A couple months ago I was at gymnastics practice. It was a normal day until halfway through practice, I was on floor tumbling doing a skill I had for a while. While doing the skill I got lost in the air and didn't know where I was and winded up landing incorrectly. I fell to the floor in excruciating pain. As a gymnast we are taught to push through the pain, so I carried on with my practice.
Turns out I had partially torn my LCL. I was out for about a month and a half and had to do physical therapy. I returned to practice and didn't take it slowly. A week later, at the end of practice I was doing conditioning and I heard my knee pop. I waited to go to the doctor because I was going on a three week vacation across country, thinking it would get better over that time.
After I got back from vacation, it still was not better and I went back to the doctor. They told me to get a MRI, and so I did. Found out I had torn my meniscus in my right knee. Now I am a college athlete and can not participate in team practices. I am working with the trainer to improve my strength in my right knee. Hoping to get back on the mat and tumbling in about a month.
