she heard her leg snap in 3 different places. The swelling was so bad at first they could not make a verdict. Later on she had key hole surgery which showed she had snapped the anterior cruciate ligament in half‚ which pulled off a chunk of her femur bone leaving a 50p sized hole in the bone about 5 cm deep. The medial ligament also popped and the cartilage ruptured. The process is still on going with surgery and she will receive more this year. ‘A sports psychologist is more likely to gain entry
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is and what happens when it is torn and the surgery part plus extensive rehab are needed before an athlete can even consider about returning to football. ACL also known as the anterior cruciate ligament‚ is located in the center of the knee joint as one of its four main stabilizing ligaments. Just like the other ligaments the ACL is a band of tissue that connects two bones and serves to coordinate their motion also preventing certain abnormal movement’s. The ACL connects the bottom‚ flat end of
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been rising in female sports. Anterior crutiate ligament (ACL) injuries have become the most common injury in the knee to female athletes. Females are four times more susceptible to injury then men. The ACL is a dynamic structure whose main function is to provide primary restraint to anterior tibial subluxation. It provides secondary restraint limiting internal rotation and restraint with the knee in full extension. Along with the posterior crutiate ligament‚ it provides the axis for knee
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small as a ligament of yours is used in popular surgeries such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions. When someone tears their ACL they usually have a choice to have an autograft‚ or use one of their own ligaments‚ but they can also choose to have an allograft‚ or take a cadaver’s ligament to repair it. Each has it’s advantages and disadvantages‚ but I personally think that the better option is the allograft because I think the advantages are better than using your own ligament from another
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but pain and suffering from one critical leg injury. The ACL‚ or medically known as the anterior cruciate ligament‚ is a ligament in the knee that connects the femur to the shin bone which is made up of a strong band of tissue. The ACL is one of the four ligaments in the knee that includes the PCL‚ MCL and‚ LCL; this ligament is more common to be torn because it is the weakest of them all. The ACL ligament can be torn and also can be hyperextend. In most cases since football is an impact sport‚
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User | Kristin Maze | Course | BC3030X: Billing and Coding Applications with Simulations (5-21-2012) Section 5 | Test | Week 1 - Coding Applications Test | Started | 5/27/12 1:52 PM | Submitted | 5/28/12 9:46 PM | Status | Completed | Score Time Elapsed | 59 minutes out of 1 hour. | Instructions | | * Question 1 0 out of 4.5 points | | | LOCATION: | Outpatient‚ Hospital | PATIENT: | Larry Frost | SURGEON: | Mohomad Almaz‚ MD | | | DIAGNOSIS: Localized
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explained to the athlete that the ligament was probably torn‚ and he needed to see a doctor quickly. But‚ since I was a trainer and not a doctor‚ I was not certified to provide a diagnosis. I could only advise the athlete the basic rest‚ ice‚ compression and elevation before seeing an orthopedic doctor later that night. The next day‚ the young man returned with a cast on his leg to thank me again and told me that the doctor verified the torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
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love for physical therapy has grown and pretty much eliminated all other career options. I had never fully understood what a physical therapist did until I became a patient. In the beginning of my junior year I had torn my anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)‚ medial cruciate ligament (MCL)‚ and medial meniscus while playing goalkeeper in a soccer scrimmage. From this point on‚ I have been rehabbing my knees because of the multiple surgeries I have had over the past two years. The care and positive reinforcement
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Knee problems run in my family‚ specifically on my dad’s side. My dad had four knee surgeries‚ all on one knee‚ all within five years‚ and is looking at a possible knee replacement in the future. During my freshman year of high school‚ my FFA chapter traveled to Loveland‚ Colorado‚ for a ski trip. Tori Davidson and I partnered up and were skiing on the bunny slopes since we were beginners. As the sun was fading‚ our group decided to ski through a short trail--The Rainbow Trail. At the very end of
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Benjamin Reaux 25 October 2013 English III AP 6th Period Mrs. Susan MayetThe Reasons of Life Throughout my life thus far‚ I have ultimately learned from experience that everything happens for a reason‚ a sole reason that has shaped my journey to contribute to my greater-good. This reason is intuitive‚ not to be specifically named but to be subconsciously present within the unlimited boundaries of my mind. Recently‚ I have faced the most defining moment in my entire life‚ and the early process
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