Recovery is a dynamic concept. Debate and systematic change as to the best approaches for recovering fully and quickly have caused behavioral shifts both in recent years and throughout the centuries. Of course, there is the protocol which is done when a student athlete is injured, such as collecting the basic information about the incident, and assessing the patient, including their basic vitals.

There are many injuries, but the common ones usually have the same treatments, which Skyline College uses.

“A lot of times, most of the injuries are over use, sprain or strain and the common therapy is RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation),” said Terri Sofarelli, a physician assistant at Skyline College.

“A lot of times, for a mild sprain, it is four weeks of rest, and for a more severe strain it would be up to twelve weeks,” added Sofarelli. Sports can be dangerous, but it’s also rewarding to be able to win the game or intercept a player.

Since the time humans have evolved and began walking on two legs, their feet and body frames have adapted, eventually causing them to become one of the greatest long distant running animals on the planet. Injuries are inevitable for sports such as running, and any other sports groups. These topics come up consistently to emphasize the relativity and dynamism of the processes of injury recovery and prevention.

The problem with athletes is that they commonly try to diagnose their injuries by themselves.

“Seek medical advice and stop looking things up in books and the internet no matter what,” said Jose Bonilla Head Athletic Trainer.

“We misinterpret with what is being said since we sometimes don’t get the right information,” Bonilla said, referring to athletes wanting to help themselves unprofessionally. In all most sports injuries get worse when athletes in general try to self-diagnose their injuries.

Luckily, most try to get professional help and will keep on it in order to be on their game. “I have torn my ACL at the Tennessee Viewing Tournament and now I have to do physical therapy,” said Stephanie Allen who is on the Skyline Women’s basketball team studying to be a social worker.

“I’m still going to physical therapy and have been for two years now,” Allen said.

Advice from both Allen, Sofarelli and Bonilla are the same, saying that taking the time to heal is better than rushing the process.