Sports teams with nagging injured players when they aren't in playoff/

Hi @anonymous137247 and Welcome to Connect! You bring up a really interesting topic regarding sports injuries.

As a huge sports fan myself, injuries are the most unfortunate part of the game, but being able to watch people come back from severe injuries, such as St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Daniel Poncedeleon getting hit by a line drive in the head, and then making it to the majors the next year, is one of the most inspirational events in sports.

I myself never suffered a severe injury while playing in my grade school or high school days, the worst for me was a slightly sprained ankle, but am curious if this is something you @anonymous137247 experienced or someone close to you. What are some of your experiences with sports injuries and the recovery that comes with them?

I for one I’m really starting wonder more then ever. If the initial concussion testing is viable vs subsequent ones. I mean if the symptoms don’t appear at the initial time, but after the fact. Especially, in sports and/or high school/college/pros ones.

Hello @anonymous137247 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I wonder if you are asking about baseline concussion testing that, for example, high school athletes take prior to the school year season?

In my experience it takes time for concussion symptoms to unfold. I was once told by a doc that maximum swelling happens by the 3rd day, but of course other effects of concussion go on for weeks or months for many (or even years).

So I assume you mean that the testing done right after a head hit, in sports, to determine whether a player can play soon after, might miss the severity and further endanger the player, since symptoms have not yet unfolded in time. Is that what you are commenting on? I think this is an interesting question and a smart one.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and other scientific organizations continuously follow research of concussions in children and young athletes to prevent longterm neurological damage from sports related injuries. https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/injuries-emergencies/sports-injuries/Pages/Concussions.aspx

Participant/play through torn ACL/MCL/both of them, successfully……Especially, without doing any other additional damage to the initial one/s?

In which also includes UCL one as well. Plus, with all three of them as well.

Hi Jessica, since joining Mayo Clinic Connect, you’ve posted a few discussions about sport injuries, continuing to play and proper assessment. You’ll notice that I moved all 3 discussions into one thread.

Can you share a bit more about your experience with sport injuries and being asked/required to continue to play? Have you experience concussion and/or knee injuries?

Hmm interesting and I am just more of a fan as opposed to anything else. Where’s whatsoever is the actually group for this kind of talk anyway.

Back yet again because it should have posted this instead. In which have also taken the liberty to post it to my gab account. I mean after the fact of course.

@jessicaabrunowaybeyondfedup.

Here’s the link to the actual gab

Now, just wish I am able to quote myself on here instead of not since I’m just one of the anonymous members of here.

Participant/play/ing through one’s torn beyond all of both of ACL/MCL/UCL? Especially, successfully and/or without doing any other additional damage to the initial one/s? Is it also even fair to all of the others and includes backups for sure? I mean just looking at from the beyond all of both of health/care/medical/medicine/science/technology aspects of it.