The Left Leg

any medication allergies. DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Ms. Iversen has a walker and a bedside commode. ADL’S Ms. Iversen is dependent on some dressing, bathing, hair washing, meal preparation, house cleaning. She is non weight bearing to the right leg. MEDICAL/SURGICAL HISTORY Ms. Iversen said she has ha history of cervical pain. She has a congenital fusion of the cervical spine. Ms. Iversen denied any smoking, alcohol use or drug use. EDUCATIONAL HISTORY Ms. Iversen graduated from high…

Beep…Beep…Beep… was the sound of the alarm on my phone as I frantically searched for it with my sleepy eyes trying to free myself of the torment of the sound. It was 5:30 am, It was at that time again; time to take my early morning run. I got up, ran to the bathroom, washed my face, dressed and headed for the door. I stood in front the door for a mere two minutes as I collated my “running playlist on my iPod then went on my morning journey. It was a habit I formed and it helped to clear my mind…

started to sprint. I kept on telling myself push through, hold your place, because I knew that for some reason I could never seem to muster up enough energy to sprint hard enough at the end. Despite being tired, I managed to work up to a sprint, with my legs quickly pushing off the ground, and propelling me forward. I crossed the finish line. The lady handing out the cards looked at me. “You came in 7th” she said. I couldn’t believe it, that was 11 place higher than I got in the last meet. I…

Hundred Americans lose a limb daily. Limb loss is the loss or non-development of a portion or complete loss of an arm or leg. The CDC estimates that nearly two million Americans are living with limb loss in the United States today. Unlike these resilient people I was able to choose what disability I would live with for a third of my day. Initially I wanted to go without my right leg for eight hours. However making accommodations for this was proving to be a little difficult and time restrictions…

large muscle on one side of the limb reflecting the limited range of motion attributed by the elbow and knee joints. The differences consist of the lower leg muscles are larger and stronger due to the greater load bearing capabilities. Muscles of the upper limbs such as the deltoid muscle in the arm does not have a direct analogy in the leg since the leg does not have a greater range of motion compared to the arm as the muscles of the hip joint does not require the exertion efforts in as many…

having others around. I also didn’t think anybody cared about what I did. Like when we had to do our weekly 3 mile run, and I would want to give up. My teammate slowed down and ran with me, not letting me quit no matter how badly my lungs burned or legs hurt. He encouraged me along the way, told me about his dreams and asked about mine. Another time was when we were working on drills, and since I was new to the sport at the time I didn't know much about checking what was legal and what wasn’t,…

hibernating beneath the ground. She has no idea what I want or why I expect her to do it but she eagerly sniffs around, perusing for anything that will satisfy me. I feel saliva pooling up beneath my tongue as I think about the delectable fried frog legs that will reward me after I bring home the…

places with all these needles. Everything became a blur as they gave me the anesthesia to calm me down before they took me back. I vaguely remember my parents telling me good look and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in recovery. My whole right leg was numb from the waist down and I was extremely groggy. I wasn’t in any pain and I was able to eat some crackers and drink some apple juice. My surgeon told my parents that the surgery was successful and they repaired all my torn ligaments and…

This type of bandage is used to provide support for the ligaments and tendons located in the lower limb contralateral to the injured leg which is bearing excessive weight. This technique is similar to the previous minus the use for underlying wound dressing, inner conforming gauze layer, the wide adhesive elastic tape or tape around the top and bottom. When using a splint, the materials…

In our lives we can chose what happens in them. The sports gene is about Donald Thomas that was born with an Achilles tendon and about Stephon Holm who wasn’t born with an achilleas tendon. They compete against each other in high jumping. Thomas doesn't even have to train because of his achilleas tendon which allows him to jump higher than Stephon who does train. Into the wild is about Chris McCandless who sells all his stuff, donates all his money, and gives up his education at Emory University…