My Labyrinth In The Soccer Field

My thread is my passion, my daily grind for soccer and running track. I lost my thread when I tore my ACL completely on April 1st in a soccer game, and it took a long time to get my thread back. My labyrinth is how to bounce back from having such a significant surgery happen and not to give up on sports like most do when this happens. My orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Jason
Jones is my Daedalus. He created a new ACL for me out of my own hamstring graft instead of using a cadaver, which my body will most likely reject. The hamstring is more suited for someone of my petite size, rather than the patellar tendon graft, which is more commonly used in football players. Daedalus created the Labyrinth and is known for his cleverness and intelligence,
The overall goal from after this surgery and recovery was to go back to how my life was before. I needed to find the strength and courage again to have the power to step foot on the soccer field without completely psyching myself out and have fear control me. Ryan Schaefer, who is my physical therapist and trainer, has torn both his ACLs several times and had excellent advice and relatable moments. Ryan is my Araidne, he helped me through my worst just like she did for Theseus. In the story I relate to Theseus because I am trying to find my thread after this surgery, and conquer my own version of the Minatour which is ACL reconstruction surgery. At the end of July is when I started to get back my groove, I finally was allowed to start jogging a do mild biking, but in reality I would run and bike almost every day to help boost my confidence and strengthen my knee. My whole summer was about my recovery basically, I went to STAR Physical Therapy three times a week and worked out on my off days to help put me a little farther ahead than the usually 6 months it takes people to be cleared for sports. I was cleared for all sports after