Injuries can't hold athletes back
For an athlete, hearing a pop in your knee can be the worst thing ever. The horrifying pop that an athlete never wants to hear is the tearing of the ACL, LCL or meniscus.
Those injuries can have athletes sidelined for up to a year with further complications no matter what rehab process they go through.
Many athletes hope to return in full force, but the way they rehabilitate will determine how their knee holds up.
At one time, a torn ACL was a career-ending injury in football, but thanks to improvements in surgical procedures and new rehabilitation techniques, players seem to be coming back faster, and sometimes better than ever.
The injury can range from a partial tear to a full tear. In some cases surgeries can be put off, but many doctors advise that you have the surgery so you don't risk the chance of having a worse tear.
Cleveland Sims Jr., a redshirt offensive tackle heard the horrendous pop during training camp. Tearing his meniscus and his LCL during a walk through, is keeping him out of his sophomore season.
"My injury happened so quick, I was competing for the top spot and it happened. A teammate fell into my knee and I knew what it was," Sims said.
Sims is now back practicing on the field but the process has not been easy.
"It took me two weeks after I got hurt to have surgery, a solid month and a half to rehab and now I am back on the practice field." When asked if he will be able to play this season he said it depends on how my knee holds up. "I am 75 percent healed, I want to play this season I just have to keep working hard.
Sims injury came at a point were he has a chance to come back, for others that is not the case. Senior wide receiver Robert Primes went down during the Alabama A&M game, and a silence covered the stadium.
When he fell, he immediately grabbed his knee and squirmed in pain. Spectators saw the way his leg twisted and knew what the injury was. Later it was determined that he would be out the rest of the season.
"When the doctor told me I tore my ACL and MCL I was more hurt than life itself" said Primes. His injury came at the worse time possible. It was his senior year, final season and the NFL was scouting him. Since his injury, Primeshas been in rehabilitation, and hoping that the NCAA will grant him his sixth year. "I am rehabbing every day trying to get back on the field to the game I love. "
Another player, redshirt sophomore quarterback Trey Green is currently trying to rehab his knee after his second torn ACL injury.
"It's a tough pill to swallow, but I am doing everything I can to be back on the field with my brothers." Green tore his ACL back in high school, used his freshman year to rehab and re-tore it this past summer.
When asked how he is working to get back on the field he said he is just working hard.
"Now I am pushing myself harder and harder everyday, I am patiently waiting to get back on the field, but I will be back out there."
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