Grisham encompasses numerous dramatic incidents one being the career ending knee injury of All-American quarterback Neely Crenshaw. In this sparked a curiosity and posed the question: How was it that Neely couldn’t continue his career after surgery and rehab? After inspecting this abnormality this query was broken down to three portions. The injury itself‚ the surgery‚ and finally rehabilitation. According to the novel‚ Neely Crenshaw blew out his knee his sophomore season at tech. Now this injury
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the anterior cruciate ligament; also known as the ACL. The knee is set up as a central point where three bones meet together forming the knee itself. These bones are the femur (thigh bone)‚ shinbone (tibia) and the kneecap (patella). All of which are connected to other bones by ligaments. The four primary ligaments in the knee are the LCL (lateral collateral ligament)‚ PCL (posterior cruciate ligament)‚ MCL (medial collateral ligament) and the ACL. Each ligament acts like a rope to anchor each bone
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of the joint where the inferior portion of the knee is the proximal head of the tibia and fibula just below. Tendons connect muscle to bone‚ where as ligaments connect bone to bone. The main ligaments in the bone are the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) which runs from the patella to the tibia‚ The Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) which runs from the inside of the knee joint to the posterior head of the proximal tibia‚ the Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) which runs on the medial side of the distal
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I had a full meniscus tear in my right knee. For those who don’t know what a meniscus is‚ it’s a shock absorbing cartilage tendon inside of the knee. Its primary purpose is to take stress of off the other important tendons in your knee such as the ACL and MCL. It’s mainly used when you land from a leap or when you’re trying to change directions quickly. The way this happened to me was unexpected. One day in basketball practice‚ we had a full court scrimmage. This was an exciting
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set me up with a MRI at our hospital on campus‚ and my insurance company wouldn’t cover me since I was “out of state”. So that night I drove home to get my MRI. After getting back the results I found out I had a fully torn meniscus‚ a fully torn ACL‚ and PCL. That same day I scheduled my knee surgery for September 8th 2011. It was the night of September 7th and the rain did not stop‚ the next morning I woke up to a phone call from my doctor saying we needed to reschedule my surgery because of the
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Allows rotation to occur • Deeper capsular ligaments remain taut to keep rotation in check • PCL prevents excessive internal rotation‚ limits anterior translation and posterior translation when tibia is fixed and non-weight bearing‚ respectively • ACL stops excessive internal rotation‚ stabilizes the knee in full extension and prevents hyperextension © 2011 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights • Range of motion includes 140 degrees of
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Callie Cattaneo FYW101 Professor Henrichon 9/6/12 Journey of Hurdles The ACL‚ or Anterior Cruciate Ligament‚ is an extremely important tendon in your knee that is needed to be able to put weight on your leg. It is common‚ now days‚ for women to tear their ACL’s playing soccer‚ but it is not common to tear three. I was 14 years old and starting my freshman year of high school at Sentinel High in Missoula‚ Montana. It was a week after tryouts and to my surprise I had made the varsity soccer
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Skateboarding should not be allowed due to how it affects other people on school grounds. There are four reasons why this method of transportation should be banned while on school grounds. First off‚ it is dangerous to the people on school grounds. If there were to be a person skateboarding and not paying attention‚ and they hit a walking bystander‚ there could be a serious injury. There was an incident reported at a high school in New Jersey were a kid was riding his skateboard and was going extremely
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to get back to the way they were before the injury. For example‚ Adrian Peterson tore his ACL in December of 2012. The injury was suppose to last for about a year‚ if not longer than that; However he was dedicated to get his full health back‚ he was ready to play football within 8 month. Not only did he play‚ but also he was the league most valuable player by the end of the season. He went to rehab every day for six months‚ which led him to do the impossible. Dedication does not only help
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bear Walking with stick for stability Left leg muscle bulk significantly reduced. History: Previous meniscus tear whilst twisting around with post. Previous knee arthroscopy Pain hasn’t improved Objective Ax: MCL‚ LCL‚ ACL‚ PCL all intact. Patella compression positive test for anterior knee pain‚ patella femoral syndrome. Measured AROM. Left knee reduced ROM Findings: Reduced quadricep and hamstring strength in left leg compared to right. Initial Exercises:
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