Common Knee Injuries: What’s Hurting You and How to Fix It

Health Matters with Dr. Chillemi

Mike Chillemi

Self-improvement, Education, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Medicine

5 • 890 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Let’s be honest—knee injuries can take you out of the game fast. Whether you're chasing your kids, training for your next race, or just trying to make it up the stairs without wincing, this episode is your crash course in what’s really going on with that pain.

In today’s episode of the Health Podcast, Dr. Mike Chillemi is pulling back the curtain on the most common knee injuries—we’re talking ACL tears, meniscus damage, fractures, dislocations, and more. You’ll get straight-up info on what causes them, how to spot them, and the treatments that actually work.

💥 If you’re tired of guessing, Googling symptoms at 2 a.m., or being told to “just rest it,” this episode is your playbook for taking control of your recovery.

Here’s what you’ll learn:
✅ The most common knee injuries (and how they happen)
✅ What the pain is really trying to tell you
✅ Diagnosis methods you can trust
✅ Real treatment options—from basic to breakthrough

🎧 Hit play. Because you deserve answers—and a body that moves like it should.
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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Health Matters. My name is Dr. Michael Chilemi.
0:07.9	And on this episode, this is going to be episode number two in my knee series.
0:13.1	So we're going to take a deep dive into knee injuries, specifically knee injuries.
0:18.4	In my previous video, we talked about the full anatomy of the knee,
0:23.2	what it does, what are the functions of ligaments, bones, the meniscus, and now I want to talk about
0:34.6	injuries. So we're going to really get into the intricacies of knee injuries, from common ligament
0:44.2	tears to meniscus injuries to fractures to dislocations.
0:48.3	We're going to provide you a comprehensive analysis of symptoms causes diagnosis and stages of care and stages of
1:01.1	types of treatment that we're going to talk about.
1:04.5	This episode will equip you with the knowledge to understand and manage your knee injuries
1:10.4	better, whether you're an athlete or someone
1:13.6	with an active lifestyle or someone to learn more about knee health in general, or you're a
1:20.0	couch potato and you have knee problems. Whatever the case may be, let's get started. So,
1:25.0	first thing we're going to talk about is ligament tears.
1:28.1	So the first one that I'm going to jump into is the anterior cruciate ligament.
1:34.6	So it's called ACL for short.
1:39.2	The anterior cruciate ligament is crucial for stabilizing the knee joint. Symptoms of problems with the ACL
1:48.1	are acute pain at the time of injury. Often you hear a pop with it, right? You hear a, not kind of like a
1:57.0	snap, but more of a pop. Usually you get rapid swelling within a few hours of the
2:01.9	post-injury, and then a lot of times you have the inability to put your weight on your knee.
2:09.4	You have reduced ranges of motion. It's one of those, when you feel it, you feel like, oh, something just happened, you know it, right?
2:20.5	You know when you have an injury like this.
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