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Injured Student Athlete Community (tore ACL (Mentally draining (Led to…
Injured Student Athlete Community
Playing soccer since 4 yo
Love for the game
Made me feel good mentally/ Physically
mom coached first team
Chose sports over modeling
Could be somewhere completely else right now in my life
Hind sight: Still chose sports over anything else
sports made me a stronger person
tore ACL
Retore ACL
Less than 1/4 meniscus
other arthritic issues
Cadaver ACL
Wouldn't be able to walk without Cavader donation
crutches for nearly 6 months
On pain killers for an entire year
Grueling PT
Mentally draining
Couldn't be physically active
Wasting a full year of my high school sports career
Couldn't drive/ go to school dance
had to wear a metal brace for over a year
Never fit properly due to atrophy/ swelling
Looked like the ones lineman wear in pro football
Led to bouts of depression
Lack of care for anything
school
Par took in risky partying behavior
Didn't even want to watch teammates play because it was so upsetting
Countless time and money spent on doctors visits
Senior year
Was too scared to play again
As a senior , missed tryouts but teammates begged me to come back and attend practices
Overcame fear of hurting knee again
got stronger
realized some teams would be scared of the metal brace(intimidated) , and others would target me as a "weak link" but my teammates had my back