After being in Romania playing professional soccer for six months, I’ve been thinking a lot about the things I wish I packed to play soccer overseas. Even though this is my second time heading overseas, it is the longest I’ll have been gone (10 months). To be honest, packing for so long and so far …
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Before sharing my top ACL recovery exercises for approximately months 0-3, I’d just like to remind you of a few things: My ACL Recovery Videos High Knee March For these, stand with a stable surface in front of you. Lightly hold the support for balance. Bring one knee up into a high-knee position (knee at …
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The coronavirus impacts everyone differently. Unfortunately, I fell ill and in fact tested positive for COVID-19. As an athlete with asthma, this was certainly a concern for me. Here, I detail my experience with the COVID-19 virus as an athlete. Saturday 11/21 Looking back, this is where it began, my experience with the COVID-19 virus …
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By the time I was in middle school, it was my dream to play college soccer. But it’s a dream that many athletes share and far fewer achieve. With the odds of playing NCAA Division 1 soccer 48:1, making it on the Gopher Soccer team was undoubtedly a dream come true. Entering college soccer in the …
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ACL recovery is a tough, grueling process, but many athletes are able to make it out on the other side. My nearly one-year journey back from ACL and meniscus surgery was a difficult, trying process, and it definitely got harder when my meniscus repair failed. But, I made it through another (challenging but much shorter) …
Having a highlight video is very important in sports, especially during the dead period in recruiting. Whether you are a prospective college or professional athlete, you’ll need to highlight film to show your skills to coaches around the world. The challenge is that hiring a professional to create your highlight video is very expensive. Luckily, …
What can I do to get my flexion back after ACL surgery? What are the best exercises for knee flexion after ACL surgery? This is are questions that I frequently asked my PT and doctor as I heavily struggled with my range of motion following my ACL and medial and lateral meniscus surgery in 2018. …
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What can I do to get my extension back after ACL surgery? What are the best exercises for knee extension after ACL surgery? This is are questions that I frequently asked my PT and doctor as I heavily struggled with my range of motion following my ACL and medial and lateral meniscus surgery in 2018. …
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament. It’s known to most athletes as the ACL, and it is the one thing absolutely nobody wants to hurt. As an athlete in any sport at any level, you think you understand what it means to hear the heartwrenching “it’s your ACL.” But you don’t. I watched countless teammates battle with ACL …
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My patellar tendonitis began during my senior college soccer season (fall 2016), and I’ve been battling it on and off ever since. Even before my knee surgeries, I had severe tendonitis that turned in to a partial tear. Of course, I continued playing on it and eventually had to take about 6 months off to …
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