LazyMika7
Growing up I've always wanted to be a professional volleyball player, practicing day and night, overworking yourself to get better as quickly as possible. However it wasn't that stupid, see, I've always healed quickly, like really quick. Example, when I was practicing one time, I landed after a good spike. The ball hit the floor, but when I fell, my ankle twisted a little too much, and I broke it. The doctor said that the type of injury would take the normal person 4 months to fully recover, it took me a month and a week. I would always get back up no matter the fall, It was my little 'skill' that many were jealous of. However one day I was practicing my sets, because I started liking them way more, then a painful feeling shot up my arm. I decided to work on receiving, the pain stayed, I took a day break, it didn't go away. A week later my mom dragged me into the doctors, after a few visits they diagnosed me with OOS or Occupational overuse syndrome, I couldn't do anything volleyball related till it healed, and for the first time in my life, a recovery felt like forever. That was in middle school, I'm not in high school, still on a team, with a few of the same people from middle school. However i haven't fully recovered, i still get those pains from over working, and need breaks. I'm never going to give up though, if I can't deal with a little pain, then who am I to live with? People have it so much worse, getting paralyzed, and I'm mad over a little pain. I would tell myself whenever I thought about the fact that I might not be able to play anymore, ignoring that feeling in my gut to take needed breaks. My story starts right here, right now.