It was just only minutes into the game, On the pitch, the ruck was formed, I took the pass of the scrum half , I was tackled and landed awkwardly, then two others from the other side fell on top of me and I felt a crunch in my shoulder. Instantly the unbearable pain began and the pain would stay for a long time. Two to four weeks and you will be playing rugby again I was told. Eight months later until I played my first game of rugby – only by chance. Doctors, nurses and physiotherapists could not get it right. Every time I was given a different diagnosis. It was a long time before I got a set diagnosis. I had a sternoclavicular dislocation at the growth plate, so in other words I dislocated my collar bone in the unlikeliest …show more content…
You know when it is a major injury or a minor injury when it occurs. I knew mines were major when it happened, but I told myself otherwise. After I injured myself, I had the choice of going to the hospital, and that was an easy decision. No thanks every time I go it’s usually severer but the hospital does an exceptional job and that’s why they are there. I got home and I was in agony, struggling I was made to go to the hospital in the morning. While being driven there every dip, bump and corner in the road was felt with extreme pain. It definitely was the right decision to go to hospital, but I cannot stand the waiting and what the possibility of how awful the results could be. I was delaying the inevitable. So when I was there in the morning it was quiet. I went through very swiftly going to get x-rays and people examined it before getting diagnosed and I explained what happened. I struggled to pinpoint where it was, due of the overall pain and swelling. I had been told I damaged and torn muscle. It was like I was rushed through as they did not have an expert on hand at that time of the year, but back then I thought well that was lucky and would get a little break for a while away from rugby, what an idiot I