Alright I have one more month of physical therapy and it will be once a week. and my goal is to strengthen my quad muscle. My left quad only has about 15% muscles compared to my right.

I want my nice defined legs back!

I recently got contacted by a college coach. He said he saw me in another girls videos, and liked what he saw. When i talked to him on the phone he said he knew about my injury, but was still very interested and willing to work with it. 

so i went down to one of their practices to meet them, and get a feel of the environment and school. the coaches seemed like very good, fun guys. 

I didn't know what to think, i was definitely excited that someone is still willing to work with me and my knee. But I'm just worried i won't get to the level that i need to be in college. Along with Re-tearing my knee. Its all just unexpected, i never really thought i would get the opportunity.  But I'm signing and they are going to red shirt me for the fall(i won't play just practice) and then in the spring time they will pay for room and tuition. Im excited and nervous at the same time, but i won't be alone, i will know about 6 girls that I've played with.

 

The last videos about the Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair definitely got me thinking about if I would have had the Bridge-Enhanced surgery where would I be in my recovery. How well I would be doing, would I be able to go to my practices and actually be practicing and not just shagging balls.

April 27th was 3 months(13 weeks) after my operation, and as of now I can run, jump, but as long as I'm going straight, I still can't do any cutting or actual playing.

Last week my swim team started practice and since I'm coaching too, I haven't been getting in everyday. But oh man did it feel good when I did go in. I wish that there would of been heated pools available to me when I first started my recovery because my legs were surely burning after the first time.

Yesterday at my physical therapy I used the leg press machine. They set the weight to 90lbs, with my injured leg I did 4 leg presses. With my right healthy leg, I was able to 30 leg presses.....
I just need more time in my days, I have school everyday, then since swimming has started that takes up my after school time. And weekends I always have things going on.
I need to start going to the gym and strengthen my legs back up.












 

-In the United States, 20,000 to 80,000 high school female athletes experience ACL injuries each year, with most in soccer and basketball.
-Straight-ahead sports like jogging, swimming, and biking place little stress on the ACL. Sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that involve cutting, planting and changing direction, in which the ACL plays a vital role, put athletes, particularly females, at greatest risk of ACL injury.'
-Less than a third of all reported ACL injuries involve contact from an outside force such as an opposing player. 

One-step/stop deceleration

Cutting movements

Sudden change in direction

Landing from a jump with inadequate knee and hip flexion (at or near full extension)

Lapse of concentration (resulting from unanticipated change in the direction of the play)

-Overall, girls are 8 times more likely to suffer an ACL injury than boys.


video to help prevent ACL tears. 

Read more:  http://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/muscles-joints-bones/knee/acl-injuries-in-female-athletes#ixzz45pXcenS1

Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair



https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=987515817998042&id=100002189003908
(video)

http://www.themichelicenter.com/revolutionizing-the-acl-surgery/

(Q&A) written in May 2015

http://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/anterior-cruciate-ligament-program/bridge-enhanced-acl-repair-trial

Fig. 1 - ACL tear. Without treatment, healing does not occur. Fig. 2 - ACL reconstruction. The torn ACL is removed and             replaced with a graft of the tendon. Fig. 3 - ACL repair. The ACL is encouraged to heal using             stitches and a sponge instead of a tendon graft.

http://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-and-treatments/conditions/anterior-cruciate-ligament-acl-injury/research-and-clinical-trials

   •    Fig. 1 ACL is torn
   •    Fig. 2 Healing does not occur when blood clot dissolves in joint fluid
   •    Fig. 3 Collagen and blood plasma mixture is injected
   •    Fig. 4 ACL heals successfully

https://www.childrenshospital.org/~/media/centers-and-services/departments-and-divisions/sports-medicine-division/sports-medicine-pdfs/bear_study_trial_brochure.ashx?la=en
power point

Although most patients are able to return to sports, the ACL re-tear rate hovers near 20 percent. Up to 80 percent of patients develop arthritis 15 to 20 years after surgery.

These videos were very interesting to watch.