Recovery Day Narrative

After tearing up my knee for a second time, I made many trips in and out of

In November of 2010, I was playing basketball in the fifth game of my senior season. It was just like any other game. However, I would soon find out otherwise. It was late in the game; I drove into the lane and got fouled hard. I was knocked so off-balance that I speared the floor with my knee. As soon as my knee hit the floor I heard a “snap” that I will never forget for the rest of my life. Little did I know at the time, that would be the last shot of my high school basketball career. Not long after my injury, I consulted a doctor. After getting an x-ray and an MRI, the doctor informed me that I had completely torn my ACL and would need to have surgery. An ACL tear can be a very devastating injury. The anterior cruciate

injury. In the article it explains that you should get the surgery as soon as possible to help better the healing process. I had to decide if I was going to wait on that or take my chance and not give up on playing

As Derrick started to prove people wrong, tragedy strikes again. Just under a month back from injury, on November 22, 2013 Derrick Rose tore the medial meniscus in his right knee. After going through all that adversity Derrick could of just gave up and just quit basketball all together. Derrick was determined to not let any injury stop him. Derrick Rose makes his return again but on February 24, 2015 Derrick Rose tears the medial meniscus in his right

Prior to this injury I had sports that I enjoyed and more importantly, kept me in shape. Its really discouraging at the age of 16 to hear that there is a high possibility you may never be able to do what you love again. It has been like a big game of chutes and ladders where the chutes represent, the times of surgery and pain and having to work hard and the ladders represent me getting back on my feet and climbing all the up to reach my goal . Chutes and ladders is such a tedious game involving a lot of ups and downs which correlates highly with how knee surgery

Meniscus tears are quite serious injuries, and it is recommended not to walk on the knee, and to perform surgery to fix the re-join the torn meniscus. Not walking on the knee prevents further damage to the surrounding if left untreated. Meniscus tears will very rarely heal on their

So I went to the doctor and had it drained with a massive needle that hurt very much but it worked and it has not come back. Unfortunately playing soccer if I kick wrong still ends up aggravating it so I have not been able to get back into soccer which is initially what caused my injury. They always say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and in a way I do feel stronger because I have pushed through those hard 2 or 3 years and managed a full recovery. Looking back I honestly wish that I worked harder to get my full range of motion back but I’m still happy with the 79% that I did get

One of the most common injuries that can occur in a person’s life is an injury to the meniscus. The meniscus is a vital part of cartilage located between the bones of the knee. It helps with stability, mobility and also cushions the knee. There are several menisci within the knee and this along with the variety of motions and impacts that can occur to one’s knee are what cause the likelihood of injury to increase dramatically. The various types of tears require different kinds of rehabilitation. Some of these tears may require surgery. By understanding the injury and different types of treatment options, an injured person will have a better chance at a full recovery.

One bright morning I got up early and headed off to a basketball camp. I had a pretty good time until during one drill I jumped up to block a shot and when I landed my knee popped. All of the sudden my knee hurt pretty bad, I sat out the rest of basketball camp, in a couple of days I went to the doctor. He said, “You need to come back in a couple of days to get an MRI,” I said, “Ok.” In a couple of days I went to get my

Day 1: Today was interesting, I got to sit with Henry at Lunch which was awesome! I could be wrong but I think Henry has a crush on me which is probably why he tells me to go away all the time because he can't handle himself around this sexy body. Other than that life pretty sweet! Also wanna

Intro – About a year and a half ago I was training pretty hard to get into shape for the fire academy here at rio hondo. I would run atleast 5 miles a day to keep good cardio, haha I don’t do much of any running any more. Well, One of those days I went on an uphill run with a 20lb weight pack and experienced some pain in my left knee, about a month later It still hurt so i went to the doctor and after an MRI it was determined that I may have torn my meniscus and I would not be able to attend the academy until it healed. Today im going to go over some knowledge I gained about these types of injuries by experiencing one first hand.

Clinical history: “Chronic medial pain (playing football and stairs), old ACL reconstruction and meniscal surgery 18 years ago.“

I needed to get my injury cleared, so i could get back to doing what i love, playing soccer. I have visited this doctor a couple of times, but hopefully this was the last time. After the nurse got done asking me questions she said, “Dr.Brown will be in shortly” and she then left the room. I sat in a large uncomfortable chair, in the small, bright, white walled room. The room was dead silent. So quiet, you could hear your own thoughts. But the squeaking noise the door made opening interrupted the silence. Dr.Brown walked in; Dr.Brown was a skinny white male, who was no taller than 6 feet, he had brown hair and eyes. He had a very friendly personality, and you could tell after talking to him that he wants me out on that soccer field as bad I wanted to be out there. That's why we had a very good connection, and after 2 months of not being able to play soccer, Mr. Brown told me “You are officially cleared to

The meniscus consists of two fibrocartilage structures in the knee that attach to the tibia, femur, and patella (Frizziero et al., 2012) and is responsible for load transmission and shock absorption (Yoon & Park, 2014). As a result of the significant role that the meniscus plays in everyday use, injuries to the meniscus are very common, especially among people with degenerative arthritis (Mayo Clinic, 2012) and athletes in high injury-risk sports (Frizziero et al., 2012). In order to help a patient recover from a meniscus injury, regular physical therapy is necessary to improve mobility and strength of the knee. Patients with

I am currently recovering from an operation on my knee that occurred right before school started. It was specifically a knee arthroscopy and loose body removal. It started 2 years ago when I was playing soccer. It was the second day of tryouts and I was doing well. At one point our goalie had the ball and was looking at me. I back pedaled then quickly tried to turn my body left and run forward while my momentum was bringing me back. This was not a good combination of motions as I twisted and fell. I ended up dislocating my left knee cap and tearing my medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) which holds your knee cap from moving outwards. It was not only the twisting motion that caused this, I also have a shallow groove where the small bone rests. This causes it to move side to side more rather than staying in the straight path so a part of it was genetic (Minimally). I got an MRI of my knee to confirm the doctor's thoughts and to make sure nothing else was damaged. A very tiny piece of cartilage broke off and was floating Luckily there was no other