1.   Because of the damaged ligament, he did not start throwing until after the holidays.

2.   A year ago Armstrong was hobbling, wondering if the damaged anterior cruciate ligament in his knee would hold up.

3.   Brian Hansen is out with damaged ligaments in his left knee, which might need surgery.

4.   But he said that a tendon will be taken from his right wrist and wrapped around the damaged ligament.

5.   Doctors also repaired damaged ligaments in his knee and ankle and plated the inside and outside bones of his left ankle.

6.   He also has a damaged medial collateral ligament.

7.   He also has a damaged ulnar collateral ligament.

8.   Somewhat miraculously, the final diagnosis was only a broken nose, a mild concussion and a damaged ligament in his neck.

9.   Sports medicine doctors have applied and developed many new procedures such as arthroscopic surgery to repair damaged ligaments in knees and other joints.

10.   A graft is then used to reconstruct the damaged ligament.