Soccer Star Goes Down
At first my trainer told me it was either a slight tear or a sprain but that i should get a MRI. When we got the results that i had completely torn my ACL and partially torn my meniscus, i was devast…
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Soccer Injury
At first my trainer told me it was either a slight tear or a sprain but that i should get a MRI. When we got the results from it i was devastated. It was about to be my best year. Varsity soccer and …
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Ever Play Netball?
After the initial pain wore off, I tried to continue but the classic symptom occurred, my knee gave way when I tried to jump straight up from a standstill.I couldn't diagnose the injury, but I knew i…
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Use Caution As You Get Older
I did think something was wrong. The first step was to get the X-ray done and it did not show any fracture.My sixth sense told me that I should go for an MRI which I did within 48 hours and it clearl…
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Military Training
My knee popped and gave way underneath me. I didn't know I had torn my ACL, I just thought I had sprained or strained my knee. As I went to stand up my knee just gave out and I couldn't support any w…
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Tumbler Took a Tumble...
I was tumbling one day for the girls and they wanted to see a flying squire. Which in real terms is an Ex-out. I landed perfectly. It's one pass I've done a thousand times. But the second I went to t…
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Tore Two Ligaments Playing Basketball
I did not know I tore my ACL initially but at the same time I knew something was wrong. Today, I was seen by a Sports Medicine DR and it was discovered that I sustained a complete tear of my ACL, PCL…
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Great Advice fron the Often Injured
The first time (left knee) I was going up for a lay up on the left side, when a girl out of no where pushed me to my left and my knee gave out. I felt/heard a pop and went down in shock... I couldn't…
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Should Have Never Tried Skiing!
I fell and I heard a pop and it was very painful! I tried to get up and my knee did not feel stable and was wobbly. I am so scared of having the surgery...it looks terrible what they do to the knee, …
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Gardening Injury!
The pain wore off but when I walked, every few few strides my knee felt 'loose' as it swung forward. I also do pretty intensive Iyengar yoga and could tell then that all wasn't entirely well but had …
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Pivot While Playing Soccer
Like I said my knee popped and gave out when it happened. I didn't exactly know what it was but I knew it was a ligament on my knee that was torn. My knee wasn't in very much pain. It was just this a…
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Kick Boxing
We sparred for 2 x 3 minute rounds & during the first minute of the third round, my sparring partner threw a left leg round house kick that was aimed at my ribs. I pivoted to the left on my left foot…
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High Impact Aerobics
I didn't know how bad my knee was hurt. I thought I just overworked my knee. Maybe just a strain, so I did the whole RICE concept. No change. I scheduled a doctor appointment. The MRI told the story…
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Slidign Exercise Damaged ACL
All I knew is that my leg was not bending correctly. I was sliding across the mat like I've done for many years and I never thought of it as being dangerous. I now want to get rid of the mat. I'm als…
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No End to The Injuries
2nd ACL tear happened after rehabbing intensely for a year, my very first game back on the court I received a pass in the post and went to pivot and this time I heard a very loud crack in my right kn…
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