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Main Idea: What Makes an ACL Injury a Dangerous Injury?
Lead Sentences: ACL Injuries are becoming an epidemic in sports. Over the last ten years, ACL injuries have increased by over 30 percent, and are continuing to be on the rise.
The Source I used was an article written by Neal Gabler, and it discusses an analysos on different athletes who have or have had an ACL injury, and how an ACL tear is difficult to recover from. Based on the article, ACL Injury, the Nastiest Injury, I'd have to agree that the tearing of the ACL is the most dangerous injury in sports. According to the article, "If an athlete tears his/her ACL, the chances of it ever being fully repaired and fully recovered is 60 percent." This is unlike most injuries where the percentage of full recovery is much higher, almost 100 percent for most body-tear injuries. This exemplifies the fact that ACL injuries have a drastic impact on an athlete's overall recovery.
Furthermore, the article also indicates that the tearing of the ACL creates the most vivid reaction with the leg that, according to the article, "is too gruesome to watch." For instance, Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose tore his ACL in the 2011-2012 season, when he over-extended his legs on a cross-over that the rest of his body, especially his knees, could not catch up to. Ever since then, it seems as he has never fully recovered from his ACL injury, considering the fact that he has tore it once again when he returned in the 2013-2014 season. This shows how fragile the ACL is, and how painful it is, where it is so painful that a full-recovery is incredibly difficult.
Future Research: What makes the tearing of the ACL so painful?
I like the fact that you point out that the ACL tear is the worst of all the body tears and injuries and give specific evidence why. I also like the fact that you give your opinion on all of this as opposed to only the authors point of view.
ReplyDeleteI think you should try to go beyond stating facts about tearing one's ACL because it would give the reader a broader way of looking at ACL injuries and how serious they can be. Try talking about how tearing your ACL would effect a normal human being compared to a professional athlete. Give a wide array of different aspects of tearing the ACL
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