step‚ glide by glide‚ I was gaining speed. “BOOM!” Before I could even comprehend what happened‚ I glared down at a surging pain that vibrated through my whole body‚ mainly sourcing from my left ankle. My ankle was completely turned backwards. I frantically yelled out to my instructor‚ “MY ANKLE IS BROKEN!” As he sprinted over to the other side of the gymnasium where I was laying in agony‚ I could see an audience starting to gather. He informed me that the ambulance was on its way and that my mother
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The Trial of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd After assassinating the President‚ John Wilkes Booth visited Dr. Samuel Mudd for treatment on his ankle. Booth broke his ankle jumping out of the theatre box to a twelve foot drop to the stage. Dr. Mudd tried to mend his ankle‚ after which he sent him off with a pair of crutches and a $25 fine. Because of this the military sentenced him to life imprisonment. Dr. Samuel Mudd is innocent‚ he only helped Booth because he was injured and he did not know of the
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We collide and my ankle takes and awkward landing. The next thing I know my right ankle is in so much pain and I can barely play anymore. I walk it off to the locker room and scream in pain when I realize that I probably won’t be playing for a while. I knew it wasn’t broken because I could still limp on it. I go to the trainer she gives me an ice pack and tells me to go see a doctor if I can. I missed the tournament the following weekend and the weekend after that. My ankle was so swollen I could
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just joined the basketball team or soccer team or what Many injuries can occur in middle schools‚ such as concussions‚ back injuries‚ and ankle injuries. Some sports that may cause similar injuries are basketball‚ football‚ baseball‚ workouts‚ track‚ and soccer. In basketball‚ you can get an ankle injury‚ knee injury‚ and sprains. You can get your ankles broken by someone really good and that can an injury. Knee injuries can be caused by getting hit in the knee or when your shooting and you have
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Ankle injuries are common because it ankles are a sensitive part of the body. It is easy to roll or sprain an ankle. The length of this injury depends on the severity of it. A rolled ankle can keep a player out of action for a few days or maybe a week. A sprained ankle heals in about a month or so. However‚ a fractured ankle can take up to 5 months to heal. During Barcelona’s game last Saturday‚ Aleix Vidal‚ a Spanish right back‚ fractured his ankle after a slide tackle from
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and made the pass that allowed Jessie to score our second point. Alex (blue team) kicked it out of bounds so my teammate Kyle was about to throw the ball in. I stepped back to get open but as I stepped my ankle collapsed beneath me and I fell to the ground. I lay on the ground holding my ankle and a few people around me noticed and started to gather around me as tears started to stream down my cheeks. Mrs. Dennis saw the group of kids and rushed over to see what was going on. She pushed her way
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CLEVELAND -- Celtics forward Gordon Hayward was stretchered off the floor in Cleveland after suffering a horrific-looking ankle injury a little more than five minutes into his Boston debut Tuesday night. The team later announced that Hayward fractured his ankle. Hayward’s left leg bent awkwardly after he went up for an alley-oop pass‚ collided with LeBron James and collapsed under the basket with 6 minutes‚ 45 seconds left in the first quarter. Teammates and Cavaliers players‚ including James‚
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John Tom ANTH Research Paper 11/1/10 Sports Injuries in Children Children are easily hurt in sports even as teenagers. Their bodies are not ready for this contact sometimes. Some of these kids also don’t know the sport yet and that can cause an injury. Some kids are forced to play by their parents and they don’t even want to play. The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System estimated the injury rate per one hundred thousand kids to be four hundred fifty four for football‚ three hundred
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dangerous sport. Football is dangerous enough that you have to even quit football. Kids should not be able to play football‚ because football causes a lot of concussions‚ and concussion is a serious problem. Football players get serious injuries such as broken elbows. Also‚ there is CTE‚ which is a dangerous brain disease. First‚ football causes lots of CTE. Basically‚ CTE is Chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ and it is type of brain disease. CTE is common to football players. This is a very intense problem
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Traumatic injuries are those caused by a sudden forceful injury. Some of the more common traumatic injuries in basketball are jammed fingers. The severity of a jammed finger can range from a minor injury of the ligaments‚ which connect bones‚ to a broken finger. Splinting may be needed to allow the injured finger to heal. Another type of traumatic injury is a muscle pull or tear. In basketball players‚ these injuries occur primarily in the large muscles of the legs. To prevent them‚ stretch your thighs
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