospital, performs surgeries for patients with Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome. The condition is a type of vascular compression resulting from a ligament in the chest ...

“(The hormone therapy) shrank my ligaments. It’s made me shorter. It’s made me weaker. It’s lessened my muscles. It’s redistributing my fat. It’s lowered my lung capacity,” Schreiner ...