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    “This isn’t my place,” Dr. Anderson says while taping an ankle sprain; Calvin had twisted it during scrimmages when he’d tangled up with Bush on a misread play. “But you might want to go and see someone, a different professional. You’ve been really tired lately, and the Vitamin B shots we’ve been giving you haven’t seemed to help.” Calvin’s dark gaze slants down at the white medical tape on his ankle. He gives a sort of non-committal nod. It’s the same thing Stafford said to him

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    injuries as well, which it is why it is important to understand what specialist do what. An orthopaedist is a specialist dancer can look into when dealing with injuries. Common injury locations that an orthopaedist can help treat are, generally, foot, ankle, knee, and back injuries. These kind of injuries can range from fractures, strains, sprains, and tendon injuries (Dance Injuries). Back injuries that orthopaedist can treat a range from degenerative disc disorders, lumbar stenosis, ruptured disc

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    of my life went through my entire arm. I grabbed it right away knowing something was wrong. I’ve never felt pain like this in a game before. In that moment I knew that was the one. Every player knows what it’s like to get hurt. You get sprained ankles and sprained knees all the time, but this was the injury I knew had been coming to me. I looked up at my parents in the crowd and they knew too. Something was wrong. Three doctor’s visits later I’m heading down to Ames to have shoulder reconstruction

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    Life as We Knew It is a realistic fiction novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer. It tells a story about a 16 year old girl named Miranda and her family going through struggles when an asteroid collided into the moon causing the moon to move closer to Earth. There are threats following Miranda and her family around every corner they walk. Tsunamis, earthquakes, starvation, and volcanic eruptions, are just one of the few thing they have to face. The theme of Life As We Knew It is to be selfless because this

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    Early Monday morning as Marissa boarded the plane, she looks around nervously, after one more quick hug from her mom, and dad and she was on her way. She pulled along her black carry on while she thought of what might meet her in the Amazon. Marissa didn't really want to go to Brazil, but her parents persuaded her. Her cousin had invited her and her family to come visit them for 2 weeks. They were all planning to go, but her parents work schedule wouldn’t allow it. Her mom and dad agreed that she

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    numerous and catastrophic. Pain is your body's way of telling you something is wrong. Pain’s job is to draw your attention to sensations such as a burn or a bone break so that you can address the cause of the issue. For instance, if you sprained your ankle, without pain receptors your body would have no way of alarming you of the danger. This situation could require you to tear something resulting in a major injury instead of a minor sprain which would take a couple weeks to heal. People born

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    and are located mostly on the back of his leg. The fourth and fifth rib are just cracked while the sixth is fractured. Johnny’s right ankle was fractured, as well as his foot, so after surgery, when the swelling goes down a bit, the orthopedic specialist will put a cast on his foot and ankle. It should heal within six to eight weeks. His other ankle is a bit sprained, but in a couple days should be fine,” pausing, Doctor Early steeled himself for what he was going to say next, knowing that it would

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    then understand the value of pain or pleasure and how it can be measured. (SR, p.152) He suggests utilitarianism is the only answer, to calculate pains: “Do some kinds of felt happiness or unhappiness count for more than others? Like; pain from a sprained ankle, death of a friend, living near a smelly dump, losing plenty of funds from a stock transfer, ‘undesirable’ people moving into the neighborhood, childbirth, losing a game, or having to write a paper on ethics.” (SG, p. 193) John Stuart Mill goes

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    When Alaina fell down the stairs, she didn’t really know what happened. All she knew was that she had been having fun one second, and was in pain the next. It was so quick, so fast, she didn’t even know what hit her. All she new was that she took a long, plunging trip down the stairs. It all started on one cold, exotic, saturday night. She had gone with her friends to a rodeo in the quiet town of Eureka. She had gotten VIP seats because it was her friend Eve’s birthday, and Eve had to help sing

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    the ER with a possible fractured ankle. After assessment, it was determined that her ankle was simply sprained and would heal in a matter of weeks. However, this young lady seemed to be much more distressed than the other patient. When the other patient overheard that her condition was not severe, he asked her “Why are you acting like it’s the end of your life? You should have seen what happened to me”. However, the young lady was not suffering because of her ankle; she was upset that she would be

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