“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute or a hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it will last forever.” - Lance Armstrong
June 21st, 2016 friday afternoon, a day that to this day I will never forget it. It was the beginning of my senior football season during preseason and I was looking at a huge season ahead of me. I was looking at starting both sides of the ball offense and defense. It was something that I was trying to achieve my whole high school career, since the very first moment I stepped on a field. In the weightroom for 6 days out of a week, dedicating my whole summer for season for this particular moment. I remember this day as if it were yesterday …show more content…
Finally the doctor comes back and informs me that I have a torn rotator cuff, and a hairline fracture in my shoulder blade. The doctor says i'm looking at atleast 8 weeks of healing and he recommends that I don’t ever play again that shoulder injuries are very serious. Immediately tears start rolling down my cheeks as I think that season is in 5 weeks and i'm missing my senior year and all the preseason work did I just threw it all away. 6 weeks go by and my shoulders beginning to feel better so my hopes are being brought back up as I started to think I am back. That friday there was a 7 on 7 scrimmage and I told my coach I felt fine I can play and he let me play. There was not even 15 minutes that have gone by and my shoulders struck and pain shoots my shoulder like the first time it happened. The trainer comes over asks what is wrong and checks it and says you are sitting and resting for 2 more weeks. The 2 weeks goes by and I am back another friday night and there is another scrimmage and I have had 3 catches and 1 interception I was on fire. The thought started running through my head maybe it is all healed and I am fine now as I go up for a catch and shoved, falling to the ground I hit shoulder first. The same pain begins to shoot my shoulder just as the other 2 times. I begin to walk over to the side lines and the trainer begins to walk over and goes shoulder again and I act as if
June 21st, 2016 friday afternoon, a day that to this day I will never forget it. It was the beginning of my senior football season during preseason and I was looking at a huge season ahead of me. I was looking at starting both sides of the ball offense and defense. It was something that I was trying to achieve my whole high school career, since the very first moment I stepped on a field. In the weightroom for 6 days out of a week, dedicating my whole summer for season for this particular moment. I remember this day as if it were yesterday …show more content…
Finally the doctor comes back and informs me that I have a torn rotator cuff, and a hairline fracture in my shoulder blade. The doctor says i'm looking at atleast 8 weeks of healing and he recommends that I don’t ever play again that shoulder injuries are very serious. Immediately tears start rolling down my cheeks as I think that season is in 5 weeks and i'm missing my senior year and all the preseason work did I just threw it all away. 6 weeks go by and my shoulders beginning to feel better so my hopes are being brought back up as I started to think I am back. That friday there was a 7 on 7 scrimmage and I told my coach I felt fine I can play and he let me play. There was not even 15 minutes that have gone by and my shoulders struck and pain shoots my shoulder like the first time it happened. The trainer comes over asks what is wrong and checks it and says you are sitting and resting for 2 more weeks. The 2 weeks goes by and I am back another friday night and there is another scrimmage and I have had 3 catches and 1 interception I was on fire. The thought started running through my head maybe it is all healed and I am fine now as I go up for a catch and shoved, falling to the ground I hit shoulder first. The same pain begins to shoot my shoulder just as the other 2 times. I begin to walk over to the side lines and the trainer begins to walk over and goes shoulder again and I act as if