Biggest Regret

    My biggest regret is rushing back into sports after my ACL reconstruction my Junior year in High School. I tore my ACL junior year in the third football game of the season. I had to have ACL reconstruction and was told the recovery could be 9-12 months. This did not stop me from pushing myself and I was able to finish physical therapy earlier than most and was in a hurry to get back to sports. So later in my junior year I got back into track and was sure to secure my spots. Then running in a 100m dash the regret set in when I felt a shift in my knee and I nearly dropped. I did not want to go to the doctors as summer football workouts were ahead. Then those started and I was unable to compete in some of the events due to the pain my knee was causing. So eventually I had to go to the doctors and this is when I found out my ACL was torn again. I continued to play my senior year of football with a torn ACL and even wrestled for a month or so before I could no longer take the pain from all of the twisting and turning required in wrestling. I could have turned this all around and probably avoided it, had I not gone back to sports after 6 months instead of waiting the 9-12 months.