Level 1 · Knee · Musculoskeletal
Anterior cruciate ligament: support, not a substitute for surgery
If your tear is partial, or you are coming out of a reconstruction, this can accompany the recovery. If the ligament is completely torn and the knee gives way, what restores stability is surgery.
- 2–4
- days in Mexico
- 1–2
- applications in the base protocol
- $4,000–9,000
- USD, base protocol range
What anterior cruciate ligament injury does to your day
The knee gives way
The knee gives way when you turn or change direction.
Confidence
You have lost confidence in that leg and avoid uneven ground.
The swelling
It swells after activity and takes its time to settle.
Your sport
You gave up the sport you played, or you play it afraid.
What it can do and what it does not
Both lists carry the same weight because both matter equally to your decision.
What it can do. In documented cases
- It may support recovery in partial tears.
- It may accompany the post-surgical process in selected cases.
What it does not do. And we will not imply otherwise
- It does not rebuild a completely torn ligament.
- It does not restore stability to a knee with a complete tear: that is surgery.
- It does not replace rehabilitation, which remains the basis of the result.
The protocol, step by step
| Item | anterior cruciate ligament injury · base protocol |
|---|---|
| Days in Mexico | 2–4 days |
| Price range | $4,000–9,000 USD |
| Applications | 1–2 |
| Route of administration | Ultrasound-guided intra-articular injection |
| Session length | 90 minutes |
| Follow-up | 30 · 90 · 180 days |
| Signed protocol | Current protocol · 2026 |
The treating physician sets the final protocol for each case
Questions about anterior cruciate ligament injury
Written by the treating physician. The first one prevents the most wasted trips.
If you have a complete tear with instability — the knee goes out from under you — you need surgical reconstruction. Offering you anything else would cost you time and money.
From an MRI and an examination. We ask for both before accepting you, and if the scan shows a complete tear we tell you so in writing before you travel.
It is assessed as an adjunct to the post-operative period in selected cases. It does not shorten rehabilitation timelines and it does not replace your surgeon in decisions about your recovery.
That is not something we can promise, least of all with a partial tear managed without surgery. Pivoting sports demand stability; whoever runs your rehabilitation is the one who decides when you go back.
Your physician sets that according to the grade of the injury. The treatment does not change that instruction: if they told you six weeks, it is still six weeks.
Two to four days, with the assessment, the procedure and a check-up before your flight home.
Send us your MRI and we will tell you if you are a candidate
The assessment is with the specialist who performs this protocol. If your case is outside what it can help, we tell you on the first call.
What we need from you
- An MRI or X-ray less than 12 months old
- A list of the medication you take today
- What you have already tried: physiotherapy, injections, surgery