Even a stunted plant can give fruit. I was starting middle linebacker for a state championship varsity football team as a sophomore. I was the cream of the crop. The dream of playing college football was becoming reality. I was ready to bloom as an athlete. One wrong step, one unnecessary block, and a tragic injury can end it all.
“You see your ACL is like this piece of paper. When you turn the paper like this,” my orthopedic surgeon demonstrates with her hand, “and apply enough force, it tears”. I had torn my anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and meniscus in the state championship game. The average full recovery time from an injury like this is about 8 months. I had college camps, for prospective athletes, to go to. I was supposed to get bigger, faster, stronger. I was supposed to be dominant next season. All these ideas came to an abrupt end when a MRI confirmed that I tore essential ligaments in my knee, an injury that has ended many athletic careers. …show more content…
Even a single fruit. It will take whatever is given and make the best of it. I lifted weights with my upper body everyday. I dieted to keep my weight down, as I could not eat like I had been. I had physical therapy classes twice a week, every week for 4 months. I trained with a variety of different people with the same injury as me. I worked out with hicks, old women, and smelly people. I was embarrassed initially. I thought how could I be working out with these people. I learned how to crack jokes to random smelly strangers, but more importantly I learned that my injury can happen to anyone. I couldn’t let people define me as the guy that tore his
“You see your ACL is like this piece of paper. When you turn the paper like this,” my orthopedic surgeon demonstrates with her hand, “and apply enough force, it tears”. I had torn my anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and meniscus in the state championship game. The average full recovery time from an injury like this is about 8 months. I had college camps, for prospective athletes, to go to. I was supposed to get bigger, faster, stronger. I was supposed to be dominant next season. All these ideas came to an abrupt end when a MRI confirmed that I tore essential ligaments in my knee, an injury that has ended many athletic careers. …show more content…
Even a single fruit. It will take whatever is given and make the best of it. I lifted weights with my upper body everyday. I dieted to keep my weight down, as I could not eat like I had been. I had physical therapy classes twice a week, every week for 4 months. I trained with a variety of different people with the same injury as me. I worked out with hicks, old women, and smelly people. I was embarrassed initially. I thought how could I be working out with these people. I learned how to crack jokes to random smelly strangers, but more importantly I learned that my injury can happen to anyone. I couldn’t let people define me as the guy that tore his