Damaged ligaments in a motorcycle accident

One of the forms that a personal injury may take following a motorcycle accident is a ligament injury. This often involves the knee joint, but may occur in almost any point where a body bends.

What is a ligament?
A ligament is a strong collagen fibre, like a rubber band, that holds joints together by connecting the bones. (Tendons connect bones to muscles.) The most important ligaments that may be affected in a crash are those in the knee, which consist of:

• anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
  a central ligament that controls turning and straightening the lower leg;
• posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)
  a central ligament that controls bending the lower leg;
  medial collateral ligament (MCL)
  a ligament that stabilises the inside of the knee;
• lateral collateral ligament (LCL)
  a ligament that stabilises the inside of the knee.

Ligament injuries
A ligament injury may not be immediately painful; a sufferer may, following a bike crash, simply hear a popping noise and find that one leg will no longer bear weight. This is followed by swelling. However, a crash victim cannot rely on the absence of pain.

Medical advice should be sought if you have any fear that you may have suffered a ligament injury, as your recuperation may be affected if you do not. Ligament injuries may also resemble other conditions, and a doctor's expertise will be invaluable in such cases.

Treatments may include:

• reducing swelling with ice pack application
• muscle-strengthening exercises
• using a protective knee brace while exercising

Making a compensation claim after a motorcycle accident ligament injury
If you have injured your ligaments in a motorbike crash, or indeed suffered any kind of personal injury, the no win, no fee solicitors at YouClaim may well be able to help you make a compensation claim to cover such things as medical costs and damages.

We ensure that all damages awarded in a won case go directly to you - we have a 100% compensation promise - and whether you win or lose, we undertake to charge you no fee at all in a traffic accident case. We believe that if you are the one suffering from a personal injury, a case should be free to you.

Our personal injury solicitors are highly skilled, and all approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. This means you can also rely on our expertise.

It's also easy to get your claim underway today. Simply get in touch with our advisors, who will discuss your case in confidence and in plain English, and we'll handle all the complexity for you. You can reach us by e-chat, through our call-back form, or you can simply call our motorcycle accident specialists on 0800 10 757 95.