I am quite delighted that my knee tore apart a year ago. Although it was very painful, my injury revealed tons of unique qualities that were unknown to myself. The road to recovery was not how I expected it to be. However, the decision made to persevere through the struggle took a whole-hearted effort. Injuries in life may be a major setback, still we have to persevere wholeheartedly. An injury may be blown at any moment, yet how I handled mine molded me into who I am.
The injury that was blown at me was during the final game of the 2015 football season. At the last minutes of the game, along my 8th tackle of the night, my own teammate cleared my knee out without even knowing it. I can recall yelling and gazing into the dark Memphis skies trying …show more content…
My heart tore apart as I expected to be no more than a partial tear, yet it was fully torn. Immediately, I researched what I was going to endure for about a year. There were many obstacles to stumble upon such as the following: therapeutic exercises, what to consume, precautions, progression dates, pain levels, and even the surgery itself! In my mind, I desired the moment of returning back to sports to play for my team every minute. Even though Mom and Dad were not allowing anymore sports, the veins in my heart were pumping with the passion of pursuing …show more content…
I would be the only patient who had to exercise for more than 2 hours a day, 3 times a week. I had to relearn how to walk and perform strenuous exercise, however, my background in various sports made me fast paced and work hard. There were plenty of times I wanted to punch my therapist for all of the stretches she did, conversely, it would help me become flexible again. At home I would stretch more and each week a measurement was made. Every week, there was always a slight improvement in mobility. It would be painful in spite of this, remaining emotionally tough made me persevere through the physical pain. No matter what my mindset was, I persevered to achieve that