![]() The meniscus acts as your knee’s shock absorber, stopping bones from contacting one another directly. For these reasons, after the pain subsides, balancing exercises are often used to build the joint’s sense of position back up. This can create joint instability, losses in balance, and diminish muscle reflexes. When ligaments tear the sensitivity of these cells is also disrupted – less information about knee joint position reaches the brain. Embedded within fibers are small cells that sense changes in joint position (proprioception). Ligaments don’t only act as “chains” connecting bones together, they also are extremely receptor-rich tissues.
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