"my life,my sport and my injuries"

Venue: Padang Utara
Date:12-13 of January 2008
Team: Exsas Eagle
Title: 2nd runner up Bowl

This is the worst memory that i had, but it still the great lesson for me. That time i had suffer my knee injuries after making a wrong decision playing without staying in good condition. So the injuries call "ACL injuries."

ACL: The Anterior Cruciate Ligament

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a ligament that connects the tibia to the femur. It serves to prevent the tibia (leg) from moving forward relative to the femur (thigh). The ACL is in the center of the knee. It crosses the PCL, hence the name, cruciate.

How does someone injure the ACL?

This ligament is frequently injured in contact sports (e.g., football) and pivoting sports (such as soccer and skiing), however there are many scenarios for injury to this ligament. Usually the patient complains of a sudden injury to the knee and the inability to walk right after the accident. Often, there is a significant amount of swelling that occurs relatively soon after the injury. In contact sports (e.g., football) the injury typically occurs when another player impacts the side of the knee. Non-contact ACL injuries are more common in women, such as a female soccer player who suddenly changes direction and feels a pop in her knee.

What are the symptoms of an ACL injury?

Initially, the symptoms are pain and fairly immediate swelling. Often patients will complain of hearing a loud "pop", which is the sound of the actual ligament tearing.

After the pain and swelling resolve, patients complain of episodes of instability, or giving-way. The knee feels loose. Some people liken this to walking on rollerskates. For some people, this looseness is predictable; other people live in fear of their knee giving out because they are unable to predict the motions that cause the instability.

After all the process and all medical check up with my orthopedic surgeon he gave me two choices,

1-If u want to continue to play soccer, or rugby officialy u must take the operation.

2-If u want to focus to ur study, and just play non-full contact sport u just need a rest and no need to operate. So i think the time for me to focus my study had come. Thanks to all my friends and who had gave me moral support in sport.