Signs of Ligament Injury

The chief symptom of ligament and tendon relaxation is pain. The pain is aggravated by activities when tension is placed upon the ligament and tendon. It usually subsides during inactivity.
The pain may be aching in character, or it may be severe and knifelike, when movement  is attempted.
Pain is perceived when normal tension on a ligament stretches the relaxed ligament fibers, resulting in abnormal tension and stimulation of thesensory nerves because the nerve fibers do not stretch. Most joint pain is ligament pain. By injecting a local anesthetic solution within the ligament abolishes the pain while comfirming the diagnosis.

In acute cases of sprains and torn  ligaments, healing takes place by  proliferation of bone and fibrous tissue at the fibro-osseous junction. When the tissues does not heal and ligament  relaxation results, induced proliferation of bone and fibous tissue strengthens the fibro-osseous junction, stabilizes the joint, and eliminates the disability.