Rockford volleyball player Halle Peterson puts ACL in past

Mlive.com reports:
It was a seemingly innocent play on a volleyball court, an attempt to set up a successful attack so the Rockford volleyball team could score a point in its Class A district final against Lowell.

Instead, it ended up a painful experience for the Rams’ Halle Peterson. What she thought was a simple bone bruise in her right knee turned out to be a costly torn anterior cruciate ligament.

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"I think it was when I jumped up that it happened," Peterson said. "I just felt like someone hit me really hard above the knee. I thought it was a bruise and I’d be able to go back in and play."

Instead, despite a valiant effort, Peterson’s junior season ended after 1,303 assists and a verbal commitment to Michigan State University made three weeks before her injury. Peterson also missed her junior year in basketball. Click to continue.

Happy to be Healthy

The Chicago Tribune reports:


St. Charles East junior setter Erienne Barry recalled the date without hesitation.

"It was October 5th when I tore my ACL," Barry said of an injury to her right knee suffered last year against St. Charles North.



Barry had surgery Oct. 27 and missed the rest of the season, possibly taking the Saints' Class 4A title aspirations away in the process.

"It was definitely hard on me," Barry said Saturday at the Conant Early Bird Invite. "I knew I had to stay with my team. It made me stronger." Click to continue.

Back in Action After and ACL Injury

wkuherald.com reports:

After tearing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right leg last December, WKU senior middle hitter Tiffany Elmore says she didn’t even consider missing time this season.

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“I had in my mind the whole time that I was going to be back ready to go for the start,” she said.

The injury happened in WKU’s NCAA Tournament match against Cincinnati.

Elmore said after the injury she knew she was going to have to work to be ready for the start of the volleyball season. Click to continue.

Kristi Kingma Out for the Season after ACL Injury

King5.com reports:

Kristi Kingma will miss the entire 2011-12 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. The injury comes less than a month before the Washington women’s basketball program reports for the start of the regular season.  

The senior guard from Mill Creek, Wash., sustained the tear recently in Norway when she was driving to the basket during Washington’s foreign tour game against Asker. Although the prognosis was initially optimistic, an MRI test back in Seattle revealed the full extent of the injury. Click to continue.

Gohuskies.com reports:

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Kristi Kingma will miss the entire 2011-12 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. The injury comes less than a month before the Washington women's basketball program reports for the start of the regular season.

The senior guard from Mill Creek, Wash., sustained the tear in Norway when she was driving to the basket during Washington's foreign tour game against Asker. Although the prognosis was initially optimistic, a magnetic resonance imaging test back in Seattle revealed the full extent of the injury.

"I'm extremely disappointed for Kristi," said first-year coach Kevin McGuff. "She's worked really hard in the offseason to put herself in position to have a wonderful senior season. I still look forward to her having a positive impact on our team and program this year." Click to continue.

Monique Currie returns from ACL injury in victory

The Washington Post Reports:

Washington Mystics forward Monique Currie was cleared to play by members of the team’s medical staff several weeks ago, but they wanted Currie to hold off on returning to the court during a game until Thursday. The staff had told her she wasn’t yet mentally ready for the rigors of competition eight months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.

“The biggest part is mental,” Currie said. “You can have a surgery, you can feel good, but there’s still a lot that goes into going out there and playing and being confident and being sure of what your knee or whatever you injured can do.” Click to continue.

Staying Optimistic During ACL Rehab

intlgymnast.com reports:

Although 2011 Canadian all-around silver medalist Jessica Savona will miss this fall's world championships because of a torn left ACL, she told IG she is keeping busy and staying optimistic during her varied regimen of rehabilitation.

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"The last two weeks have been pretty crazy for me in terms of rehab and running around getting from place to place!" said Savona, who injured her left ACL on vault at the Japan Cup in early July.

Savona said she began simple rehab on Aug. 15, three days after surgery. Her original rehab consisted of trying to walk on her injured knee and activate its muscles. To continue reading, click here.

Coping with life after ACL surgery

Indiana News Center Reports:

In 2009, Nicole Biggs, then a sophomore at Carroll High School, tore her ACL in a soccer match against Bishop Dwenger. Today, she prepares to lead the Chargers to the state tournament and talks about her recovery.

Biggs tore her anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee after jumping and landing incorrectly. It was a non-contact injury but one that could be heard around the field.

“Everyone on the sideline heard it pop. It swelled up immediately. I could not walk on it, so we knew something was wrong right away.”

The ACL is one of four major ligaments in the knee and when it comes to sports related injuries is perhaps the most commonly torn ligament. In female athletes, according to Dr. Greg Sassmannshausen of Fort Wayne Orthopaedics, the occurrence rate is even higher.

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