Cruciate ligament

Self-treatment is possible for such unpleasant trauma as rupture of Cruciate ligament at least for faster recovery after surgery having joined the torn parts if this is the case.

The acu scheme is very close to scheme for tennis elbow:

http://acupuncturefortennis.blogspot.com/2010/10/tennis-elbow.html

Harmful energies involved in this trauma are:
--- Cold - basic energy of trauma, chronic pain and all long-term degenerative effects
--- Dryness - , sharp, twisting pains

--- dull constant pain  - Dampness
--- inflammation - Heat
The scheme for men, left knee and women, right knee:

Wind (ligaments)--->Heat (knee)--->Light (cruciate ligament): Cold, Dryness sedate (pain and movements restriction), Heat sedate (inflammation), Wind, Burn (opposite energies) tone up:

The scheme differs just with additional point corresponding to the ligament itself.
  Such schemes are very comfortable for self-treatment (compared to schemes in classic acupuncture)
--- the points are on skin touching nailsfrom outside at 45* to each other, size 2 mm
--- colour of is the colour for natural crystals to tape on

--- numbers indicate sequence of work

For a non-professional self-treatment is:

--- to mark the points by felt-tip pen
--- massage points by something like round tip of a pencil

--- to tape natural crystals of the same colour and size 2-3 mm onto points

--- moxibustion - heating by cigar sold in acupuncture shops or just by 3 incense sticks tied together - in a sequence of numbers, this is critical! – holding them perpendicular to points, 20-30 sec up to 1 min each for 1 session.

If inflammation is already not a problem, one removes points 3 and 4 from the scheme.

The above scheme is good to promote circulation and restore every function in the ligament for post-op period, which implies surgery has already done it's job to restore ligaments integrity.

There can be also scheme to help ligament parts join, though I'm not sure this is much needed considering present level of surgery in sports medicine.