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MCL Tear, What Are The Symptoms? - Dr. Harner (VIDEO)

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Dr. Harner recalls the symptoms patients experience with a medial collateral ligament (MCL) tear.

Dr. Harner:
The usual way that it presents is in the acute setting. The athlete or patient tears the MCL from a grade 1, 2, grade 3, and they have immediate pain. They get swelling and stiffness, and that takes awhile to settle down depending on the grade of tear; grade 3s take much longer; grade 1’s quicker.

About Dr. Harner, M.D.:
Dr. Christopher D. Harner, M.D., is a Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania Professor, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Medical Director, and works in the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Visit Dr. Harner at the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine