Injury is a big part of every sport. Many times with injuries, the important thing is not what happens, but how the athlete responds to it. The more proactive with getting treatments and the more determined the person is, the less the injury matters. I have a history of shoulder problems, but it never held me back from playing. Since I had a manageable injury, I was able to continue playing the football with the right help.
When I first started playing football, in 8th grade, I dislocated my shoulder for the first time. Little did I know that when my shoulder dislocated, it stretched part of my labrum. The labrum is the socket that holds the ball of the shoulder and keeps it secure. After stretching it that first time, it only made it more …show more content…
I was more concerned with the fact that I went under anesthesia wearing boxers, and woke up with nothing on under my nightgown. I never got the full explanation on what happened to my missing boxers. To this day, i'm still a little salty about the whole situation. All jokes aside, the operation was a full success and now I began my road to recovery. I was required to keep my arm in an elaborate sling for the first three weeks. After those three weeks I was able to attend physical therapy. Starting off slow, my first couple sessions were spent doing slight movements to get mobility and flexibility back. I would go three times a week to get treatments but that was the only physical activity I was allowed to partake in. Up until surgery, I was active every day. I was either working out, practicing, or playing in game. As a result of being inactive for so long and keeping the same eating habits, I gained weight, and lost muscle mass. The four month period I was inactive, was one of the hardest times of my life. I was overweight, out of shape, and in pain every day. In Spite of that; I knew I would get through it and get back to myself when the time was right. When I was able to workout again, I hit the gym seven days a week and kept going to the sessions of physical therapy. Five months post surgery, one week before football camp started, I was cleared to play football. I was not one
When I first started playing football, in 8th grade, I dislocated my shoulder for the first time. Little did I know that when my shoulder dislocated, it stretched part of my labrum. The labrum is the socket that holds the ball of the shoulder and keeps it secure. After stretching it that first time, it only made it more …show more content…
I was more concerned with the fact that I went under anesthesia wearing boxers, and woke up with nothing on under my nightgown. I never got the full explanation on what happened to my missing boxers. To this day, i'm still a little salty about the whole situation. All jokes aside, the operation was a full success and now I began my road to recovery. I was required to keep my arm in an elaborate sling for the first three weeks. After those three weeks I was able to attend physical therapy. Starting off slow, my first couple sessions were spent doing slight movements to get mobility and flexibility back. I would go three times a week to get treatments but that was the only physical activity I was allowed to partake in. Up until surgery, I was active every day. I was either working out, practicing, or playing in game. As a result of being inactive for so long and keeping the same eating habits, I gained weight, and lost muscle mass. The four month period I was inactive, was one of the hardest times of my life. I was overweight, out of shape, and in pain every day. In Spite of that; I knew I would get through it and get back to myself when the time was right. When I was able to workout again, I hit the gym seven days a week and kept going to the sessions of physical therapy. Five months post surgery, one week before football camp started, I was cleared to play football. I was not one