When you think of an ACL tear, you probably imagine a knee problem—instability, swelling, lost strength. But what if the real story goes beyond the joint? In this episode of the Physio4U Podcast, host Girish Srinivasan, Registered Physiotherapist and CEO at Insta Physical Therapy & Group of Clinics, explains why an ACL injury also impacts your brain and nervous system, not just your knee.

Girish breaks down how ACL injuries disrupt proprioception, alter motor control, and reshape the brain’s movement patterns through neuroplasticity. You’ll learn why many patients develop compensations like quad-avoidance gait, why visual dependence increases, and how the brain begins to “protect” the injured leg—even after surgery.

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