Personal Narrative: Personal Experiences Of An Athlete

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The one thing that an athlete doesn’t want to hear is that they cannot play their favorite sport because of an injury they recently got. This actually happened to me when I injured my knee while lifting high amount of weight. After my lifting class I was walking perfectly and prepared to get through the rest of the day. Only an hour later I couldn’t walk with my right leg and had to limp through the rest of the day. Two hours after I was limping and trying not to cry from the sharp, acute sting in my right knee. A couple of days after I had a doctor’s appointment to figure out the problem with my knee. While waiting for the specialist to see me, I was sitting with my left leg I was bouncing my leg up and down. When the specialist came in he

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