My Knee Injury

     Two weeks ago in our school's middle school football game on a thursday, I 

had strained my mcl and missed the rest of that game and the next one. On our team I am the full back so I get the ball a lot and get tackled a lot. One of the times in our game when I was tackled, I was hit around my knees and it hurt my mcl. The outside of my right leg was hit in straining the inner ligament on my knee.

     After the injury I could not walk for three days and I had to ice my knee like 

crazy. My mom had to get me crutches and a brace for my knee. The monday at school the next week was the first time I walked and it was a challenge to get up and down stairs. That week I had to see our team's trainer after school and work on my knee. He put me on this machine that sends electric pulses in your body and automatically flexes your muscles without you doing anything. I didn't know that it would do that at first so it startled me when it happened. The machine is supposed to increase blood flow to that area and speed up the healing of it. He also made me roll out my muscles or keep them somewhat in shape while I was not using them. On that Wednesday I went to the doctor and they said that I was mostly healed by then and that I could play in the game this week. I was happy to hear that because this year is my last year of middle school football and it means a lot to me to be out on the field. The next day I traveled with our team to an away game and I could not play. Our team won the game and it was good to be there to support the team. On Friday I worked on my knee again with the trainer and I did some work outs to get my leg back in shape. Also I had been missing weightlifting that week so I went back and did just some upper body work outs. Over the weekend I went to my friends house and came back and it was swollen again so I had to ice it again. On Sunday I rode my bike at a nice pace for about twenty minutes to get my leg working again. This week I will start practice again but at first I will not be allowed to tackle and I might not be able to run full speed. The rest of the season I am supposed to wear my brace at all times while playing to protect my knee. I am scheduled to play in this week's game on Thursday and I hope I can.

     Having an injury is not very fun and It is more frustrating not being able to help out your team. Have you ever had an injury causing you to not be able to participate in a sport or event? If you have you know how frustrating it is not being able to participate. If you are injured right now I hope you get better soon so you can get back to doing what you love.