Sprained ankle

IT’s amazing how playing one sport can change where mind about going to college. It all started as a normal day, I was outside playing when my friend came came out of nowhere and forced me to got tell my mom to take us to the middle school to join football. At first I thought about it and said I might not join because I never played in a school team before. And I still went but we got there late because I just told me mom and she was making food so we waited and we were late. When we got there…

Soccer is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. Soccer has been around for so long but the U.S. is behind 90% of Europe is playing soccer and there years and milestones ahead of the U.S. The United States Women’s Teams is the first to ever win a World Cup for the U.S. The United States is not the best at soccer and there is so much more to soccer than just the World Cup. There are so many leagues in soccer the U.S. league is the MLS not the best league but close some of the…

months, the two of them had been dying to go their uncle Ned’s new vacation home in South PEI. The brochure said there was kite surfing, scuba diving, and wake boarding. But Mark and Jessie should have thought things through, because Ned recently sprained his ankle, and all those activities needed an adult to accompany them. Two months of begging for nothing! Mark thought angrily. This vacation is a disaster! He was about to take a nap in his lounging chair, when Mark saw the new, unopened…

The Unnoticed Heroes A sprained ankle, it’s no big deal. However, as the days go on the ankle starts to hurt more and more.The first place to go is the family doctor. They say it might be serious and now it’s time to go to a different set of doctors. The doctors take some scans and they show that the bones in the ankle are broken and surgery is necessary. Surgeons are nice and all, but they’re still cutting into the body and that hurts a lot. Fear not though, for there are really special doctors…

that need moving try to lift the objects careful by putting most of the weight on both legs and be sure not to lift and twist at the same time. Before any sporting event be sure to wear proper footwear. Athletic shoes should fit so there is plenty of ankle support while running. Stretching is the most effective way of preventing muscle injuries. An athlete should stretch every muscle before a game so their body is loose and it will be easier for the joints to move. If the muscles are not warmed…

Numb, I couldn’t feel anything in my fingers and toes. I couldn’t even remember what I did the entire day. I couldn’t hear anything besides the ringing in my ears. I laid on the ice and was blinded by the lights in the arena. I knew it was bad, I’ve been hit before but this one was different, this is the kind where they say, it might be time to hang it up, if I had a nickel for every time some coach or some doctor said that to me, well I probably wouldn’t have to work anymore. The trainers came…

cheerleaders (128 of 257 injuries).” ("Treating Cheerleading as a Sport") Evolving from sideline squads that once led fans in school fight songs to high-powered, complex, acrobatic shows to motivate the crowd, cheerleading is racking up sprained wrists, twisted ankles, damaged knees, strained backs and sometimes much worse. ("Cheerleading Ranks First in Catastrophic Sport Injuries") Common injuries in cheerleading are strains, sprains, soft tissue injuries, dislocation, fractures, lacerations,…

found that all ten people I asked to give up their seat indeed did. During the early morning test I found that the number of people who did not give up their seat usually gave an excuse in not doing so. For example, one man said that he had sprained his ankle the previous day and needed the seat, but no brace could be seen. Next, a woman in her mid-twenties said that she could not give up her seat because she was pregnant, but her pregnancy bump could barely be seen. The excuses people made not…

Rehabilitation in Tears and Strains Rehabilitation is the act of restoring something to its original state, in exercise science this includes muscles, joints, ligaments, and bones. Exercise science is the study of human movement and how the body responds and adapts to physical activity, health, exercise, and sports. Often times people who are in need of this type of rehab are athletes, people who are constantly working out, and the elderly. Athletes being the most common who seek rehab…

Everything I am and have accomplished so far in my life can, at least in part, be credited to my parents. My mother, a professor of chemical engineering, and my father, a healthcare automation and systems integration engineer for a major healthcare provider, are my biggest role models and who I try to emulate in both my work and academics. They instilled in me the hard-working and determined attitude that enabled me to be successful in my studies, as well as the compassion, leadership qualities…