Essay On Terminating Injury

After sustaining a knee injury that required for surgical intervention while in high school, I struggled with recurring ailments throughout my intercollegiate career. It was not until my father, who is an Osteopathic physician, was performing manipulation on me did we begin to diagnose the potential causes. The issue was muscle imbalance and limited flexibility in certain areas of my body that was shifting majority of my weight onto my knees while performing certain movements. This went unnoticed by physicians because while performing examinations the scope was concentrated on the immediate areas around my knee. With the knowledge I obtained through manipulation I have been able to treat my knee ailments by strengthening and lengthening muscles throughout my body. Having this experience helped solidify that if I am to be the physician I aspire to be, it is imperative to be trained in this form of medicine.

Limping out of the court with a twisted ankle, I winced in pain. As the main player of the university Table-Tennis team, I was determined not to let my team’s effort go in vain. The final match was two days away and I decided to focus on my strengths- my backhand chop, as opposed to only concentrating on my opponent’s weakness. As I was getting my foot examined, my coach remarked, “The pain of regret is greater than the fear of failure”. This thought comes back to me today as I prepare to apply for my Internal Medicine Residency in the United States.

The term ACL refers to Anterior Cruciate Ligament. The ACL is one of two ligaments in the middle of the knee that connects the femur to the tibia. The tearing of your ACL is a pretty common injury. There are about 100,000 ACL tears in the United States each year at a financial cost of around $1.7 billion. This wound is usually caused by pivoting, cutting, and jumping while playing sports. The number of people who have torn their ACL is actually increasing. Doctors believe this is happening either because more people are participating in high intensity

Imagine an athlete at the top of their game coming to a sudden halt because of a life-altering injury, tearing their Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). This happens to athletes everywhere because of lack of awareness and lack of prevention. To a non-athlete, this injury might not sound life-altering, but when an athlete hears that they have torn their ACL, they know that there will be a hard journey in front of them. Until an athlete endures the hardships of recovering from this injury, they do not understand the intricacies and the pains that an athlete endures when facing this game-changing injury. Not all athletes can avoid an ACL injury by preventative strengthening exercises, so they must endure a long process of recovery in order

Waking up to a nurse and terrible pain on my right leg, I realized I just got out of surgery. Six months prior I was injured playing the sport that was once my life, soccer. I completely tore my Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), a ligament that holds the femur (the bone on top of the knee) and the tibia (a bone below the knee); it controls reasonable movements and prevents forward movements of the tibia. As a result, I received a traumatizing surgery in my knee causing my muscles to shut down. It felt as horrible as it sounds. As result of this terrible experience, I had to work with many physical therapists to recover from the surgery. At that time my soul was crushed, I have lost hope. It was my senior

In support of Preventing re-injury after ACL reconstruction: What constitutes optimal rehabilitation and Traditional versus Accelerated Rehabilitation following ACL Reconstruction: A One-Year Follow-Up, concluded that an accelerated approach was most effective in

One can say that an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tear, is an athlete’s worst nightmare. The ACL is one of four major ligaments that stabilizes and supports the knee. Its main function is to prevent anterior movement of the tibia off of the femur along with hyperextension. The ACL injury occurs from overstretching the ligament often caused by a sudden change in direction, awkward landing from a jump, sudden deceleration, or even a direct collision (3). More importantly, three out of four ACL injuries occur from non-contact instances (2). During the onset of the injury, a distinct popping noise can be heard with an instantaneous sharp pain causing the athlete to fall to the ground. It is the most common type of injury in the knee in the

The sports that are more inclined to suffer ACL tears include soccer, basketball, football and tennis (Souryal, n.d.). The University of California, San Francisco reveals that the “ACL injury has an annual incidence of more than 200,000 cases with ~100,000 of these knees reconstructed annually (Kim, 2009). The vulnerability of a torn ACL in athletes is 1,000 to one (Souryal, n.d.). //////////////////////////////

The next day came and I woke up to my mom helping me get up to get in the car to drive 45 minutes from home to attend to an appointment my mom made with an Orthopedic specialist. Luckily, my mom knew the doctor and he told her to have me come immediately. The doctor’s office was so cold but maybe I was also just so anxious to find out what was wrong with my ankle. Was my ankle fractured? Or was my ankle broken? I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I couldn’t stop thinking about the news I was just about to receive because I knew it was more than just a fracture. I wish it was all just a dream but it came to turn out that my ankle was more than just

I began my first day of medical school on crutches. During a long bike ride the previous day, the skies opened and it began to rain, as it so often happens in New Orleans. Nearly home while taking a corner, I slipped off my bike and split my knee open. As a result, I ended up spending the rest of the afternoon in the emergency department getting twenty sutures and was diagnosed with a torn patellar tendon. The following day at the White Coat Ceremony, I clumsily crutched across the stage to begin my medical school career.

When I arrived, the physical therapists were extremely friendly and asked me how I injured myself. I explained with a smile, “I was playing basketball, and I went up for a pass and came down wrong on my knee.” Time went by, and they continued to chat with me, as well as, do some painless exercises to help my range of motion; likewise, they were very gentle, because it was my first day after surgery. When doing different exercises, I had to take my brace off, so I could move my knee better. Since it was my first time, I was extremely panicked, because it was all so new for me, and I didn’t want anything to go wrong. The therapist saw the worry on my face and said, “Don’t worry, everything will be fine, I won’t hurt you.” With that being said, I felt more comfortable and took off my brace and began doing the different exercises with the guidance of the therapist, and as soon as I was done doing a various amount of different activities; the therapists gave me ice to ice my knee for a certain amount of time. Going to therapy three times a week, helped me strengthen my knee and also encouraged me to get back out on the basketball

I had no idea what was going on with my body; I just knew that my hip constantly screamed at me, stabbed at me with its sharp hip poker, and used its hip powers to wreck my ability to walk, run, and even support my own bodyweight. Coaches and my parents called it “no big deal”

I tore my MCL and ACL nine months ago. During my recovery, I lost all my motivation to push myself. I stopped doing my exercises and consequently stopped making progress. Instead of thinking of the long-term effect my negligence would have on my future, I was focusing on the short-term reward–no pain. Pulling myself up from this taught me how to push myself from my lowest to go beyond what I had previously settled for. I’ve learned to take things seriously from the start and to hold myself to the standards and level of commitment that I set.

Imagine you are going along playing a sport you love and then all of a sudden you step wrong. The knee bends back and you hear a loud pop followed by excruciating pain that drops you to the floor. You find out later that the pain you felt was your ACL tearing. There is nothing holding your knee stable anymore. It is then followed by a 6-9 month recovery. It is crazy how fast one little thing can change your whole year. I have torn both of my ACL’s in the past two years. I have had to recover twice. I have talked to a bunch of doctors, nurses, physical therapists, and athletic trainers. Everyone has a chance of tearing their ACL, girls even have a better chance of tearing it because of the structure

Though the injury was not awful, devastating was the news I received just two weeks into football season. After finally making varsity cheerleading, my broken foot forced me to wait yet another year to gain the position for which I worked so relentlessly. However, I did not let it entirely dampen my spirits and relied on my optimism to peel out positives. In fact, my immobility had an astounding way of revealing the compassions and sympathies of my family and friends who graciously helped me maneuver throughout my days. When considering future patients, I reflect on this vulnerability and the similar opportunity to provide support. Aware that a sick or injured condition can be frightening, I also recognize how it opens a door for disclosing