Narrative Essay On Sports Injury

I was 12 years old when I started to feel intense discomfort in my left knee. After every baseball game I played, my knee would swell up and become as stiff as a rock. I quickly talked to my parents and they took me straight to the doctors. The doctor told me that my knee required surgery to return to 100%. All I could remember was wanting to play with my teammates. So I told my parents that I wanted to play through the pain. However, I only got through one game until my parents saw enough and forced me to get surgery. At this time, I was very upset with my parents because all I cared about as a 12 year-old boy was sports. So the day came and I had surgery on my left knee. The next step to my recovery was physical therapy. However, the only thought on my mind was returning as soon as

We ended up losing in the playoffs and I played again the next season, but after the following season I realized that I still had not recovered anywhere close to 100%. I went from being the fastest player on the field to an average player. On top of that, my knee was just as swollen as before and I picked up a bad limp because of the scar tissue that gathered up in my knee over time. I found that the cause of this was because I hadn’t attained full range of motion before getting back on the field. However, what hurt me the most was when I overheard my Dad talking about how hard it was to watch me run because my limp was so bad. So I decided that I wanted to get a second surgery, so I could return to normal. After the first surgery, I was really angry because no one ever told me about full range of motion or that I could get scar tissue and lose muscle. This time around I wanted to make sure that I would return stronger than before. Subsequently, I did plenty of research on the best way to recover from knee surgeries. I also picked a new surgeon because my first surgery didn’t go as planned and he was kind of a creepy